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Press release | Dec. 10, 2024
Wall Street banks help drive NYC-sized deforestation in Paraguay’s climate-critical forest

Global banks including J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, HSBC, Santander, and BBVA have funneled $1.7 billion into companies destroying Paraguay’s climate-critical Gran Chaco forest over the last three years
Press release | Dec. 6, 2024
TikTok pushes far right candidate content in Romanian election, Global Witness investigation shows

TikTok has recommended content for the far-right, pro-Russia candidate in Romania’s presidential run-off election at a rate of more than five times than that of his opponent, a new Global Witness investigation shows.
Press release | Dec. 4, 2024
EU agrees 12-month delay for anti-deforestation law

Instead of rolling back its environmental agenda, the EU needs to keep its commitments and show leadership to tackle the climate emergency
Press release | Dec. 3, 2024
Rush for critical minerals in Philippines threatens Indigenous communities and biodiversity

Indigenous communities and biodiversity hotspots are bearing the brunt of mineral exploitation in the Philippines
Press release | Nov. 27, 2024
TikTok fails to detect disinformation ahead of Irish general election

TikTok fails to detect disinformation ahead of Irish general election
Press release | Nov. 21, 2024
Jude Law, Mark Rylance and Aisling Bea join call for fossil fuel companies to pay up at COP29

Jude Law, Mark Rylance, Aisling Bea, Peter Capaldi, Michael Shannon, George MacKay and Lily Cole are the latest celebrities to join a growing call for fossil fuel companies to be made to pay up for their role in causing climate breakdown, through the site cop29.com
Press release | Nov. 15, 2024
Climate leaders call for urgent overhaul of UN climate process – Global Witness response

Mary Robinson, Ban Ki-Moon and Christiana Figueres have signed and others have called for an "urgent overhaul" of the COP process
Press release | Nov. 15, 2024
Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate-vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks

Fossil fuel industry influx at COP29 escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters
Press release | Nov. 14, 2024
EU Parliament “takes a chainsaw to anti-deforestation law”

MEPS confirm 12-month delay, propose major loophole
Press release | Nov. 13, 2024
New analysis reveals Big Oil’s profits could pay for annual loss and damage bill

New Global Witness report says fossil fuel companies, not regular people, should be the ones to foot the bill for climate repair

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