Press Releases

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Press release | Dec. 1, 2022
Facebook failed to detect death threats against election workers ahead of US midterm elections

New investigation exposes how Facebook approved ads inciting violence against US election workers, while YouTube and TikTok were able to detect and reject these ads
Press release | Dec. 1, 2022
EU Council guts corporate accountability law

Member States weaken human rights protections, fail to push companies to make climate plans, and let the financial sector off the hook
Statement | Nov. 18, 2022
Global Witness demands action from the UN on fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks

Global Witness CEO Mike Davis has written to the United Nations, urging them to take measures to guarantee that all participants at future COPs are serious about advancing the climate agenda
Press release | Nov. 17, 2022
Budget reaction: Chancellor turns blind eye to billions in energy profits that could support British public

Small rise in windfall tax not enough to target big energy company profits
Statement | Nov. 10, 2022
Crimes against humanity committed in the Brazilian Amazon: criminal case filed at the International Criminal Court

We're supporting the Climate Counsel, Greenpeace Brasil and Observatório do Clima, in calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes against humanity in Brazil
Statement | Nov. 10, 2022
Our methodology for the COP27 fossil fuel lobbyists analysis

How we use the UNFCCC’s list of provisional participants, a record of everyone that has been granted access to COP27, for fossil fuel lobbyist analysis
Press release | Nov. 10, 2022
Over 100 more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year, flooding crucial COP climate talks

More fossil fuel lobbyists than representatives of the ten nations most impacted by the climate crisis registered to attend COP27
Press release | Nov. 9, 2022
Financial institutions that pledged to reach net zero still investing $8.5 billion in companies at risk of causing deforestation

Big name members of the “GFANZ” alliance like Blackrock have increased investments in forest-risk commodities since last year’s COP26
Press release | Nov. 7, 2022
UK founded Forests and Climate Leaders’ Partnership must be “more than a leafy photo opp”

GW responds to COP27 announcement
Press release | Nov. 7, 2022
Report links Wintershall’s gas production & Russian warplanes

Report links Wintershall’s gas production & Russian warplanes