Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil gas Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Sept. 13, 2022 “A ray of hope for the world’s forests” – European Parliament back stopping banks financing deforestation MEPs also voted to protect indigenous communities and expand a list of deforestation-free products Press release | Sept. 13, 2022 Revealed: how gas boiler companies are misleading the public about pipe-dream hydrogen heating Most so-called “hydrogen-ready” boilers bought in the coming years will likely never use hydrogen Press release | Sept. 6, 2022 Gas companies’ plans for hydrogen heating could double energy bills, pushing €240bn bill for new pipelines on to consumers A draft EU law would support an unaffordable rollout of hydrogen heating for households in Europe – whether they want hydrogen or not Press release | July 12, 2022 MEPs back holding banks accountable in stronger EU anti-deforestation law The EU Parliament’s environment committee also backed stronger protections for Indigenous Peoples Press release | July 6, 2022 “A sick joke at humanity’s expense” – Global Witness reaction to EU Parliament taxonomy vote MEPs failed to object to the inclusion of fossil gas in proposed sustainable investment rules Press release | June 28, 2022 EU governments miss chance to strengthen anti-deforestation law, letting banks and the tyre lobby off the hook Under the EU Environment Council's proposal, big drivers of forest destruction like rubber imports would remain unchecked and banks would continue to be able to get away with financing deforestation. EU countries have also not done enough to fully protect the land rights of Indigenous communities Press release | June 16, 2022 New investigation reveals rubber is the European import that poses biggest threat to West and Central Africa’s tropical forests, linked to 520km2 of deforestation since 2000 In spite of this, rubber is excluded from a draft EU law to protect forests after tyre industry lobbying Press release | May 31, 2022 EU Council agrees “reckless” gas plans that threaten the climate and vulnerable communities The EU's plans fall short of what the moment requires: an immediate process for a rapid phase out of fossil fuels Press release | May 31, 2022 Russian oil embargo agreement an important step forward, but EU must go further Progress on sanctions but must still be done to stop Russia's oil revenues Press release | May 23, 2022 “Appallingly lax” EU hydrogen plans would lead to more fossil fuels being burned A proposed definition of "green hydrogen" looks set to increase climate-heating emissions Show Next 10
