Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals 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 Statement | July 23, 2024 Harsh jail time for climate activists threatens democracy and climate action Global Witness condemns the harsh sentences imposed on five climate defenders and calls on the new UK Labour government to urgently scrap laws criminalising peaceful protest. Press release | July 3, 2024 New investigation reveals political bias on X’s AI chatbot that risks influencing the UK vote X's chatbot, Grok, showed political bias in its suggested tweets in the lead-up to the UK's General Election, a new Global Witness investigation reveals Press release | July 1, 2024 Poll: Nearly three quarters (71%) of Brits think MPs shouldn’t be allowed to take donations from oil and gas companies New pre-election polling released, alongside satirical film Press release | June 30, 2024 Posts from bot-like accounts spreading disinformation and hate viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK election Posts from bot-like accounts spreading disinformation and hate viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK election Press release | May 3, 2024 Far right media outlet referred to Advertising Standards Authority after spending thousands on UK climate denial adverts As a result of our investigation, Meta has blocked Epoch Times London’s ability to post adverts for repeatedly violating their ads policies Press release | March 26, 2024 Ministers cannot continue to ignore blueprint to end UK's role in global deforestation The UK government has rejected recommendations by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to improve much-delayed deforestation trade regulations. Press release | Jan. 4, 2024 UK urgently needs new law to stop financial sector bankrolling deforestation and rights abuses, say MPs A new report by the UK’s Environmental Audit Committee finds the UK’s 2021 deforestation legislation is deeply flawed – and should be extended to cover financial actors and human rights. Press release | Dec. 9, 2023 UK government announces list of banned deforestation commodities after two-year delay More than two years after the passage of the Environment Act, the UK government today announced which forest-risk commodities can no longer be imported to the UK if they were produced on illegally deforested land. Press release | Nov. 15, 2023 UK consumption linked to estimated loss of more than 70 species UK consumption of crops such as oil palm and soy has been linked to the estimated regional loss of 71 species, according to new figures for 2021 released today by the UK Government, with some species at risk of extinction worldwide. Press release | Nov. 7, 2023 King's Speech: UK refineries could reject up to half of North Sea Oil by 2035 New Global Witness analysis reveals that UK refineries will be unable to process up to half of the UK’s North Sea oil by 2035, as Rishi Sunak uses the King’s Speech today to pledge to double down on domestic drilling. Show Next 10