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 Press release | Jan. 8, 2024 COP29 host country priming the pumps for a huge hike in gas production Azerbaijan, host of next year’s COP climate summit, is set to boost its gas production by a third over the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4 billion on the country’s gas fields, according to new analysis. Press release | Jan. 5, 2024 Bad Case of Déjà Vu as Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan “COP28 was run by oil lobbyists, so it’s no surprise that the final agreement committed the world to fossil fuels forever. There’s a sense of déjà vu setting in – we now have a former oil executive from an authoritarian petrostate in charge of the world’s response to the crisis that fossil fuel firms created.” Press release | Dec. 11, 2023 COP28 host UAE invites fossil fuel bosses set to produce 25 billion barrels of oil this decade The UAE has invited fossil fuel bosses planning to produce more than 25 billion barrels of oil this decade into the heart of COP28, according to new analysis. Press release | Dec. 5, 2023 Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP28 climate talks At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks from representatives of some of the world’s biggest polluters, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition Press release | Dec. 2, 2023 COP28 president Sultan Al-Jaber’s company will become the second largest oil producer on Earth The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the fossil fuel firm ran by COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, is on course to become the second largest oil producer in the world by 2050 – including state-run and publicly listed operators Press release | Nov. 28, 2023 EU Commission unveils subsidy plans for hydrogen infrastructure, opening up Europe to fossil gas lock-in Plans include a blue hydrogen pipeline, which would flood Europe with hydrogen made from fossil gas Press release | Nov. 22, 2023 Equinor, Shell and RWE’s plans to flood Europe with fossil hydrogen may receive EU taxpayer support Hydrogen plants to feed new pipeline would burn more fossil gas than Denmark, Ireland and Portugal combined Press release | Nov. 15, 2023 COP28 President Al Jaber’s oil company ADNOC will take 340 years to capture the carbon it produces by 2030 Even in the year 2030, ADNOC will capture only 2 per cent of its emissions. Press release | Nov. 8, 2023 Oil firms bankroll Azerbaijan’s warring regime with billions in fossil fuel money BP and its project partners have transferred $35 billion-worth of oil and gas production to Azerbaijan’s government since 2020, the year that war broke out in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The sum is more than four times Azerbaijan’s military spending during this period, as new analysis by Global Witness highlights the ‘dictatorship’s’ economic reliance on the British company’s fossil fuel operations. 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 Previous 10 Show Next 10