Blog Post | May 12, 2022 Alarm bells of authoritarianism sounding in the UK The UK government’s proposed ‘Policing Bill’ erodes human rights and stifles the critical action needed to tackle the climate crisis
Press Release | March 10, 2022 Environment Act rules could allow UK consumption to continue fuelling rapid global deforestation and lag behind EU proposals, despite government promises of ‘world-leading’ law New analysis indicates that the Environment Act could fail to tackle much of the UK’s deforestation footprint abroad, despite the UK government’s claims of a ‘world-leading’ law
Press Release | October 28, 2021 New data highlights importance of including beef in Environment Bill to tackle UK’s complicity in global deforestation Today, new UK government data showed UK consumption of beef and leather accounts for the biggest share of the UK’s imported deforestation footprint
Article | September 09, 2021 How Facebook’s ad targeting may be in breach of UK equality and data protection laws
Press Release | September 09, 2021 Global Witness calls on EHRC and ICO to investigate Facebook for breaking anti-discrimination and data protection laws
Statement | September 06, 2021 Open letter to the UK Prime Minister: Take action to protect the Amazon
Blog Post | July 09, 2021 The UK government has a chance to make its supply chains deforestation free – will it step up?
Press Release | May 26, 2021 Cross-party support for UK Environment Bill to tackle role of UK banks in funding global deforestation, with £900m funnelled into forest-risk commodities in 2020
Briefing Document | January 18, 2021 Parliamentary Briefing: Three Key Improvements Needed to UK Deforestation Law
Briefing Document | January 11, 2021 World cannot meet climate targets relying on carbon capture and storage
Press Release | March 10, 2022 Environment Act rules could allow UK consumption to continue fuelling rapid global deforestation and lag behind EU proposals, despite government promises of ‘world-leading’ law
Press Release | October 28, 2021 New data highlights importance of including beef in Environment Bill to tackle UK’s complicity in global deforestation
Press Release | September 09, 2021 Global Witness calls on EHRC and ICO to investigate Facebook for breaking anti-discrimination and data protection laws
Press Release | May 26, 2021 Cross-party support for UK Environment Bill to tackle role of UK banks in funding global deforestation, with £900m funnelled into forest-risk commodities in 2020
Press Release | January 11, 2021 Majority of global CCS plants being used to extract more fossil fuels
Press Release | October 10, 2020 YouGov poll finds majority of British public want the UK to lead world on tackling climate change
Blog Post | July 09, 2021 The UK government has a chance to make its supply chains deforestation free – will it step up?
Blog Post | May 01, 2021 Two years on from the UK’s declaration of climate emergency, we need less bluster and more action from the UK government
Blog Post | January 21, 2021 Why climate risk reporting will not stop the finance industry bankrolling deforestation
Blog Post | September 11, 2020 The UK government’s move to legislate to tackle imported deforestation is a welcome step but must go further