The Brazilian Presidency’s flagship conservation finance initiative for COP30 – the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – must be supported by sponsor governments also introducing stronger rules ...

Last year the fossil fuel industry spent an unprecedented amount of money lobbying California's state capital, Sacramento. New analysis from Global Witness shows they are on track to spend even more ...

Climate change played a role in the devastating floods, yet the fossil fuel industry continues to receive billions in subsidies while emergency funding is slashed At a memorial for child flood victims ...

We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back ...

A total of 154 countries signed the UNFCCC in June 1992, agreeing to combat harmful human impacts on the climate. Since then, COP meetings have been held (almost) annually to discuss how exactly that ...

While we at Global Witness were familiar with the targeting of our partners as they were defending their land and environment, the murder of our former colleague, Wutty, prompted us to confront a ...

Brookfield’s “slash and sell” tactics should not absolve it from responsibility for the environmental abuses committed on its farms. Its ability to cash in on deforestation underlines the need for ...

Major exporter of pineapples to the US is carrying out business at all costs. Our new investigation uncovers the connections between Del Monte Philippines – one of the world’s biggest and best-known ...

For decades, scientists have been documenting changes in the earth’s climate and warning of the effects. Their findings underpin government declarations of climate emergency and policy responses. But ...

Key findings Recent data shows that Chinese banks have become the largest creditors to “forest-risk”* companies, after major producing countries Brazil and Indonesia, with over $23 billion in ...

Satellite data shows an increase in gas flaring since Azerbaijan last reported its emissions six years ago, calling into question BP and state oil company’s pledge to eliminate methane flaring by 2030 ...