Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
6 days ago · The UN's COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan will focus on climate finance and raising funds for developing countries affected by the climate crisis. Find the facts. Expose the story. Change the system. Help us to carry out more hard-hitting investigations and to shine a light on abuses of power destroying the climate and eroding civic ...
Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists …
Monday 13 September, 2021 – A report released today reveals that 227 land and environmental activists were murdered in 2020 for defending their land and the planet. That constitutes the highest number ever recorded for a second consecutive year. As the climate crisis deepens, forest fires rampage across swathes of the planet, drought destroys farmland, and floods leave …
Annual report 2022: Rising to the challenge of a world in crisis
Oct 6, 2023 · Foreword from Mike Davis, Global Witness CEO. Share. 2022 began amidst a global pandemic and swiftly brought a brutal new war that made it harder for people all over the world to pay for their energy and their food. It saw threats to democracy and civic freedoms on all continents; in many cases amplified by the insidious power of social media.
About us - Global Witness
We alert the world to ‘blood diamonds’ fuelling civil war in Angola and across Africa, thrusting the practices of the global diamond industry into the spotlight. The campaign leads to the establishment of the precedent-setting Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme and to Global Witness being co-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
Road to COP30 - Global Witness
Our work in the lead up to COP30 will build on Global Witness’s experience over three decades at the intersection of environmental and human rights abuses, working to advocate for government and corporate accountability in accelerating a just energy transition. Uphold democracy and, human rights and implement robust accountability mechanisms ...
Annual report 2021: our case for change | Global Witness
Aug 17, 2022 · Resource Library. Resource Global Witness annual report 2021 Download resource. 2021 saw a redoubling of our efforts to work better in partnership with organisations, campaigning groups and activists from across the climate movement, but particularly across the Global South and most affected regions.
Last line of defence - Global Witness
Sep 13, 2021 · In Mexico, we documented 30 lethal attacks against land and environmental defenders in 2020, a 67% increase from 2019. Logging was linked to almost a third of these attacks, and half of all the attacks in the country were directed against Indigenous communities. Impunity for crimes against defenders remains shockingly high – up to 95% of ...
Annual report 2020: time for a climate revolution - Global Witness
Spotlight on impact. We have achieved a lot in 2020, both in terms of tangible changes to legislation and in building the foundations for our longer-term campaigns. Here we have highlighted 10 of our most significant impacts from the last 12 months: 1. New legislation in the UK to tackle deforestation in supply chains.
Time to pay up: Make Big Oil fund climate loss and damage
1 day ago · Significantly step up overall commitments to the loss and damage fund to better respond to the projected costs of climate loss and damage in developing countries, estimated require $400 billion annually as a minimum. Agree on a strong New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance with a dedicated pillar for loss and damage.
Open call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel | Global Witness
24 October 2024 – We, the undersigned organisations, appeal to all UN member states to secure an immediate ceasefire across Gaza, Lebanon, Israel and the region, and to end the impunity that has allowed atrocities by Israeli forces against civilians to continue and escalate. Without accountability, there will be no red lines and no rock bottom.