The final, saddest truth is that this viewpoint has brought us to the brink of collapse. We are not just in a climate emergency. We are in the foothills of the sixth mass extinction, and these ...

The money is there, it’s just in the wrong hands This isn’t a funding crisis. It’s a fairness crisis. For decades, fossil fuel companies have used their power to rig the system by lobbying against ...

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 ...

Our findings suggest that ITSCI's system has permitted the laundering of tainted minerals in DRC. Large amounts of minerals from unvalidated mines, including ones with militia involvement or that use ...

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 ...

We invited BP, Shell, and Meta to comment on our findings, and received responses from BP and Meta. BP wrote to us that: “[W]e stand by our Backing Britain campaign, which we ran from May to July 2022 ...

An investigation by Global Witness and the NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) team looked at Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube's ability to detect and remove death threats against election workers in ...

As demand for commodities like timber, beef and palm oil intensifies, companies and criminals are staking their claim on new land, with little regard for the people who live on it. Published in 2014, ...

Mercury exposure is associated with a range of serious health complications, including impacts on pregnant woman and infant brain development.Local people had previously sounded the alarm over ...

Among those linked to the violence is Gladis Aurora López, the president of Honduras’ ruling party and one of the most powerful politicians in the country.Documents leaked to Global Witness reveal ...

European banks and investors – including Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and Intesa Sanpaolo – are investing over €700 million in two companies that are helping fuel violence against the people of ...

Recommendations. The Chinese banking regulator needs to ensure that banks are taking account of the environmental and social impact of the companies they finance. This can be achieved by revising ...