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Global Witness is an international NGO established in 1993 that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, & human rights abuses worldwide. Read the latest comment & updates from the Global Witness team on world issues including human rights & environmental abuses, the climate crisis, and natural resource corruption.
Global Witness Blog
2w ago
The gender pay gap continues to shrink at Global Witness. On International Equal Pay Day, we're calling on other organisations to join us in voluntary reporting ..read more
Global Witness Blog
2w ago
As the climate crisis intensifies, a new initiative aims to bring environmental activists, defenders and community voices to the heart of climate discussions ..read more
Global Witness Blog
2w ago
Fossil fuel lobbyists want us to think they've changed their spots, but their so-called green claims are loaded with climate disinformation ..read more
Global Witness Blog
2w ago
After the hottest summer on record, calls are growing for fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages ..read more
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2M ago
The closure of Meta’s transparency tool CrowdTangle is the latest move by social media companies to restrict access to data for researchers, journalists and policymakers ..read more
Global Witness Blog
2M ago
Five Just Stop Oil activists have been sentenced under the UK's draconian new protest laws criminalising civil disobedience. Will Labour reverse these laws ..read more
Global Witness Blog
2M ago
The EU is signing Strategic Partnerships with mineral-rich countries to secure a supply of transition minerals. But are its green ambitions clouding its judgement ..read more
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3M ago
At UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day conference (WPFD) in Santiago last month, the link between the state of the natural world and our digital environment was clear ..read more
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3M ago
Climate disinformation is slipping through the gaps in tech companies' content moderation policies, helping to fan the flames of climate denial ..read more
Global Witness Blog
3M ago
Renewable energy is often hailed as a panacea for the energy crisis. But without better consultation and regulation, plans to expand mining for minerals central to the energy transition could be disastrous ..read more