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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 22h

Since 2012, we have documented over 2,200 killings and disappearances of land and environmental defenders. Read how these cases are documented, the challenges in gathering data, and why defenders’ voices must be heard.

👉 Read more: https://gwitness.org/3KBIMZT

Documenting killings and disappearances of defenders

Every year, Global Witness works with partners to gather evidence, verify and document every time a land and environmental defender is killed or disappeared

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 6d

A major new poll by Ipsos, commissioned by Global Witness and Amnesty International surveyed citizens across 10 EU countries and the message is clear:

📢 Europeans want strong climate action and corporate accountability.

Read our analysis: https://gwitness.org/42iPUAn

Europeans demand stronger climate action and corporate accountability

Majority of Europeans want large companies to be held accountable for human rights and environmental harms in their value chains, according to a new poll

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 8d

Global Witness condemns the Trump Administration’s attacks on the grant maker Open Society Foundations as a politically motivated attempt to censor speech the US government doesn't like.

Read our full response:

https://gwitness.org/4pEW2Ng

Trump’s attacks on OSF politically motivated

Global Witness condemns the Trump Administration’s attacks on the grant maker Open Society Foundations as a politically motivated attempt to censor speech the US government doesn't like

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 9d

Why is nickel mined in Russia still ending up in Western EVs & steel? A loophole means refined nickel processed in EU counts as “Finnish,” so it slips through US import bans. We must close this gap. Read more: https://gwitness.org/4of1HbB

Sanctions gap lets Russian-mined nickel flow to Western markets

A European loophole keeps nickel from Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel flowing to the US long after Washington banned imports of the Russian-origin metal

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 16d

Such great energy at the #MakeThemPay march.
Thousands came together to demanding that UK govt:

💰 Tax the super rich
🌍 Make Polluters Pay
✊ Protect workers, not billionaires

Our economy should work for people, not polluters and billionaires. 👉 Take action act.globalwitness.org/page/172640/...

Polluters broke it, we're paying for it Make Polluters Pay

Extreme weather events are causing widespread destruction and financial hardship. Yet the biggest polluters continue to profit while ordinary people bear the brunt of the costs. It’s time we stand to...

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 20d

Good News: UN announces new COP measures in huge win for people over polluters.

This week the UN announced new disclosure requirements for delegates attending COP30 – a big win for accountability and transparency at the world’s most important climate talks.

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COP disclosure requirements huge win for people over polluters

UN Climate Change have announced new disclosure requirements for people attending COP, in a big win for accountability and transparency at climate talks

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Aug 20

🚨NEW: Our investigation found that California's wildfire zones are littered with oil wells.

Over 170,000 of them are in areas of increased wildfire hazard.

1.6 million Californians face this double threat, including nearly 100,000 under fives.

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Risky oil wells widespread in California wildfire hazard zones

Oil and gas wells pose risks to health and environment as climate crisis expands California's fire hazard zones

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Aug 7

In a new opinion piece for Context our senior legal counsel David Shipton unpacks Meta’s global legal strategy which makes it extremely challenging for victims of online harms to seek justice.

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Courts push back on Meta’s legal strategy | Context by TRF

What we have concluded about Meta’s legal strategy following our cases against the tech giant

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Aug 7

Flash floods devastated central Texas on July 4, yet Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that cuts weather forecasting and clean energy funding while deepening oil & gas tax breaks. It's time to make polluters pay.

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https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/the-oil-and-gas-connection-to-the-deadly-texas-floods/"

Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Aug 4

What does it say about our financial system when a company linked to Amazon #deforestation, Indigenous land invasions, and corruption is approved to trade on the New York Stock Exchange – the biggest stock market in the world?

Why – and how are they allowed?

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Why meatpacker JBS’s IPO matters for the planet

Meat giant JBS’s US stock market debut exposes the deep flaws in the global financial system and raises urgent questions for regulators, investors and the future of our climate-critical forests

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Jul 24

The ICJ’s ruling is a monumental victory for climate justice. It means:
✅ States must act on climate
💰 Polluters must pay up
⚖️ Justice is tipping toward frontline communities – and away from fossil fuel giants & their state enablers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

A climate 'reckoning' just unfolded at the World Court. What happened?

The World Court's climate change decision has been hailed a "planetary scale" win for climate advocates pushing for stronger action against carbon pollution.

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Jul 10

NEW: our investigation reveals former Trump associates are cashing in as the US cuts aid.

Lobbyists linked to the Tump administration struck $17 million in deals with fragile states, many trading minerals, military access & more.

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Trump-linked firms make millions from aid-deprived nations

Pakistan, Somalia and Haiti among 11 nations to sign deals with Trump-linked figures, many trading resources like minerals for aid or military support

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Jun 10

🚨 Critical minerals are powering the green transition – but at what cost?

COP still isn’t addressing the deforestation, corruption and land grabs linked to mineral extraction. That needs to change.

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#COP #JustTransition #ClimateCrisis

Critical minerals: The one issue COP has forgotten about

To reverse the climate crisis, COP30 must address the unforeseen consequences of the critical mineral boom, which is adding more deforestation and CO2 emissions

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Jun 6

Land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are under threat and governments are dragging their feet.

The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it.

Why it matters ⬇️
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Why the Escazú Agreement matters for Caribbean defenders

Attacks on land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are often overshadowed by mainland Latin America, but protecting their rights is just as crucial

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 29

TikTok pushed double the amount of hard-right content to users right before the Polish election, compared to centrist and left-wing posts.

What does that say about algorithmic influence on democracy?

Full investigation here:
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#TikTok #Poland

Polish elections: TikTok overpromotes hard right content

Before Poland’s presidential election runoff, new investigation suggests TikTok feed pushes more hard right content to new, politically balanced users

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 15

Proud to stand with @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social and a host of other climate & trade union activists yesterday to call for a worker-led transition.

We need a fair and fast energy transition that protects ALL workers - and higher taxes on big polluters to fund it.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · May 14

Tax the biggest polluters to tackle climate and cost-of-living crises facing our society.

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 15

We found Santander has helped finance company responsible for destruction of an area of climate-critical forests three times the size of Madrid

The estimated emissions from this deforestation are equivalent to over 30 million transatlantic flights✈️

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 14

Our new polling with @wwf.org.uk shows 70% of the UK want to stop illegal deforestation in UK supply chains.

The time for action is now.

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 6

Our Digital Threats campaign lead @avaleeldn.bsky.social will be presenting our latest work on disinformation threats at the next @disinfo.eu webinar

👇Sign up to hear how we investigate emerging forms of climate denial and election interference on social media
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · Apr 30

🌍 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱

What’s fueling the climate disinfo wave in 2025? Don't miss this wake-up call webinar!

🗓️ 15 May, 14:30 CEST

🎙️ Ava Lee (@globalwitness.org)
🎙️ Ira Pragnya Senapati (@rippleresearch.bsky.social)
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · May 1

🇺🇦 BREAKING: Ukraine has signed a resource deal with the US including access to critical minerals in exchange for US support

Standing up for Ukraine in the face of Putin’s aggression should not be contingent on the exploitation of its resources.

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Apr 29

🌍🔎 We used AI to uncover the lobbyists shaping climate talks from behind the scenes at COP.

Find out how we did it - and why it matters for the future of our planet.
👉 gwitness.org/3EI52yB

#ClimateCrisis #COP #FossilFreeFuture

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Apr 24

Who can you trust online? 🤔

Join GW's Ava Lee & @disharavi.bsky.social & @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social at the @nhm-london.bsky.social Generation Hope event this month to learn how disinformation spreads online & why it matters for climate action!

Free entry:
gwitness.org/4jdHFvI #GenerationHope

Who Can We Trust in a Digital World? | Natural History Museum

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Apr 23

🚨Notorious meatpacker #JBS has been approved to list on the #NYSE – and frontline communities and forests will pay the price. We need binding rules now to hold companies driving deforestation to account. 🌳✊

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#ClimateJustice #NoMoreDeforestation

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Apr 22

Jaguars are losing the fight to Big Agribusiness

Industrial agriculture, especially cattle ranching, is accelerating biodiversity loss in Brazil – endangering species such as the jaguar and undermining global climate goals.

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · Apr 17

🚨 Global Witness condemns escalating threats and smear campaigns against @PrensaComunitar and editor Nelton Rivera in #Guatemala, with recent online threats calling for his imprisonment.

Such attacks are designed to silence anti-corruption voices. We must speak up.

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