Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Land and environmental defenders protect our planet – but they cannot halt climate change without access to justice. For more than a decade, we've been documenting and celebrating the hard-fought wins of land and environmental defenders worldwide. Together, their efforts not only help to prevent environmental destruction …
Road to COP30 | Global Witness
WEB10 hours ago · 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 …
About us - Global Witness
WEBWe 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.
Annual report 2021: our case for change | Global Witness
WEBAug 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.
Global Witness annual reports
WEBGlobal Witness has always been bold and innovative in the way we work. This year’s annual report showcases some of the techniques our campaigners have used to find the facts, expose the story and change the system. Find out how we achieved systemic change last year and in previous years - by downloading or viewing our annual reviews online.
Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists …
WEBMonday 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 thousands dead, the ...
Annual report 2022: Rising to the challenge of a world in crisis
WEBOct 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.
Last line of defence - Global Witness
WEBIn 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 ...
A deadly decade for land and environmental activists - with a …
WEB29th September 2022, London - Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on the killings of land and environmental defenders.In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with evidence suggesting that as the climate crisis intensifies, violence against those protecting their land and our planet remains persistent.
25 years of creating change | Global Witness
WEB1994: GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDED. Sourcing their first computer out of the trash, and relying on friends and family to pay for their international calls, our founders are the first to identify the link between natural resources, conflict and corruption and to systematically document and expose how this sustains poverty, fuels …