Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
2024年11月15日 — Fossil fuel industry influx at COP29 escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters You can update your preferences or unsubscribe at any time at using the footer links in our emails or by emailing us at [email protected]. For more information about how Global Witness processes your personal ...
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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
In the run up to the 30th UN Climate Summit (COP30) in 2025, Global Witness is accelerating our work to put communities, land and environmental defenders and civil society at the heart of climate-decision making Read more
COP16: Aligning biodiversity with human rights and climate action
2024年10月17日 — What to expect at COP16. At the last CBD COP in 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted by 196 countries. This landmark agreement set out 23 ambitious targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2050, with a particular emphasis on protecting environmental human rights defenders.
Last line of defence - Global Witness
2021年9月13日 — In 2020, we recorded 227 lethal attacks – an average of more than four people a week – making it once again the most dangerous year on record for people defending their homes, land and livelihoods, and ecosystems vital for biodiversity and the climate.
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Land and environmental defenders protect our planet – but they …
2023年12月11日 — 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 and human rights harms by companies, but also help to protect the environment from the worst effects of climate change.
COP oil companies’ emissions are set to cause 17 million heat deaths
3 天之前 — Oil firms present at COP summits made $2.6 trillion profits since the Paris Agreement – enough to pay half the cost of climate damage in poor countries Fossil fuel companies that have sent lobbyists to COP summits produced enough oil and gas since the 2015 Paris Agreement to cause 17 million heat ...
Defending Tomorrow - Global Witness
2020年7月29日 — Key findings. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last year occurred in two countries: Colombia and the Philippines. Both have seen a rise in attacks against land and environmental defenders since 2018, with killings in Colombia in 2019 peaking at 64 activists – the highest Global Witness has ever recorded in the country.
COP29 is for oil deals - Global Witness
2024年11月8日 — Doublethink is a feature throughout the meeting. Soltanov references COP29’s climate goals, arguing that “we should be transitioning away from hydrocarbons in a just, orderly and equitable manner” and that “COP is not about oil and gas” – instead “it's about the climate crisis and how we can tackle [it].” But his other statements contradict those lofty ideals.