As Europeans endured record heat, hundreds of millions were also exposed to hazardous ozone levels – caused by fossil fuel ...

Bundles of newly produced copper sheets are inspected and labelled at First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia. Blaize Pascall / Alamy Stock Photo Since August 2021, when businessman ...

Responding to alleged plans by new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to approve more North Sea oil and gas drilling, Senior Global Witness campaigner, Flossie Boyd said: "As firefighters battle wildfires ...

Most mining for critical minerals needed for the energy transition is controlled by countries with advanced economies and major consumer countries. But it is mostly less-wealthy countries that are ...

An analysis of Equinor’s contribution to global emissions to date, the impact of planned future oil and gas production, and its compatibility with the remaining global carbon budget and a ...

Minerals extracted by hand from the African Great Lakes region are in huge demand. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda produce nearly half the world’s coltan, the main ore of ...

Imagine that you’ve spent years studying glacial retreat in the Arctic. You believe you have a duty to share your findings that reveal how our world is changing with a wider public. But you remember ...

This report, and our campaign, is dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations that are bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land and our environment. Last year, ...

Until now the jade sector’s worth has been almost impossible to determine. But on the basis of new research and analysis, Global Witness estimates the value of jade production to have been as much as ...

Forest likely cleared by burning for pasture, northern Chaco. Global Witness Fabrizio Nuti – head of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH)-owned tannery group Nuti Ivo – is a key player in the leather ...

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...