“If peace in Ukraine is brokered by the US and Russia, there is a real risk that Ukraine’s critical minerals and energy ...

The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at Manila airport this morning after an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant is a critical step towards accountability for land and ...

Today’s Court ruling that saw modest sentence reductions for only six of 16 climate protesters further highlights why the UK government must urgently review its draconian crackdown on peaceful protest ...

Just Stop Oil activist protests outside the High Court in London at the mass appeal hearing for jailed climate protesters on 7 March 2025. Carl Court / Getty Six climate protesters saw their sentences ...

BP's Murray Auchincloss flip-flops on green energy ambition. Luciana Dal Ri / Global Witness BP CEO Murray Auchincloss earned 143 times more than the average British worker last year, according to ...

The announcement comes amid rising UK energy costs – with average bills forecast to be around £750 higher than they were pre-energy crisis – and the BP boss declaring a pivot away from renewables, ...

Roebyem is the founder of KnopOm, a social enterprise working to end energy poverty in the Netherlands and beyond. Driven by the growing inequality in the energy transition, where vulnerable ...

Hundreds of land and environmental defenders are threatened, arrested and killed every year for their part in resisting environmental devastation. We record every name and honour their activism.

Non-partisan social media users in Germany are seeing right-leaning content more than twice as much than left-leaning content in the lead up to the country’s federal elections, a new Global Witness ...

New analysis reveals Big Oil firms record $380 billion profit since invasion Big five oil majors’ profits jumped by 125% in year Russia invaded Ukraine Global Witness warns against exploitation of ...

Hurricanes are battering the US coastline. Megadroughts have parched the south-west. The Arctic circle is burning. Yet North America’s role as a global leader in climate action hangs in the balance.

Meta is engaging in prohibited discrimination based on gender, according to a ruling from the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights announced today. The Dutch independent human rights body found that ...