Brazil knows the devastation climate change is causing better than most, yet its own state oil company's actions could stand ...

For the first time, the research calculates the cost of climate damages caused by emissions from EU imports of US liquified ...

As nations pursue energy transitions, mining corporations and investors race to secure deposits for profit. Meanwhile, marginalised and underserved communities and defenders living close to mining ...

As the world’s leading owner of transition mineral production, China must shoulder the burden of keeping the energy transition green. But do its regulations of mining abroad (and the industry’s ESG ...

The mining industry has a long legacy of exploitation, human rights abuses and environmental destruction, with Global Witness’s own history rooted in exposing the blood diamond trade. This time, we’re ...

2021 was lived under the shadow of COVID-19. Perhaps more than any other time in recent memory, it was a year that starkly reminded us of the contrast between the experiences of those living in ...

Russia earned €158 billion from oil and gas in the first six months of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, contributing approximately €43 billion to the federal budget. The sanctions so far – including an ...

Russia’s opening up to western capitalism after the fall of the USSR and the resulting deep economic slump was a massive opportunity for the oil majors. By the time Putin came to power – as Yeltsin’s ...

After Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup on 1 February 2021, imprisoning the country’s democratically elected leaders, Facebook banned the armed forces from its platform. The company cited the ...

For over a decade, the trade in conflict minerals has fueled human rights abuses and promoted insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and ...