With days to go before Poland’s presidential election runoff on June 1, Global Witness finds that TikTok’s algorithm is feeding new, politically balanced users twice as much far-right and nationalist right content as centrist and left-wing content

Feb 17, 2025 · The Skoll Foundation recognises Patrick Alley, Charmian Gooch, Simon Taylor and Global Witness for our work over two decades, “driving transparency to lift the ‘resource curse’ of conflict and human rights abuses.” Skoll’s annual awards support social entrepreneurs who are “society’s change agents, creators of innovations that disrupt the status quo and transform our world for ...

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Jul 24, 2024 · For me, the best illustration of what Global Witness’s 30 years of experience delivered in 2023 was our work at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Using our data investigations capabilities, we – together with others in the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition – amplified the case for a commitment to phasing out oil, gas and coal by exposing that 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists had been granted ...

“We’re going to keep fighting and you are all welcome to join us”: When Brazil floods, Indigenous Peoples fight to save way of life

We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.

Sep 13, 2023 · For the past 11 years, Global Witness has documented and denounced waves of threats, violence and killings of land and environmental defenders across the world, and 2022 marks the beginning of our second decade documenting lethal attacks.. The world has changed dramatically since we started documenting these in 2012. But one thing that has not changed is the relentlessness of the killings.

Feb 24, 2025 · Centring truth. At the core of our new identity is the idea of ”seeing and speaking truth.” This reflects the heart of our work, which is to uncover hidden systems of power and profit and make sure those truths are heard at the highest levels.

Bridging the gap between climate change and human rights: Introducing the Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders

Global Witness is an investigative, campaigning organisation that challenges the power of climate-wrecking companies, and stands with the people fighting back