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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.
Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegates from vulnerable nations at ...
1 day ago · Friday 15 November 2024, London – At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP29 summit in Baku, underscoring an outsized polluter presence year after year at crucial climate talks, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition.. As with last year’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, significantly more fossil lobbyists have been granted ...
Annual report 2022: Rising to the challenge of a world in crisis
Oct 6, 2023 · Energy crises. As the summer was closing, energy prices leaping and inflation ballooning, it dawned on us that the world’s biggest polluters – oil and gas firms cooking the planet with their products and funding the devastation of Ukraine – were about to take centre stage in a third, related, global crisis.
Global Witness annual reports
Today our mission of protecting the planet’s vital resources remains as critical as ever, but our ambition has grown. Find out about our impacts from the past 12 months, how our work is evolving and our plans for the future.
Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists …
Monday 13 September, 2021 – A report released today reveals that 227 land and environmental activists were murdered in 2020 for defending their land and the planet. That constitutes the highest number ever recorded for a second consecutive year. As the climate crisis deepens, forest fires rampage across swathes of the planet, drought destroys farmland, and floods leave thousands dead, the ...
Annual report 2020: time for a climate revolution - Global Witness
All over the world, the industries reliant on exploiting the planet – from logging companies to Big Oil and the financial institutions that bankroll them – are using a range of distraction techniques to delay or prevent the kind of action we need to stop the worst impacts of climate breakdown: the droughts, the flooding, the wildfires, the transformation of thriving land into desert.
Azerbaijani population at risk from gas flaring pollution | Global …
2 days ago · Some 880,000 people in COP29 host Azerbaijan live within 5km of a gas flaring site, according to new Global Witness analysis. This means that more than one in every 12 Azeri is likely exposed to powerful pollutants from flaring associated with serious medical problems, including asthma, preterm birth and cancer.. This analysis is higher than previously reported estimates of the Azerbaijani ...
Annual report 2021: our case for change | Global Witness
Aug 17, 2022 · In June, we held a two day global event, entitled Time for a Climate Revolution, which featured 27 speakers from across six continents, including US, UK, India, Chile, Uganda and Nigeria, sharing their campaigning experiences and asks for global leaders. It drew attendees from 32 countries and our wider content reached 4 million people. We are committed to doing more of this, doing it better ...
Annual Report 2019: Protecting People and Planet - Global …
$44 billion - the amount which 300+ banks and investors including household names pumped into six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses, linked to devastating rainforest destruction.. $4.9 trillion - how much the oil and gas industry is set to spend over ten years on exploration and extraction of fossil fuels our planet can’t afford to burn.. …