BREAKING: Shell + Equinor’s new North Sea oil firm, Adura, could mean a *£1.3 billion tax dodge* - enough to pay for 1 year’s worth of UK free school meals. That's why we joined Uplift + Fossil Free London to tell the Chancellor to STOP the Adura tax dodge! https://gwitness.org/43iChlf

The French equalities regulator ruled that Facebook's algorithm is sexist and breaking the law. This follows a joint investigation with Fondation des Femmes & is the first time a European regulator has called out Meta for its sexist algorithm. https://gwitness.org/3WD0NtG

🚨BREAKING: 2 BILLION tonnes of emissions are at stake when the EU decides on climate laws this week. Lobbying by big polluters like Shell, TotalEnergies + Exxon is trying to gut the laws. The EU must not let them dodge accountability. https://gwitness.org/47hFYJ3

With less than a month to go until COP, we found that the Ecuadorian government is moving to criminalise dozens of those who fight to defend the “lungs of the earth” from deforestation. Read here: https://gwitness.org/4neS37S

Britain’s biggest financial institutions are financing forest destruction and reaping the rewards. Read more 👉 https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5 We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.

These are the top 5 US financial giants making the most money from deforestation since the Paris Agreement. Dig into the data: https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5 We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.

🌏 Across Asia, land and environmental defenders are being criminalised simply for protecting their homes, forests and communities. Read our full report: https://gwitness.org/4mUW1lQ

Since 2012, we have documented over 2,200 killings and disappearances of land and environmental defenders. Read how these cases are documented, the challenges in gathering data, and why defenders’ voices must be heard. 👉 Read more: https://gwitness.org/3KBIMZT

A major new poll by Ipsos, commissioned by Global Witness and Amnesty International surveyed citizens across 10 EU countries and the message is clear: 📢 Europeans want strong climate action and corporate accountability. Read our analysis: https://gwitness.org/42iPUAn

Global Witness condemns the Trump Administration’s attacks on the grant maker Open Society Foundations as a politically motivated attempt to censor speech the US government doesn't like. Read our full response: https://gwitness.org/4pEW2Ng

Why is nickel mined in Russia still ending up in Western EVs & steel? A loophole means refined nickel processed in EU counts as “Finnish,” so it slips through US import bans. We must close this gap. Read more: https://gwitness.org/4of1HbB

Such great energy at the #MakeThemPay march. Thousands came together to demanding that UK govt: 💰 Tax the super rich 🌍 Make Polluters Pay ✊ Protect workers, not billionaires Our economy should work for people, not polluters and billionaires. 👉 Take action act.globalwitness.org/page/172640/...

Good News: UN announces new COP measures in huge win for people over polluters. This week the UN announced new disclosure requirements for delegates attending COP30 – a big win for accountability and transparency at the world’s most important climate talks. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

🚨NEW: Our investigation found that California's wildfire zones are littered with oil wells. Over 170,000 of them are in areas of increased wildfire hazard. 1.6 million Californians face this double threat, including nearly 100,000 under fives. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

In a new opinion piece for Context our senior legal counsel David Shipton unpacks Meta’s global legal strategy which makes it extremely challenging for victims of online harms to seek justice. www.context.news/big-tech/opi...

Flash floods devastated central Texas on July 4, yet Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that cuts weather forecasting and clean energy funding while deepening oil & gas tax breaks. It's time to make polluters pay. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

What does it say about our financial system when a company linked to Amazon #deforestation, Indigenous land invasions, and corruption is approved to trade on the New York Stock Exchange – the biggest stock market in the world? Why – and how are they allowed? globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

The ICJ’s ruling is a monumental victory for climate justice. It means: ✅ States must act on climate 💰 Polluters must pay up ⚖️ Justice is tipping toward frontline communities – and away from fossil fuel giants & their state enablers. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

NEW: our investigation reveals former Trump associates are cashing in as the US cuts aid. Lobbyists linked to the Tump administration struck $17 million in deals with fragile states, many trading minerals, military access & more. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

🚨 Critical minerals are powering the green transition – but at what cost? COP still isn’t addressing the deforestation, corruption and land grabs linked to mineral extraction. That needs to change. 👉 gwitness.org/3FwT37B #COP #JustTransition #ClimateCrisis

Land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean are under threat and governments are dragging their feet. The Escazú Agreement could help protect them. It’s time to ratify and implement it. Why it matters ⬇️ globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

TikTok pushed double the amount of hard-right content to users right before the Polish election, compared to centrist and left-wing posts. What does that say about algorithmic influence on democracy? Full investigation here: 🌐 globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #TikTok #Poland

Proud to stand with @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social and a host of other climate & trade union activists yesterday to call for a worker-led transition. We need a fair and fast energy transition that protects ALL workers - and higher taxes on big polluters to fund it. bsky.app/profile/taxj...

We found Santander has helped finance company responsible for destruction of an area of climate-critical forests three times the size of Madrid The estimated emissions from this deforestation are equivalent to over 30 million transatlantic flights✈️ gwitness.org/43byg0Y

Our new polling with @wwf.org.uk shows 70% of the UK want to stop illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. The time for action is now.

Our Digital Threats campaign lead @avaleeldn.bsky.social will be presenting our latest work on disinformation threats at the next @disinfo.eu webinar 👇Sign up to hear how we investigate emerging forms of climate denial and election interference on social media bsky.app/profile/disi...

🇺🇦 BREAKING: Ukraine has signed a resource deal with the US including access to critical minerals in exchange for US support Standing up for Ukraine in the face of Putin’s aggression should not be contingent on the exploitation of its resources.

🌍🔎 We used AI to uncover the lobbyists shaping climate talks from behind the scenes at COP. Find out how we did it - and why it matters for the future of our planet. 👉 gwitness.org/3EI52yB #ClimateCrisis #COP #FossilFreeFuture

Who can you trust online? 🤔 Join GW's Ava Lee & @disharavi.bsky.social & @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social at the @nhm-london.bsky.social Generation Hope event this month to learn how disinformation spreads online & why it matters for climate action! Free entry: gwitness.org/4jdHFvI #GenerationHope

🚨Notorious meatpacker #JBS has been approved to list on the #NYSE – and frontline communities and forests will pay the price. We need binding rules now to hold companies driving deforestation to account. 🌳✊ gwitness.org/42HIp59 #ClimateJustice #NoMoreDeforestation

Jaguars are losing the fight to Big Agribusiness Industrial agriculture, especially cattle ranching, is accelerating biodiversity loss in Brazil – endangering species such as the jaguar and undermining global climate goals. gwitness.org/44sUM7K

🚨 Global Witness condemns escalating threats and smear campaigns against @PrensaComunitar and editor Nelton Rivera in #Guatemala, with recent online threats calling for his imprisonment. Such attacks are designed to silence anti-corruption voices. We must speak up.

BP’s climate u-turn set to cause an extra 72,000 deaths from extreme heat A few weeks ago, BP scrapped its 2030 production target Now our analysis shows the increased emissions from this U-turn will likely cause tens of thousands more heat deaths by 2100 globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

Our investigation suggests that Traxys, an EU-based trader, buys conflict minerals originating in the DRC 🇪🇺 We’re calling on the EU to rescind its raw materials partnership with Rwanda and freeze development assistance until it stops all support to M23 gwitness.org/4cx3GDc

📍 In Honduras, a father and son stood up to illegal logging and paid the ultimate price. Their brutal deaths are a chilling reminder of the dangers faced by land and environmental defenders around the world. 🛑 This must end. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

'Oil & gas billionaires just bought themselves an exemption from Trump’s tariffs.' 'While the rest of us have to deal with skyrocketing prices & rising temperatures, they’re sitting on their thrones and raking in billions.' 👏@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨NEW: Energy giants have raked in £500 billion in profit as our bills have soared. This is deplorable. No one should be going cold or hungry to line big companies' pockets. We need higher taxes on these companies & a fair, fast fossil fuel phaseout now. www.mirror.co.uk/money/energy...

📢 Not long until our webinar 'Standing with Defenders' this Thursday, March 27 at 9 AM EST! 🌿 Hear from powerful women, Indigenous leaders fighting for land & justice in Latin America. 🔗 Register now: gwitness.org/4l62CKG The Invisible Thread = TINTA = #DefendTheDefenders

🚨 NEW: Shell's CEO has bagged a pay rise - pocketing an obscene £8.6 million. After a year of unprecedented climate disasters & soaring energy bills. Planet-wrecking oil firms like Shell should be paying climate damages, not cashing in on our misery. gwitness.org/4iJMWLw

Indigenous campaigners in the Philippines have spoken of their fear of becoming “collateral damage” in the global hunt for transition minerals The #GreenTransition cannot come at the cost of human rights or the planet More from our @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social ⬇️ www.landclimate.org/critical-min...

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