Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
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Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
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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.
About us - Global Witness
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.
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.. 61% of all new oil and gas production …
United States - Global Witness
Global Witness has had an office in Washington, D.C. for over 15 years. We are campaigning for the US government to: - Curb corruption and conflicts of interest in political decision-making - Root out the influence of money in politics - Bring transparency and accountability to the US oil and gas industry at home and abroad - Put the public interest ahead of polluting industries
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 …
Campaigns | Global Witness
The need to phase-out fossil fuels has seen a rise in the demand for minerals that are critical to the energy transition. But mining is a dirty business, with a long legacy of exploitation, human rights abuses and environmental damage.
Blog | Global Witness | Country: United States | Global Witness
The latest comment and updates from the Global Witness team on world issues including human rights and environmental abuses, the climate crisis and natural resource corruption. | Country: United States
Global Witness Foundation
Alex Frank is the Program Manager for the Bike It Forward team of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. He is also City of Oakland Commissioner for the Oakland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), and Director and founder of CampMobility.org, which propels economic growth among displaced populations by supporting cycling as a means of effective …