Africa: Shell Spent 7x More On Oil & Gas Than 'Renewables' in Year of Record-Breaking Heat

As Shell reports Q4 profits of £2.9 billion ($3.6 billion), a new Global Witness analysis reveals the firm paid out a staggering £18.2 billion ($22.6 billion) to… Read more »

Africa: After Decades of Challenges, the DRC Must Deliver On Sustainable Forest Governance

The DRC government has made some ambitious commitments to achieve sustainable forest governance. But the journey there is being stalled by corruption, impunity and weak… Read more »

Africa: Why Is the Congo Basin - the World's Largest Forest Carbon Sink - At Risk?

Home to a staggering array of biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, and lowland and mountain gorillas, the Congo Basin's importance for both climate and… Read more »

Africa: Climate of Confusion - Bot-Like Accounts Sharing Climate Disinformation and Conspiracies

Bot-like accounts have spread conspiracy theories about climate cults and a global elite, amplifying disinformation on social media Read more »

Africa: EU Agrees 12-Month Delay for Anti-Deforestation Law

Brussels, November 4 - Negotiators have agreed a final deal to delay the EU's landmark anti-deforestation law by 12 months, which would see it come into effect from the end of… Read more »

Africa: Global Plastics Treaty Must Be Shored Up Against Oil and Gas Ambitions

Fossil fuels have kicked the Global Plastics Treaty down the road. The next session must drown out their schemes by heeding activist and Indigenous voices Read more »

Africa: COP29 Verdict - Climate Summits Must Turn Over a New Leaf

Once again, fossil fuels muscled in to the world's most important climate negotiation, sidelining critical issues about people and the future of our planet Read more »

Africa: COP Oil Companies' Emissions Are Set to Cause 17 Million Heat Deaths

Oil firms present at COP summits made $2.6 trillion profits since the Paris Agreement - enough to pay half the cost of climate damage in poor countries Fossil fuel companies that… Read more »

Africa: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Eclipse Delegations From Most Climate-Vulnerable Nations At COP29 Climate Talks

Industry influx escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters Read more »

Africa: Climate Leaders Call for Urgent Overhaul of UN Climate Process - Global Witness Response

Responding to the call from climate leaders for urgent overhaul of UN climate processes, Dominic Kavakeb, Co-Director of Campaigns at Global Witness, said: Read more »

Africa: EU Parliament 'Takes a Chainsaw to Anti-Deforestation Law'

The European Parliament today backed a 12-month delay for the EU's landmark anti-deforestation law, which would see new rules to prevent imports and exports of commodities grown on… Read more »

Africa: Time to Pay Up - Make Big Oil Fund Climate Loss and Damage

As UN climate negotiations begin, a new Global Witness analysis shows that top oil and gas producers could pay for climate loss and damage in lower-income countries with their… Read more »

Africa: COP Must Ditch Fossil Fuels to Get Serious About Climate

Following yet more revelations about fossil fuel lobbyists' influence at COP29, we're calling on COP to get on track and protect robust climate action Read more »

Africa: Azerbaijan State Oil Firm Trebles Deals in Year Baku Hosts COP29

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) struck a slew of deals potentially worth more than $8 billion in the year that Baku is hosting COP29 climate talks, new analysis shows… Read more »

Africa: COP29 Is for Oil Deals

An undercover investigation reveals how the Azerbaijani petrostate used its position as host of COP29 to facilitate discussion of new fossil fuel deals at the annual UN climate… Read more »

Africa: COP29 Officials Facilitate Fossil Fuel Talks for Fake Investor During Undercover Investigation

The Azerbaijan COP29 team charged with leading this year's global UN climate talks helped facilitate discussions about fossil fuel deals at the annual conference, an undercover… Read more »

Africa: COP16 - Aligning Biodiversity With Human Rights and Climate Action

The choices and actions taken at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) will impact the biodiversity crisis and its… Read more »

Africa: How Does the Loss and Damage Fund Work for Climate Justice?

Climate-vulnerable countries are pushing for a just loss and damage fund to help them recover from climate disasters. But will wealthier nations pay up? Read more »

Africa: Our Gender Pay Gap 2024, and Why NGOs Should Opt to Report

The gender pay gap continues to shrink at Global Witness, but there is always more work to be done. On International Equal Pay Day, we're calling on other organisations to join us… Read more »

Africa: Global Witness Condemns Escalating Arrests of Climate Campaigners in Uganda

A total of 96 cases of people being detained or arrested for opposing the controversial East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have been reported in the past nine months, with the… Read more »

Africa: Crisis in the Congo

DRC's efforts to combat illegal logging reversed within months Read more »

Africa: Ban Fossil Fuel 'Godfathers of Climate Chaos' From Politics

5Responding to comments from the UN Secretary General that countries and companies should ban fossil fuel advertising, Louis Wilson, Head of Fossil Fuel Investigations at Global… Read more »

Tanzania: Concern Grows for Tanzanian Communities Opposing TotalEnergies' Oil Pipeline

Global Witness is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of communities and campaigners challenging the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) - set to run through Uganda… Read more »

Africa: Online Dangers to Freedom of Expression and Climate Communication - Unesco World Press Freedom Day Event

Together with Access Now and IPANDETEC, we're hosting a side event at the UNESCO 2024 World Press Freedom Day Conference on the online dangers to freedom of expression in Latin… Read more »

Africa: The Supermajors' Plans Could Kill 11.5 Million People

The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron until 2050 could cause an estimated 11.5 million additional premature deaths due… Read more »