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 »

Africa: European Demand Driving $1 Trillion Spending On Gas Production Worldwide This Decade #AfricaClimateCrisis

$223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe Read more »

Africa: Bad Case of Déjà Vu As Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan

This week, it was announced that Azeri Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev, who spent over 20 years at Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR, has been appointed as… Read more »

Africa: Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Granted Access to COP28 Climate Talks #AfricaClimateCrisis

London, 4th December 2023 - At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks… Read more »

Africa: EU Commission Unveils Subsidy Plans for Hydrogen Infrastructure, Opening Up Europe to Fossil Gas Lock-in

Brussels, November 28 - The European Commission today opened the door to subsidies for a pipeline to transport blue hydrogen from Norway to Germany, which lead to more fossil gas… Read more »

Africa: Equinor, Shell and RWE's Plans to Flood Europe With Fossil Hydrogen May Receive EU Taxpayer Support #AfricaClimateCrisis

A pipeline to export fossil hydrogen from Norway to Germany is in the running for EU subsidies, and would rely on new hydrogen plants which would burn more fossil gas than Denmark,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Puncturing the Second Lung of the World

Global Witness has uncovered evidence that shows China-linked timber company Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development (CKBFD) is responsible for illegal logging in the Democratic… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Chinese-Owned Timber Giant Exported More Than U.S.$5 Million of Illegal Timber in Just Six Months

Wednesday 25th October, London 2023 - Chinese-owned timber company Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development (CKBFD) exported more than $5 million dollars' worth of illegal timber… Read more »

Africa: The Climate Law the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want #AfricaClimateHope

Europe's biggest polluters - Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and ENI - are fighting to stop a law that would force them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our governments cannot… Read more »