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Brazil knows the devastation climate change is causing better than most, yet its own state oil company's actions could stand ...
For the first time, the research calculates the cost of climate damages caused by emissions from EU imports of US liquified ...
As the world’s leading owner of transition mineral production, China must shoulder the burden of keeping the energy transition green. But do its regulations of mining abroad (and the industry’s ESG ...
The mining industry has a long legacy of exploitation, human rights abuses and environmental destruction, with Global Witness’s own history rooted in exposing the blood diamond trade. This time, we’re ...
The rising demand for transition minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has placed mineral-rich countries at the heart of geopolitical competition ...
The SEC's decision to let JBS list on the largest stock exchange in the world has been met with widespread scrutiny from civil society. xPACIFICA / Getty Images. xPACIFICA The company’s New York Stock ...
Intact forest and biodiversity in Acre state, Brazil, November 2020. (c) Lalo de Almeida/Panos/Global Witness The EU’s anti-deforestation law must not be weakened or delayed again – it needs to enter ...
Cutting flood defence spending could cost more than leaders think. Making polluters pay is a fair way to protect communities and rebuild trust Ahead of Wednesday’s spending review, the chancellor ...
More people than ever are suffering from the effects of climate breakdown, with deadly wildfires, heatwaves, storms and floods making large parts of the world uninhabitable. Yet rather than scale back ...
Next week, scientists, negotiators and government attaches gather in Bonn for the halfway point to COP30 – a critical moment to decide the agenda for the Brazil conference. One issue in particular has ...