Conflict minerals from war-torn DRC likely end up in everyday tech from Sony, Microsoft, Amazon, LG, Vodafone, and others, a ...

Where have over 2,000 tonnes of smuggled conflict coltan gone? These looted minerals come from mines in Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which produce 15% of the world’s tantalum, ...

Forest likely cleared by burning for pasture, northern Chaco. Global Witness Fabrizio Nuti – head of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH)-owned tannery group Nuti Ivo – is a key player in the leather ...

AI is quietly boosting fossil fuel expansion, helping some of the world’s biggest polluters to drill and extract more oil and gas. It is time to look at the emissions enabled by AI that could ...

The US first framed its illegal Venezuela attack as an operation to oust authoritarian Maduro as part of its war on drugs. But it didn’t take long for Trump to reveal a far more lucrative motive: ...

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...

The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and leaving vulnerable people open to ...

The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30’s opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of consensus-based decision-making ...

A farm in the village of Gbordoi, Bong County, Liberia, cleared in 2024. Rice has been planted while the farmer waits for cocoa to grow. Global Witness An investigation by Global Witness links some of ...

Julia Francisco Martínez stands at the graveside of her husband Juan, a Honduran Indigenous defender who was found murdered in 2015. Giles Clarke / Global Witness Every year, Global Witness works with ...

Eight out of the top 10 most flood-prone constituencies in England are projected to elect a Reform MP at the next general election, new analysis by Global Witness and Round Our Way shows Campaigners ...

Trump’s obsession with rare earth minerals makes sense when you understand their role in modern military technology Critical minerals have in recent years been central to global visions of a greener ...