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COP30 in Brazil was held in the Amazon and Global Witness was there to work with grassroots organisations at our own 'Cop do Povo' - the 'People's COP'. One in every 25 participants at COP30 were ...

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Maya Ixil leader Feliciana Herrera describes the impacts of entrenched corruption and impunity on Indigenous rights and the environment in Guatemala.

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Maya Q’eqchi defender Lesbia Artola describes the threats, harassment and defamation she’s suffered on social media as a result of her activism in defence of Indigenous rights and territory

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Bernabé García, President of the Maya K’iche’ organisation the 48 Cantones, discusses Indigenous resistance to attempts to overthrow Guatemala’s 2023 election and the reprisals mayan leaders have s...

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Networks of powerful elites in Guatemala are weaponising social media to smear and discredit Indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. These orchestrated campaigns are laying the groundwork fo...

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Environmental defenders still face major barriers inside UN climate negotiations, with limited access to delegations and few direct routes to influence decisions that shape their rights, territorie...

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are big fans of Argentina’s populist President Javier Milei. Trump and Milei have publicly praised each other, with the US President offering support to his Argentine ...

Watch how we exposed the influence of oil and gas at last year's COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan. At COP29, we released an investigation that showed how the Azerbaijan COP29 team charged w...

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Julia Chuñil es una indígena mapuche de Los Ríos (Chile). Como presidenta de la comunidad indígena Putreguel de Máfil, trabajaba para obtener la tenencia de las tierras ancestrales de su pueblo. Si...

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Last year, at least 146 defenders were killed or disappeared for protecting their land, communities or the environment, with Colombia recording the most lethal attacks (48) for the third year in a ...

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Julia Chuñil is an Indigenous Mapuche from Los Ríos, Chile. President of the Putreguel de Máfil Indigenous community, she had been working to secure tenure over their ancestral lands. But following...

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As Nicolás Maduro prepares to take power again after highly contested elections, we explain how US oil giant Chevron provides a financial lifeline to Venezuela’s authoritarian regime. Find out more...

As world leaders debate loss and damage funding, two Filipino farmers describe their community’s struggle with the devastating impacts of the climate crisis. “I feel scared, and I’m worried abou...

Indigenous communities, including those in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, are on the frontline of the climate crisis, facing floods and droughts – and calling for a loss and damage fund. “All four ...

A UK farmer calls for loss and damage funds to recoup damage from the climate crisis, having seen severe floods waterlog his crops and seed doubts about the future security of British food. Colin...

Hurricanes are wreaking havoc around the world – with the US still reeling from the devastation of Helene, Milton and Beryl. But why do we give these devastating events such cute names? What i...

Extreme heat is killing ordinary Americans. And now storm season threatens hundreds more. 🇺🇸 Families who have lost their loved ones to extreme heat have asked us – why should they pay for disaste.

Filipino youth activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro were abducted while opposing a massive land reclamation project in Manila Bay, which has already displaced hundreds of families & destroyed c

Ricardo Lagunes and Antonio Díaz are Mexican defenders speaking out against mining company Ternium. They were forcibly disappeared in January 2023 - by whom is not known... Enforced disappearance...