In total, the oil and gas Petrobras is set to produce by 2050 will emit an equivalent of 7.9 billion tonnes of CO2 – ...

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 ...

The rising demand for transition minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has placed mineral-rich countries at the heart of geopolitical competition Ading Releno is a member of the ...

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 ...

In 2022, a Global Witness investigation revealed a shocking reality at the heart of the green energy transition. Unregulated mines in Myanmar had become an essential source of heavy rare earth ...

On India's Konkan Coast, 300km south of Mumbai, conflict over one of the world’s biggest new fossil fuel projects has led to hundreds of arrests and the murder of a journalist. The Saudi-backed scheme ...

Russia earned €158 billion from oil and gas in the first six months of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, contributing approximately €43 billion to the federal budget. The sanctions so far – including an ...

Russia’s opening up to western capitalism after the fall of the USSR and the resulting deep economic slump was a massive opportunity for the oil majors. By the time Putin came to power – as Yeltsin’s ...