Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a catch-all term for technologies that are meant to reduce emissions and storing them underground. But for fossil fuel companies it's a get-out-of-jail-free card for continued oil and gas production

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2024年7月24日 · For me, the best illustration of what Global Witness’s 30 years of experience delivered in 2023 was our work at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Using our data investigations capabilities, we – together with others in the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition – amplified the case for a commitment to phasing out oil, gas and coal by exposing that 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists had been granted ...

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2024年11月15日 · Responding to the call from climate leaders for urgent overhaul of UN climate processes, Dominic Kavakeb, Co-Director of Campaigns at Global Witness, said: “The COP climate talks are essential to fighting the climate crisis – they should be a space for cooperation to agree the collective action we need to build a safer and more stable world.

2025年2月6日 · In this critical decade for climate action, when we are faced with a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all, it is crucial that those affected by the climate emergency are central to policy responses. For …

2024年9月10日 · At least 196 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect their homes, community or the planet, according to a new report by Global Witness released today, working in collaboration with global partners

We alert the world to ‘blood diamonds’ fuelling civil war in Angola and across Africa, thrusting the practices of the global diamond industry into the spotlight. The campaign leads to the establishment of the precedent-setting Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme and to Global Witness being co-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

2024年11月7日 · This focus allows us to be consistent when identifying where mining may be having the most impact on violence and protests, but will omit significant events in countries with less production, like copper protests in Panama or Serbian lithium protests. For each of the 19 countries, we analysed the database produced by ACLED, which records political violence and protest events worldwide.