On the climate crisis: more of the same won't work, we need a revolution

Global Witness is pivoting its strategy from seeking accountability within existing systems to demanding a systemic revolution to address the climate crisis. The organization focuses on debunking the role of fossil gas as a climate solution, cutting off financial flows to companies driving deforestation in tropical forests, and advocating for a new global corporate accountability law. It emphasizes the need to protect land and environmental defenders from violence linked to the global agribusiness industry.

• Global Witness argues that fossil gas is not a green energy alternative and that to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to under 1.5C, global gas production and consumption must decrease by 40% over the next ten years.
• The organization aims to stop the funding of deforestation by targeting the financial institutions that support multinational agricultural businesses producing soy, palm oil, and beef, particularly in the Congo Basin, Papua New Guinea, and the Amazon.
• Global Witness is advocating for the creation of a new corporate accountability law with enforceable global standards to protect the planet from investors and profit-makers.
• The organization highlights the systemic violence, including murder and arbitrary arrest, faced by land and environmental defenders, linking these abuses to the global agribusiness industry.

APA

Global Witness (n.d.). On the climate crisis: more of the same won't work, we need a revolution. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/on-the-climate-crisis-more-of-the-same-wont-work-we-need-a-revolution/

Chicago

Global Witness. On the climate crisis: more of the same won't work, we need a revolution. n.d. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/on-the-climate-crisis-more-of-the-same-wont-work-we-need-a-revolution/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Global Witness |title=On the climate crisis: more of the same won't work, we need a revolution |url=https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/on-the-climate-crisis-more-of-the-same-wont-work-we-need-a-revolution/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{globalwitnessndclimate, author = {{Global Witness}}, title = {{On the climate crisis: more of the same won't work, we need a revolution}}, publisher = {Global Witness}, url = {https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/on-the-climate-crisis-more-of-the-same-wont-work-we-need-a-revolution/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }