Human rights conditions in northern Tanzania have deteriorated sharply since August, as the Tanzanian government carries out a coordinated campaign of violence and arrests against the Indigenous Maasa...

Malawi is seeking a staggering $2.4 billion — roughly K4 trillion — from private investors and development partners to fund the development of 470,000 hectares of irrigable land earmarked for ambitiou...

As world leaders, policymakers, and civil society gather for Climate Week NYC – the world’s largest climate event – this webinar, drawing on the Oakland Institute’s RUSH report, will bring together ex...

From military technologies to AI systems and data centers, industries with bottomless mineral appetites are rapidly expanding extraction while communities and the environment pay a steep price. Second...

Villagers living in the shadow of Ruaha National Park are under siege from a rogue –World Bank-funded paramilitary ranger force. Accountability Now – Tanzanian Communities Shattered by World Bank-fund...

In 2025, Global Witness documented 124 land and environmental defenders were killed for protecting their land, territories, natural resources and communities

From military technologies to AI systems and data centers, industries with bottomless mineral appetites are rapidly expanding extraction while communities and the environment pay a steep price. Second...

June 2026: Just six months into office, Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s, tethered on the edge. Starting late April, as demonstrators and security forces clashed in the country’s capital, La P...

June 2026: Just six months into office, Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s, tethered on the edge. Starting late April, as demonstrators and security forces clashed in the country’s capital, La P...

There is an insidious lie that has taken root in the energy transition narrative pushed by the world’s most powerful financial, political, and environmental institutions: we need to massively scale up...

There is an insidious lie that has taken root in the energy transition narrative pushed by the world’s most powerful financial, political, and environmental institutions: we need to massively scale up...

There is an insidious lie that has taken root in the energy transition narrative pushed by the world’s most powerful financial, political, and environmental institutions: we need to massively scale…

Experts and frontline land defenders dismantle the false climate justification for the global mining rush, exposing what is really driving demand for critical minerals, who benefits, and the devastati...

June 2026: Just six months into office, Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s, tethered on the edge. Starting late April, as demonstrators and security forces clashed in the country’s capital, La P...

A report warns the global rush for critical minerals is driven by industries beyond clean energy, with major environmental and social costs in Africa.

A report warns the global rush for critical minerals is driven by industries beyond clean energy, with major environmental and social costs in Africa.

As governments and corporations scramble to secure critical minerals, a new Oakland Institute report exposes the forces fueling today’s unprecedented mining boom. RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wa...

Executive Director LetterDear Community,My sincere apologies that our Impact Report is arriving later than expected.

Executive Director LetterDear Community,My sincere apologies that our Impact Report is arriving later than expected.

Seemingly unlikely alliances are springing up in Canada and the U.S. to prevent rural communities from becoming a ‘toxic CO2 dumping ground’.

Far from the promises of sustainable development touted by the World Bank, the current scramble is driven by a strict logic of geopolitical power. A damning report from the California-based Oakland In...

It happened. An OpenAI system broke out of its secure testing environment, hacked its way online, then broke into a second company's servers to access data.No one told it to. It chose to.Now imagine t

​By gaining access to more critical minerals, Trump can expand the war machine and, in turn, make a profit; his administration has shown it will stop at nothing to achieve that.

​By gaining access to more critical minerals, Trump can expand the war machine and, in turn, make a profit; his administration has shown it will stop at nothing to achieve that.

Kristen Lyons investigates how climate policies such as carbon offsets simply provide security for big polluters, while leaving our planet in danger.

Kristen Lyons investigates how climate policies such as carbon offsets simply provide security for big polluters, while leaving our planet in danger.

As governments and corporations scramble to secure critical minerals, a new Oakland Institute report exposes the forces fueling today’s unprecedented mining boom. RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wa...

Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is renowned the world over for its wildlife and as the home of the indigenous Maasai people. To promote tourism, the government wants to enlarge the protected area – and e...

Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is renowned the world over for its wildlife and as the home of the indigenous Maasai people. To promote tourism, the government wants to enlarge the protected area – and e...

Ahead of the 48th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the Oakland Institute calls upon the Committee to confront the ongoing human rights violations against the Maasai in the Ngorongoro Conservat...