Download the full report / Download the Executive Summary En Français Executive Summary in Chinese The Congo Basin, home to the second largest tropical forest in the world after the Amazon and equal in size to half of the continental United States, is of vital importance for thousands of species, including our own. For […]
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Téléchargez le rapport / Principaux Resultats Download the Report in English Executive Summary in Chinese Le bassin du Congo, qui abrite la deuxième plus grande forêt tropicale du monde après l’Amazonie, s’étend sur une super cie équivalente à la moitié de la zone continentale des États- Unis et revêt une importance capitale pour des […]
Washington, DC – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a new LEED pilot credit today, designed to increase transparency in timber supply chains and reduce the risk of illegally harvested wood entering the buildings industry supply chain. In order to qualify for the new LEED credit, companies need to declare the origin and species […]
Preventing emissions of fluorinated refrigerants such as HFCs from “F-gas banks” is the single biggest near-term strategy to reduce greenhouse gases. The IPCC special report on limiting global warming to within 1.5˚C also underlined need for faster and deeper HFC emission reductions beyond those anticipated under full implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal […]
EIA Statement on the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 (H.R. 864) The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) strongly supports the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 (H.R. 864) – introduced today by Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK). This bill will further establish the leadership of the United States in the […]