Resources

Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain. In this issue of EIA’s Illegal Trade Bulletin, we highlight warning signs of counterfeit cylinders, their role in illegal trade, the danger and safety risks they pose, and the importance of industry vigilance and best practices to ensure the health and safety of people and the environment.

EIA will be actively engaging at CoP20 on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins and vaquita porpoises, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.

As manufacturers develop next generation cooling and heating technologies to meet growing global needs, it is critical to open up the US market to ultra-low GWP refrigerant options for the residential and commercial air conditioning and heat pump sector. Our report outlines feasible paths for US safety standards and building codes for refrigerants, with recommendations that are are practical, urgent, and consistent with international progress already underway.

Romania’s national timber traceability system is among the best in the world, but it still suffers from widespread fraud and noncompliance. The use of machine learning strategies offers an opportunity to more efficiently and effectively root out some of the common fraud techniques that enable evasion of Romania’s forest protections. 

The Montreal Protocol is the world's most successful environmental treaty, under which countries have phased out 99% of controlled ozone-destroying chemicals, but its work is far from done.

In the first analysis of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report uncovers how Vietnam continues to be exploited by international organized crime networks to smuggle illegal wildlife products between Africa and Asia.