The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and London, has released a new video exposing the leadership of the largest forest products company in Romania, the Austrian-based Holzindustrie Schweighofer, willingly and knowingly accepting illegally harvested timber and incentivizing additional cutting through a bonus system.
By Danielle Grabiel, EIA Senior Policy Analyst Today, Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iqaluit, Canada, to accept the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and with it to take on a rare opportunity to shape the future of the region. Founded in 1996, the Arctic Council is an intergovernmental organization including all eight […]
African Group Spurs Progress towards Global Agreement on HFCsBANGKOK—Unprecedented global attention on super greenhouse gases, HFCs, resulted in agreement on a way forward under the Montreal Protocol this week. At the five day meeting in Bangkok , the African group emerged as a strong voice in support of tackling HFCs, overcoming resistance by a minority […]
INDIA AGREES TO ADDRESS HFCS UNDER MONTREAL PROTOCOL, SUBMITS AMENDMENT PROPOSALBANGKOK—India has submitted an advance copy of an amendment proposal to the Montreal Protocol proposing a phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) ahead of next week’s Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) special meeting in Bangkok. “India’s proposal comes as countries are about to participate in a […]
Developing countries have the opportunity to make transitions to HFC-free technologies leading to reduced HFC emissions as well as significant gains in energy efficiency from substantially improved technologies in the refrigeration and air conditioning sectors. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Center for Science and Environment (CSE) have come together to help bring a broad […]
By Maggie Dewane, EIA Communications and Press Officer The Montreal Protocol’s Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) meetings, with a special focus on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), take place in Bangkok next week. EIA’s team will be at these meetings and I sat down with our in-house international climate policy expert, Avipsa Mahapatra, to help us understand why […]