This fact sheet examines the unique compliance and enforcement features of the 2021 allowance system developed to implement the Kigali Amendment in the United States. This serves as just one example for countries to consider as they improve and modernize previous domestic licensing and allowance systems designed for ODS, to ensure the successful phase down […]
Embracing Lifecycle Refrigerant Management globally can prevent fluorocarbon emissions equal to 90 billion metric tons of CO2 this century. This joint report lays out tangible interventions for federal and state policymakers, major corporations, and equipment owners and operators to minimize refrigerant leaks and maximize end-of-life recovery and reclamation.
EIA’s Fact Sheet on groundbreaking new climate legislation passed in California to tackle super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). S.B. 1206 sets California on a path to transition out of most HFCs by 2035 to ultra-low or no global warming potential (GWP) alternatives and reclaimed refrigerants. EIA’s press release is also available here
The hidden path that connects Russian blood birch to American consumers highlights the high risk associated with opaque timber supply chains and manufacturing hubs like Vietnam and China.
To adapt to an ever changing environment in 2021, the Environmental Investigation Agency mobilized governments and policies, conducted innovative and groundbreaking investigations, delivered detailed evidence bringing major environmental crime violators to justice, and advocated for earth defenders across the planet. Read highlights from the EIA 2021 Impact Report.
EIA encourages CoP19 to reject the proposal from Namibia and Botswana to transfer Namibia’s population of southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) from Appendix I to Appendix II with an annotation limiting commercial trade to live animals for in-situ conservation only and hunting trophies. CITES Parties voted against the adoption of a very similar proposal […]