EIA's updated Canadian Climate-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard assesses major Canadian supermarket chains on actions to reduce super-polluting HFCs. Despite the widespread availability of climate-friendly technology, none of the five largest food retailers by revenue in Canada have achieved a high score.
South Africa's draft Biodiversity Management Plan is riddled with contradictions, with intentions to serve as a species recovery plan for black and white rhinos while also unleashing domestic trade in rhino horn products and working toward overturning the international ban on rhino horn trade.
It is deeply concerning that a central tenet of the South Africa's draft Biodiversity Management Plan appears to be the promotion of commercial rhino horn trade – both domestic and international. EIA strongly urges that all rhino horn trade-related objectives and actions instead promote demand reduction and the strict restriction of trade in order to protect rhinos from poaching and illegal trade.
The success of the Montreal Protocol demonstrates the progress it is possible for governments to make when working collaboratively within a strong governance framework. The 46th Open-Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol (OEWG46) presents significant opportunities for the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to take progressive action to protect the Protocol’s legacy and ensure it can address present and future challenges.
For far too long, nitrous oxide emissions have been ignored in the climate debate. With its successful track record in phasing out fluorinated ozone-depleting substances, including CFCs and HCFCs, and its legacy of increasing environmental and climate ambition, the Montreal Protocol is uniquely well-suited to address the challenge posed by industrial emissions of N2O.
EIA is concerned that discussion on ozone-depleting substance and hydrofluorocarbon management and destruction focus primarily on carbon trading and sale of carbon offset credits. This briefing discusses more cost-effective, efficient, and environmentally sound alternatives to these "permissions to pollute."