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’s engagement with CITES processes stretches back decades and contributes to our overall aim to research and campaign against environmental crime and abuse.
The world’s Governments will gather in Panama, in November for one of the biggest meetings in the environmental calendar – and EIA campaigners are primed and ready with key asks to protect endangered animals and timber species. The 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered […]
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 […]