This document provides an update on how Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has responded to the information and recommendations contained in a 2024 briefing submitted by EIA and Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) to Tokyo’s Governor Yuriko Koike on subsidies being provided to ivory industry stakeholders.
Despite claims that HFOs are environmentally friendly products, they come with both climate and ozone risks. EIA urges all governments and parties to the Montreal Protocol to apply the precautionary principle wherever possible avoiding the use of all F-gases, including HFOs, to avoid unnecessary risks to people and the planet.
There are multiple urgent issues before parties at the 47th Open-ended Working Group (OEWG47) of the Montreal Protocol. Now is a moment for renewed commitment to bold, science-led multilateral action reflecting the interdependence of the climate, ozone and chemical regimes.
A bipartisan letter that urges Japan to take steps to close its market during the ongoing review of its law that governs the trade in ivory, signed by 22 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, was sent to the Chairmen of the Environment Committee of the National Diet of Japan.
In this briefing, EIA highlights key areas for ExCom’s consideration, and outlines recommendations on several agenda items including the proposed HCFC Phase-out Management Plans (HPMPs) and Kigali Implementation Plans (KIPs).
In March 2024, six workers lost their lives in an explosion on the Becuna oil platform off the coast of Gabon. A new investigation exposes devastating truths about oil company Perenco Group’s operations, revealing how cost-cutting and top-down corporate control from its French office contributed to the deadliest offshore accident ever reported in Africa.