Japan’s leading online retailer of elephant ivory products, Yahoo Japan Corporation, is one of the most recent official supporters of the upcoming 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as announced by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020). With thousands of ivory products for sale online in the largest remaining legal […]
As the 41st Open-Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol opened yesterday (2 July) in Bangkok, EIA released the new briefing High Stakes with recommendations for tougher and more effective commitments under the Montreal Protocol. After more than three decades as the world’s most successful international environmental agreement, the Montreal Protocol is now being put […]
After more than three decades of undeniable success, earning it the title of the world’s most successful multilateral environmental agreement, the Montreal Protocol is now being tested. Following revelations of unexplained CFC-11 emissions in 2018, legitimate questions have been raised as to whether the Montreal Protocol’s institutions and controls are fit for purpose, not only […]
Bogotá, Colombia. Un nuevo informe de investigación de Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Condenando el Bosque, revela el modus operandi utilizado por traficantes para comercializar madera con permisos comprados en el mercado negro, incluyendo especies protegidas como el cedro; y detalla cómo intermediarios aprovechan vacíos legales para lavar madera y escapar cualquier responsabilidad legal, dejando que […]
En junio de 2018, el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales, IDEAM, reportó que dos tercios de la deforestación en Colombia durante el 2017 ocurrió en tres departamentos de la región amazónica: Caquetá, Putumayo y Amazonas. En conjunto, dichosdepartamentos perdieron alrededor de 144.147 hectáreas de bosque, más del doble del área deforestada en […]
SACRAMENTO, CA – This week California’s legislature approved a 2019-2020 budget providing $1 million to create an incentive program for reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Established by the California Cooling Act (SB1013) passed last year, the program will incentivize adoption of climate-friendly refrigerant technologies, with a mandate to also consider other […]