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Making the law work
Read the EIA’s response to the UK Government’s legislation on forest risk commodities.
In 2021, the UK Government passed the Environment Act, under which businesses will be required to establish and implement a due diligence system to ensure the forest-risk commodities they use are legal. To date, we are still waiting for the UK Government to lay the secondary regulations which would bring the due diligence legislation under the Environment Act into effect.
Podcast -
What on Earth
Listen to the latest episode of our 'What on Earth' podcast.
In this episode, Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman talks with Debbie Banks, the leader of EIA UK’s Tigers and Wildlife Crime campaign, about her experiences with EIA over the years and the challenges to come. ' ‘EIA helped change the narrative around organised criminality and environmental crime’.
Latest investigation: Dirty Deals – Part One
Top stories
Wildlife
An end to China’s use of threatened wildlife in traditional medicines?
The Government of China has made a commitment to supporting the development of substitutes for endangered wildlife used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The announcement by the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) is an encouraging step.
Climate
Critical climate targets jeopardised by rogue HFC-23 emissions
The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Ocean
Exposed — the plastics waste trade scams that fuel crime and injustice around the world
Uncovering shocking evidence of how bad actors exploit regulatory weaknesses, legal loopholes and outdated practices in the global plastic waste trade
Forests
Hands off the EU Deforestation Regulation!
EIA has joined with more than 225 civil society organisations from at least 42 countries to call on the European Parliament and national EU governments to reject the European Commission’s bid to stall a major forests protection law.
Methane
EIA calls on European Commission to take action on methane emissions
Methane, the second most important greenhouse gas (GHG), is responsible for a third of the global warming that has taken place so far. Over a 20 year period, it is 80+ times more effective at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2).
Pangolins
Norges Bank divested from a major TCM company
Norges Bank has divested from a major traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) company in the wake of EIA’s major exposé Investing in Extinction, which found the body parts of threatened leopards and pangolins being used as ingredients in at least 88 products.
Climate
It’s UK Heat Pump Week
EIA finds natural refrigerant models are now readily available! It is widely acknowledged that the rapid roll-out of heat pumps is a key part of the UK’s net zero strategy, with a typical heat pump reducing emissions by up to 66-80 per cent compared to heating options reliant on fossil fuels.
Whaling
The future of whales hangs in the balance at IWC
The 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens today in Lima, Peru, where some countries will be pushing for the creation of a new whale sanctuary and others for a return to commercial whaling.
Forests
Will an EU court ruling embolden timber traders?
A new ruling by the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) may partially undo earlier criminal convictions for importing teak from Myanmar in defiance of a previous EU sanctions regime.
Appeal: Protect Asian Elephants
Help us save vulnerable Asian elephants from being killed for profit. These elephants face a variety of threats to their survival, including habitat loss, conflict with humans, climate change and being captured for use in the tourist trade.
