We defend the natural world from environmental crime and abuse

The global plastic waste trade is an environmental disaster hiding in plain sight, EIA’s latest report concludes. The plastic waste trade fuels organised crime, drives working conditions that amount to human rights violations and is devastating to the environment and human health.

Following the launch of a deeply concerning new assessment on the alarming increase in emissions from the ‘forgotten greenhouse gas’ - what should be done to avert a global catastrophe? Nitrous oxide (N₂O) – better known as laughing gas – is no laughing matter for our climate, our ozone layer or our health.

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.

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.

Uncovering shocking evidence of how bad actors exploit regulatory weaknesses, legal loopholes and outdated practices in the global plastic waste trade

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, 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).

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.

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.