We defend the natural world from environmental crime and abuse

Climate-damaging refrigerant gases are being phased out, but this has created an opportunity for widescale illegal trade that criminals have been quick to exploit. In this episode, EIA Senior Climate Campaigner Fin Walravens discusses the findings of our latest investigation ...

Illegal climate-damaging refrigerant gases worth hundreds of millions of euros a year in lost profits to legitimate suppliers are entering Italy via organised criminal networks, penetrating major supply chains including manufacturing, supermarkets and the state railway ...

The European Chemical Agency has published expert opinions in support of restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’), including fluorinated gases. During the initial consultation, ECHA received more than 5,600 comments ...

Acting on intelligence provided by EIA, Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in the capital Lusaka on 9 March and arrested nine Zambians, including an individual from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), allegedly involved in the illegal wildlife trade ...

In an increasingly unstable geopolitical landscape, military strikes on Iran by the USA and Israel will likely increase pressure on the world’s ability to feed itself – and it begins with synthetic fertilisers. Fertilisers form a key pillar of our global food system, but also represent a significant weakness ...

The UK Government has promised global climate leadership, yet evidence shows that programmes designed to protect forests, oceans and climate stability in developing countries are being quietly cut, scaled back or drip-fed. At least £11.6 billion was pledged for international climate finance ...

In December, I travelled to Kenya’s Dandora dumpsite outside the capital Nairobi with colleagues from EIA. We were there with a specific purpose – to understand what synthetic textile exports look like at the end of their journey. We found we did not need to look very far ...

Has the world woken up to the threat of environmental crime? The outcome of several days of dialogue in Vienna raises more questions than answers. More than 100 states, represented by hundreds of delegates, met at the United Nations to negotiate the global response to environmental crime ...

In this episode, EIA Senior Ocean Advisor Clare Perry talks with Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman about the history of whaling, the countries that defy the ban to keep on hunting and the new petition we’ve launched with partners to press for a complete end to the practice ...