Shared Responsibility
Why the European Union and China should collaborate on plastic production controls in the Global Plastics Treaty.
- Areas of work:
- Campaigns:
Why the European Union and China should collaborate on plastic production controls in the Global Plastics Treaty.
The Global Plastics Treaty negotiations have reached a decisive political moment. The election of Chile’s Julio Cordano as Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) and the launch of a series of informal dialogues in Kyoto signal a renewed effort to rebuild trust and stalled momentum after failing to conclude negotiations in Geneva in August 2025.
This document outlines the key measures on HFCs in Regulation (EU) 2024/573 on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases.
These recommendations are timely as market operators, importers and competent authorities are seeking certainty about which solutions would be considered acceptable for demonstrating compliance with EUMR monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) requirements in a stable and predictable manner.
Submission by the EIA in response to the Basel Convention Secretariat’s request for comments on the plastic waste amendments and possible further activities that could be conducted on plastic waste.
Four decades of protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises under the International Whaling Commission. A personal reflection by EIA co-founder Jennifer Lonsdale.