A new EIA report released today (21 October) reveals that nickel brands trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) appear to be connected to Indonesian mine sites where 7,270 hectares of climate critical rainforests have been destroyed. The area affected is more than 25 times the size of the City of London’s financial district, also […]
Mexico has weakened protections for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, opening vast new areas in the Upper Gulf of California to the deadly gillnet fishing which has driven the species’ precipitous decline. Scientists estimate that only about 10 vaquitas remain, down from nearly 600 animals in 1997. But Mexico’s new rules eviscerate protections adopted in […]
EIA campaigners will be at the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), taking place in Vienna next week (19-23 October). While there they will be engaging with governments, UN agencies and civil society across the full range of environmental issues that EIA has addressed […]
The United Nations has recently conceded that it is now “unavoidable” for the world to remain within the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. This means ambitious, rapid action is more essential than ever – and there are few better places to start than reducing our emissions of super pollutants such as […]
The European Commission’s proposal to delay key requirements of the EU Methane Regulation threatens to undermine landmark climate legislation and open the door to further weakening. The proposal follows sustained pressure from the fossil fuel industry and the US Trump administration. Adopted in 2024, the Regulation aims to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector, […]
What does a $200,000 fine for illegal teak on luxury yachts say about the true cost of forest crime? When penalties are small, companies can absorb them as a cost of doing business, with little consequence for their overall profit margins. Forest crimes are perceived as low-risk, high-reward offences, which ultimately reflects a wider problem […]