For more than a decade, the illegal trade in Burmese teak has stood as a stark example of how environmental crime, corruption and conflict intersect within global markets. Recent enforcement actions in Europe and the US mark an important shift – authorities are increasingly recognising that importing timber linked to military-controlled supply chains is not […]
Twice a year, EIA Ocean campaigners join the Clean Shipping Coalition delegation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on the River Thames, once for the Sub-Committee on Pollution, Prevention and Response (PPR) and once for the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). This week, we join the 84th meeting of the MEPC in London. Inside the […]
Forests are often talked about as places of nature and wildlife, but they are also deeply connected to our economies and everyday lives. This year’s International Day of Forests (21 March) highlights the link between forests and the economy and the reality is simple – when forests are healthy, economies are more stable; when forests […]
As the latest rupture 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. It is barely more than century since the Haber-Bosch process was developed and the industrial production of ammonia […]
The UK Government has promised global climate leadership, yet new evidence shows that programmes designed to protect forests, oceans and climate stability in developing countries are being quietly cut, scaled back or drip-fed year-by-year. At least £11.6 billion was pledged for international climate finance (ICF) between 2021-26. According to reporting this week in the Guardian, […]
We are grateful for the additional contributions to this blog from Solomon Njoroge 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 did not […]