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The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which commits countries to globally phase down super pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is widely acknowledged as one of the most ambitious climate agreements made to date. To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Kigali Amendment, EIA commissioned filmmaker Leo Plunkett to produce a short documentary exploring the build-up to the Kigali Amendment, its role in sustainable cooling in an ever-warming world and future issues that the Protocol has yet to address.

As governments gather for the 38th Meeting of the Parties (MOP38) to the Montreal Protocol, EIA and 11 civil society partner organisations have released a joint statement reflecting on the first decade of the Kigali Amendment and outlining priorities for the years ahead. Adopted in 2016, the Amendment commits countries to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), […]

The European Union has an opportunity to demonstrate that ambitious climate legislation can deliver practical results with member states making progress in implementing the EU’s landmark F-Gas Regulation, according to a new report published today by EIA and our partners. The report, From Ambition to Action: A Progress Check on Europe’s F-Gas Transition, examines implementation […]

As the Kigali Amendment marks its 10th anniversary, EIA campaigners will join governments and civil society organisations in Kigali, Rwanda next week ( 2-6 November) for the 38th Meeting of the Parties (MOP38) to the Montreal Protocol, calling for stronger action to protect the ozone layer and tackle climate change. EIA was instrumental in initiating […]

The international community today (23 October) took a giant leap towards a more effective response to tackling the scourge of organised, transnational crimes that affect the environment. Several countries at the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) proposed a Resolution to negotiate […]

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 […]