A new model for implementation. Climate change demands urgent action on multiple fronts and tackling super pollutants is among the most powerful levers available. Super pollutants – methane, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – are responsible for up to 45 per cent of current warming. Many are also short-lived climate pollutants […]
LONDON: Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty are stuck in limbo, but new research by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) indicates alternative ways forward to both lower plastics production and circumvent the petrostates and vested interests holding the process hostage. After several rounds of talks beginning in 2022, progress by the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating […]
LONDON: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has welcomed the guilty pleas entered by UK luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International Ltd and its US subsidiary Sunseeker USA Sales for violations of the US Lacey Act linked to the use of illegally sourced teak from Myanmar. The case marks one of the most significant US enforcement […]
The Montreal Protocol has achieved remarkable success in controlling the production and use of controlled ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but unmanaged ‘banks’ of these substances in equipment and stockpiles threaten its legacy.
What happened to reporting of statistical data in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations? To recall, UNEA Resolution 5/14 references promoting sustainable production and consumption of plastics, addressing the full lifecycle of plastic and reducing plastic pollution. The mandate also requests periodic assessments of implementation and effectiveness and scientific assessments of plastic pollution. This will require […]
A new scientific study warns that emissions from chemical feedstocks threaten ozone recovery and climate goals, calling for urgent reform of the Montreal Protocol.