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On 26 February, the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) published the “Seventh Carbon Budget – Advice for the UK government”, an almost 400-page document outlining recommended legally binding milestones to set the UK’s pathway to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Loopholes in EU regulations appear to be driving unsustainable and fraudulent palm oil trade. EIA’s new briefing The Palm Oil Black Box – EU trade loopholes analyses EU trade patterns for palm oil and reveals a significant increase in the imports of waste and residues used to make biofuels.

Opposition to commercial whaling around the world is stronger than ever. Yet as we mark World Whale Day 2025, Japan, Norway and Iceland – three of the world’s wealthiest nations that otherwise generally abide by multilateral environmental agreements – persist in defying the global ban.

China’s emissions of key super-polluting hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants now represent more than 20 per cent of the global total. We call on China and other parties to the Montreal Protocol to follow the lead of the European Union and accelerate action to phase out HFCs.

Covering one packed agenda, four interventions and six hectic days, EIA campaigners share the highlights of the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva.

The 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) kicked off in Geneva this week. On Wednesday, EIA Deputy Campaign Lead (Elephants) Rachel Mackenna made a formal intervention in respect of trade in Asian elephants.

Senior European lawmakers have been urged to ensure human rights and deforestation issues are kept at the heart of a new forest products risk-ranking system for countries. The proposed country risk benchmarking system will operate under the EU Deforestation Regulation.

EIA played a crucial role in leading a coalition of environmental groups to secure the UK Ivory Act and we're delighted to see it expanded by the Government this week to now ban importing, exporting and dealing in items containing ivory from hippos, narwhals and killer and sperm whales

EIA will be actively engaging at the 78th Meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES (SC78) on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins, vaquita porpoises and trees, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.