STILL a critical threat to our future As an organisation that has spent more than four decades investigating and combating environmental crime and abuse across all three pillars of the triple planetary crisis — climate, biodiversity and pollution — the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is uniquely positioned to speak to both the scale of the […]
Meeting the Climate Crisis Head-on This year, 2026, marks an important milestone for the Montreal Protocol. In October, Parties will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Kigali Amendment, the moment which saw the ozone treaty turn decisively to face the climate threat posed by hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). As we approach the Kigali celebrations, the 48th meeting […]
The UK is warming faster than the global average and is increasingly exposed to dangerous heat. More frequent and intense heatwaves are already causing thousands of excess deaths each year, while overheating affects a growing proportion of homes, workplaces and public buildings. As the Climate Change Committee’s Fourth Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk makes […]
This report examines how timber moves into one of the world’s most important wood-processing hubs - Vietnam. During the past two decades, Vietnam has become a major global exporter of furniture and wood products, supplying markets across Asia, Europe and the US. To support this growth, the country relies not only on its own plantations, but also on timber imported from a wide range of international sources, including neighbouring countries such as Cambodia and Laos.
This year the Montreal Protocol community marks a decade since the adoption of the Kigali Amendment. The 10-year Kigali anniversary is a significant milestone, but comes at a time of accelerating climate breakdown, ongoing threats to ozone layer recovery and a wider weakening in multilateral cooperation. As the Executive Committee (ExCom) convenes for its 98th […]
Fossil fuels are the primary driver of the climate crisis, responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions. Phasing out fossil fuels is the most important step the world can take to limit warming and protect communities. For years, scientists, civil society and impacted countries and communities promoted action on fossil fuels, yet it hasremained marginalised from multilateral discussions. That is beginning to change.