The 70th International Whaling Commission (IWC70) meeting concluded today (2 October) in Hobart, Australia with progress in many areas but disappointment for efforts to establish a South Atlantic whale sanctuary. A number of governance issues, decisions and resolutions were negotiated during the week. Resolutions on “the Global Trade in Fish Maw and Incidental Catches of […]
Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty are stuck in limbo, but new EIA research indicates that there are alternative ways forward to both lower plastics production and get around the petrostates and vested interests holding the process hostage. After several rounds of talks beginning in 2022, progress by the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) stalled […]
The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (CoP30) has now concluded in Brazil. Our Climate campaigners were keeping watch on proceedings and welcome the progress under the Just Transition Work Programme, methane initiatives and the new focus on fertilisers, although it appears progress stalled on fossil fuels. Here’s an overview of the key activities […]
New landmark initiatives aimed at accelerating global action to cut methane and other climate-harming gases have been launched from the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP30) in Brazil. EIA’s Climate campaigners welcome the announcements, made yesterday at the Methane and Other Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases Summit. EIA Climate Campaigner Kim O’Dowd said: “The announcements are […]
The UK’s action to prevent whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals dying as a result of being caught in fishing nets – bycatch – has spared it from US Government trade sanctions on fish products. However, despite the UK’s actions to date, ongoing bycatch in British and European waters remains a significant concern. The […]
The UN CoP29 climate summit concluded in Baku on 24 November with a climate finance deal that has been branded a betrayal. It is hardly surprising that the latest CoP, hosted by a major fossil fuel-producing country for the third year in a row, has ended in disappointment. Azerbaijan’s role as host was characterised by […]