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China’s emissions of climate-harming refrigerants now more than a fifth of world’s total and could even grow

China’s emissions of key super-polluting hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants now represent more than 20 per cent of the global total. In a newly published study, Xiaoyi Hu and colleagues reported on new observations of three of the main HFCs in use today – HFC-125, HFC-134a and HFC-143a – showing that emissions had increased to 206.4 million […]

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A deep dive into the wins and losses for wildlife and forests at CITES 78th Standing Committee

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.   Elephants   Asian elephants SC78 marked EIA’s first engagement at CITES on the […]

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Highlighting EIA’s illegal trade concerns for wildlife and trees at CITES Standing Committee

This year is a big one for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), with the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) kicking off in Geneva, Switzerland from 3-8 February. This will be followed by the much larger 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later in the year. EIA […]

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There’s a new species of pangolin — and illegal trade means it’s already likely to be critically endangered

A new species of pangolin has been discovered, but already it is deemed to be threatened by illegal trade. The Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica ) is the tenth to be found and was identified by scientists who were conducting routine examination of pangolin scales seized in India. Some of these scales were identified as coming from […]

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Could this move herald an end to China’s use of threatened wildlife in traditional medicines?

The Government of China has made a commitment (Chinese) to supporting the development of substitutes for endangered wildlife used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The announcement by the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) is an encouraging step towards ending the use of threatened wildlife in TCM and represents tangible progress following a proposal […]

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Critical climate targets are being jeopardised by rogue HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions

The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The climate super-pollutant is produced and emitted primarily as an unwanted byproduct of manufacturing […]