A new two-part investigation by The Guardian, found here in part one and part two, has exposed the hidden consequences of the UK’s plastic waste exports to Türkiye. The investigation was informed by EIA analysis and traced thousands of tonnes of UK plastic waste sent for recycling in Adana, Türkiye, revealing how exported plastic is […]
The UK, Europe and many other parts of the globe are already experiencing rising temperatures and more regular heatwaves – and with a higher than 90 per cent chance of the world experiencing an El Niño event this year, conditions could worsen significantly. In this special blog, EIA Climate Campaigner Joanna Sparks takes a look […]
A long-running land dispute in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province – dubbed Indonesia’s highest profile land conflict – has erupted again, spurring calls for renewed scrutiny on First Resources, a major palm oil producer and member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), over breaches of sustainability commitments. On 18 June, the Indigenous Dayak Benuaq […]
As the UK recovers from its latest record-breaking heatwave, our Climate team today published UK Cooling Policy in a Warming World, an urgent call to action for the UK Government to adopt a national cooling action plan addressing both climate adaptation and mitigation. With the UK warming faster than the global average, heatwaves are becoming […]
LONDON: As the UK recovers from its latest record-breaking heatwave, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today published UK Cooling Policy in a Warming World, an urgent call to action for the Government to adopt a national cooling action plan addressing both climate adaptation and mitigation. With the UK warming faster than the global average, […]
Enforcement action in Europe to prevent the export of more than 4,000 tonnes of textile waste underpins EIA’s long-standing warnings that this global trade often results in waste being dumped in other countries. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) uncovered and prevented the illegal shipment from Italy to Türkiye, revealing once more the scale of misdeclared […]