IWC68: The good, the bad and the pro-whaling walk-out to scupper a sanctuary for whales
The biennial meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC68) has ended with good news and bad news for whales and dolphins
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Tag: climate
Collaborating with EIA to create podcasts for King’s College’s climate change action module
Having volunteered with the EIA for a couple months, I soon realised how diverse its fields of work are and the myriad backgrounds and experiences of its campaigners and staff
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One step closer towards a groundbreaking new law to curb the EU’s global deforestation footprint
On the 13 September 2022 the EU Parliament voted to agree on the EU Commission’s 2021 long awaited proposal for a new law that aims to stop commodities such as palm oil, beef, leather, soy, cocoa, coffee or wood produced through deforestation or human rights abuses being placed on the EU markets.
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What does a High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution mean for the global plastics treaty?
Today, the governments of Norway and Rwanda, with the support of 18 other countries, launched the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution - but what does this initiative mean for EIA’s campaign to secure an ambitious and comprehensive global plastics treaty?
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How the exploitation of Antarctic krill for dietary supplements poses a big threat to whales
The new report Krill, Baby, Krill by our colleagues at Changing Markets Foundation investigates the main culprits responsible for the plundering of the cornerstone species of the Antarctic food web – krill
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Celebrating the global ban on commercial whaling –as important now as it was 40 years ago
Forty years ago tomorrow (23 July), contracting governments to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting at Brighton’s Metropole Hotel voted by 25 to seven for a global ban on commercial whaling, commonly known as ‘the moratorium’. This was one of the most important conservation and welfare decisions of the 20th century and is as important […]
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