EIA’s daily diary from the first round of negotiations in Uruguay for a new Global Plastics Treaty
Negotiations have begun this week in Punta del Este, Uruguay, to hammer out the language for a new Global Plastics Treaty
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Tag: eu
Myanmar blacklisted by financial watchdog to curb military junta’s exploitation of natural resources
Since the military coup in Myanmar in 2021, EIA’s Forests campaigners have been investigating and exposing the illicit timber trade from Myanmar to international markets
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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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Can we expect concrete action from body seeking to root out deforestation from imported commodities?
EIA Forests campaigners were in Copenhagen this week for the latest Amsterdam Declarations Partnership (ADP) multistakeholder meeting working towards deforestation-free, sustainable commodities
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Repowering the EU makes sense – but current plans are bowing to fossil fuel industry interests
Almost three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Commission has presented its REPowerEU plan to move towards ending reliance on Russian fossil fuel imports
Asset seizures – a reminder we should be hitting the criminal trade funding despots in the first place
The next time you see a superyacht know this – it is more than likely decked out with Myanmar teak. EIA and the people in Myanmar call it ‘blood timber’ and for good reason
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