Despite growing awareness of the climate emergency and mass demonstrations around the world demanding urgent action, two new reports reveal we’re collectively pumping out more dangerous gas emissions than ever. The reports from the United Nations Environmental Programme and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) show that action on the streets has yet to translate into […]
A law designed to protect elephants could be struck off the statute books because of resistance from the antiques trade
Japan’s plan to hunt whales within its own economic waters might lead to more whale meat exports from Iceland and Norway
Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
Polish authorities have seized nearly 25 tonnes of illegal hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.Believed to be the largest seizure of its kind in Europe, the 24,459kg shipment from Ukraine included cylinders of R-134a, R-404A and R-410A and is estimated to be worth about €600,000.
With Member State experts due to meet today (27 March) to discuss the future of the European Union‘s domestic ivory market, Belgium has added momentum to efforts to ban the trade across the bloc.