From tiger trafficking to supermarket plastics – the differences we’ve made in 2019!
As we prepare to get our teeth into a new decade of challenges, here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a busy year in 2019
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We’re in a global climate emergency, so why are we putting out more emissions than ever?
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 […]
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Antiques traders are in the High Court this week seeking to quash UK’s landmark Ivory Act
A law designed to protect elephants could be struck off the statute books because of resistance from the antiques trade
EU right to fear possible rise in whale meat exports to Japan from Iceland and Norway
Japan’s plan to hunt whales within its own economic waters might lead to more whale meat exports from Iceland and Norway
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Meeting seeks a way to clean up international trade in plastic waste
Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
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Record 25-tonne seizure in Poland of illegal climate-harming HFC refrigerants
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.
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