Ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty effectively ground to halt in Geneva last year when talks ended without an agreement or even a timeline for what happens next. But the process doesn’t need to be left in limbo, held hostage by a small number of petrostates and vested fossil fuel interests intent on blocking […]
EIA campaigners will be in Vienna from Monday for the week-long 35th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). The meeting comes at a critical time for international efforts to address crimes that affect the environment, an area where political attention is increasing but collective action still falls short of […]
Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty are stuck in limbo, but new EIA research indicates that there are alternative ways forward to both lower plastics production and get around the petrostates and vested interests holding the process hostage. After several rounds of talks beginning in 2022, progress by the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) stalled […]
For more than a decade, the illegal trade in Burmese teak has stood as a stark example of how environmental crime, corruption and conflict intersect within global markets. Recent enforcement actions in Europe and the US mark an important shift – authorities are increasingly recognising that importing timber linked to military-controlled supply chains is not […]
EIA has welcomed the guilty pleas entered by UK luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International Ltd and its US subsidiary Sunseeker USA Sales for violations of the US Lacey Act linked to the use of illegally sourced teak from Myanmar. The case marks one of the most significant US enforcement actions involving Myanmar teak since the […]
In recent years, rhino poaching and horn seizures have become less visible in the news – but that doesn’t mean these majestic creatures are free from the threats posed by poachers and illegal trade. Podcast – What on Earth? How the future for rhinos still hangs balanced between enforcement and trade Subscribe via Apple […]