EIA campaigners had a busy week at the 81st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC81) in Geneva, Switzerland. On the ground and in the room last week (2-6 November), they actively engaged on a variety of issues concerning Asian big cats, elephants, rhinos and vaquita porpoises, among other key CITES implementation and illegal wildlife […]
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which commits countries to globally phase down super pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is widely acknowledged as one of the most ambitious climate agreements made to date. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Kigali Amendment, EIA commissioned filmmaker Leo Plunkett to produce a short documentary exploring the build-up to the Kigali Amendment, its role in sustainable cooling in an ever-warming world and future issues that the Protocol has yet to address.
One month ago (5 October), EIA released the briefing Illegally Operated, Officially Certified analysing Indonesian Government Decree No.36 of 2025 and featuring a list of more than 400 palm oil company areas occupying in excess of 1.1 million hectares of the country’s Forest Area without the required forest release. Our analysis found more than 20 […]
The second day of the 81st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC81) was an important one for the discussion of issues relating to trade in elephant specimens, on which EIA has been an active and leading voice since 1989. EIA UK was given the floor four times to express our concerns and recommendations on […]
As governments gather for the 38th Meeting of the Parties (MOP38) to the Montreal Protocol, EIA and 11 civil society partner organisations have released a joint statement reflecting on the first decade of the Kigali Amendment and outlining priorities for the years ahead. Adopted in 2016, the Amendment commits countries to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), […]
As wild tiger recovery advances, stronger controls are needed to stop trade from tiger farms. Just six countries have submitted information to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on their efforts to address trade risks associated with captive tiger facilities of concern, leaving major gaps in assessing […]