Under the Montreal Protocol, successive generations of F-gases have been phased out, or are being restricted globally, due to ...

EIA urges all governments and parties to the Montreal Protocol to apply the precautionary principle, wherever possible avoiding the uptake of HFOs to avoid unnecessary risks to people and the planet.

Malaysia’s actions position it as a potential leader in the ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, due to resume ...

International supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize appears to be lagging behind when it comes to phasing out climate-harming ...

An international coalition of environmental groups is today calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new ...

Demand stemming from traditional medicine drives the poaching and illegal trade of threatened species such as tigers, leopards, pangolins, rhinos, bears and musk deer. China continues to legally ...

Lack of consensus regarding trade in African elephant ivory From 24 November to 5 December 2025, CITES parties and observer organisations will meet in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the 20 th Conference of ...

Loopholes in EU regulations appear to be driving unsustainable and fraudulent palm oil trade. EIA’s new briefing The Palm Oil Black Box – EU trade loopholes analyses EU trade patterns for palm oil and ...

EU trade loopholes Tracking the overall trade in oil palm is complex due to its many derivatives, products and uses. Many of the trade codes used at an international level are not specific to oil palm ...

China’s emissions of key super-polluting hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants now represent more than 20 per cent of the global total. In a newly published study, Xiaoyi Hu and colleagues reported on ...

The World’s first HFC phase-out The European Union’s revised F-gas Regulation, which came into force in March 2024, will support decarbonisation goals and drive innovation and green investment across ...