Nov 18, 2024 · 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 a wide range of sectors, including heat pumps, the cold chain, healthcare and more.

Jan 8, 2025 · Thailand’s newly announced ban on plastic waste imports is a monumental victory for the health of the country’s people and environment.. The South-East Asian country is one of several in the region to accept and process plastic waste from other nations. However, history has shown that such bans, while necessary, often displace the problem rather than solve it, redirecting waste flows to ...

Nov 28, 2024 · The UN CoP29 climate summit concluded in Baku on 24 November with a climate finance deal that has been branded a betrayal. It is hardly surprising that the latest CoP, hosted by a major fossil fuel-producing country for the third year in a row, has ended in disappointment.. Azerbaijan’s role as host was characterised by a lack of leadership and plenty of controversy, with President Ilham ...

Oct 22, 2024 · Director Cayne Andrew offered our investigator 300-500 tonnes of wheelie bin regrind at £580 a tonne. When we asked about claiming a PRN on the material, he replied positively and proposed moving the wheelie bin material from its original waste site to a facility in Coventry, from which he sourced crates qualifying for PRN.

2 Environmental Investigation Agency DIRTY DEALS - PART ONE 3 Front cover: Stacks of plastic waste bales ready for export highlight the vast scale of the global plastic waste trade. With millions of tonnes crossing borders

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement that regulates trade in wild animal and plant species. The seventy-eighth meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of CITES will take place from 03 – 08 February 2025 in Geneva ...

4 Environmental Investigation Agency While big emitters benefit from buying carbon offsets instead of reducing their own emissions, and project developers

Oct 1, 2024 · How supermarket soft plastic take-back schemes are misleading customers. Together, Everyday Plastic and EIA undertook a year-long investigation into UK supermarket soft plastic take-back schemes – an industry initiative to increase the collection and recycling of hard-to-recycle soft plastic, the majority of which are not currently collected kerbside.

Oct 21, 2024 · The legacy of the Montreal Protocol is one of delivering above and beyond its initial remit. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the Montreal Protocol as a “powerful symbol of hope”, calling on Parties to now go further. At MoP36, EIA calls on all Parties to embody the spirit of the Montreal Protocol once again and to demonstrate it truly is the world’s most successful ...

3 Environmental Investigation Agency Category A country assessments and recommendations Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) When DR Congo was first included in the NIAP process in 2014, it was listed as a Category B Party.