A new two-part investigation by @theguardian.com and Karen Mcveigh, informed by analysis from EIA, exposes the hidden consequences of the UK’s plastic waste exports to Türkiye and the impact of microplastic pollution on farmland. 🔗 https://loom.ly/GIEBFHs #plastics #pollution #microplastics
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The Environmental Investigation Agency investigates and campaigns against environmental crime and abuses. Listen to our ‘What on Earth? podcast 🌎 https://eia-international.org 🌳 linktr.ee/eia_news #wildlife #forests #ocean #climate #environmental
Join Team EIA at the Vitality London 10K on 27 September 2026 and help protect wildlife, forests and our planet. 📍 St James's Park, London 🏃 10km challenge 🎯 £150 fundraising target 👉 Sign up today: Join Team EIA: https://loom.ly/gmUYWOo #VitalityLondon10K #RunForNature #London10K
Scientists have confirmed that El Niño has begun. By the end of the year, it could become one the strongest El Niño events on record. Read our latest explainer at: https://loom.ly/U0LnjeY #Climate #ElNiño
It's Global Tiger Day 🐅 What inspires someone to dedicate their career to tiger conservation? And why should all of us care about the future of a species many of us will never see in the wild? ➡️ Full video: https://loom.ly/S4AA-AY
Why does this court ruling matter for forests? For years, concerns have been raised about the legality of Myanmar teak imports and the risks they pose to forests, governance and human rights. Find out more https://loom.ly/dtxclHs
As the new Government sets its priorities, the UK has an opportunity to lead on nature, climate and environmental security at home and around the world. Read EIA's manifesto for the new Prime Minister https://loom.ly/c-oOYoA #primeminister #10downingstreet #pm #manifesto
The UK is getting hotter, but government action on cooling remains fragmented. In a new blog for Green Alliance, EIA Climate Campaign Leader Clare Perry argues that the Government must go beyond a proposed Cooling Outlook and deliver a National Cooling Action Plan. 🔗 https://loom.ly/chsFFXs
BREAKING: New footage shows land clearing continuing in the customary territory of the Indigenous Peoples of Muara Tae, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Find out more: https://loom.ly/DC2Pfaw #MuaraTae #IndigenousRights #PalmOil #Deforestation #Borneo
While England prepares to face Norway, whales are still facing Norway’s whaling fleet. Sign the petition to end commercial whaling: https://loom.ly/V4EwL4I Footage: ESPA hunt monitoring 2025 #worldcup2026 #football #england #norway #whale
On behalf of EIA, co-founders Allan Thornton, Dave Currey and I are delighted to warmly congratulate the Animal Welfare Institute (@awionline.org) on its 75th anniversary. Read today’s special blog by EIA Co-founder Jennifer Lonsdale at https://loom.ly/bAwQMQw Images courtesy of AWI
EIA Forests Campaign Leader Thomas Chung unpacks the findings of our new report ‘Manufacturing Legality’ with Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman. Listen now at https://loom.ly/zZxSypk #Vietnam #Cambodia #Laos #forests #timber #climatechange #illegallogging #podcast
If just 1% of the audience from England’s last World Cup match signed the petition to end commercial whaling, that could mean more than 160,000 people calling for action. Sign the petition: https://endcommercialwhaling.org/ #worldcup #football #engalnd #whales #petition #conservation
As the UK recovers from its latest record-breaking heatwave, our Climate team today published ‘UK Cooling Policy in a Warming World’, an urgent call to action for the UK Government to adopt a national cooling action plan addressing both climate adaptation and mitigation. 🔗https://loom.ly/VkHucys
While the Heads of Delegations are meeting in Nairobi, we’re spotlighting an issue that risks being left behind in the treaty negotiations – microplastics.
P*******g! It's such a dirty word! As Heads of Delegations gather in Nairobi this week, our briefing looks at something that’s quietly slipped off the radar: packaging! Nearly half of all plastic produced and discarded is packaging, often used just once.
Our undercover investigations revealed how timber of illegal or uncertain origin from high-risk supply chains in Laos and Cambodia can enter Vietnam's wood-processing sector with documentation that appears to demonstrate legality. 🔗 Find out more in our new report: https://loom.ly/OZOFfKw
This week, as Heads of Delegations meet in Nairobi, EIA has written a series of short briefings on the core elements we believe must be revisited in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. First up: reporting!
The European Anti-Fraud Office has stopped an illegal shipment of more than 4,000 tonnes of textile waste from Italy to Türkiye. Last week at Basel OEWG-15, EIA helped to advance the case for stronger global controls on the trade in used textiles and textile waste. 🔗 https://loom.ly/FH2DiBY
Vietnam has made progress in recent years to rid its supply chains of illicit timber, but new EIA investigations show its efforts are in danger of being undermined by high-risk timber from neighbouring countries. Full story: https://loom.ly/WlWe6kM
Negotiators are today (30 June) due to meet in Nairobi for a new round of closed-door Heads of Delegation meetings to shape the outcome of the Global Plastics Treaty. Read today’s special blog in full at https://loom.ly/b5YxCvc
The Attorney General’s Office in Indonesia has named 11 individuals and 12 associated companies as suspects in fraudulent exports of crude palm oil (CPO). Read the full story now at https://loom.ly/9jTjkj8 #Indonesia #palmoil #forests #deforestation #climatechange #trade #POME
As London Climate Action Week draws to a close 🌍 Cutting methane and carbon emissions remains key to tackling climate change. #LCAW2026 #ClimateAction
Happy World Refrigeration Day! Today, we join with partner NGOs EEB, Legambiente, ECODES and ZERO to call on governments to accelerate training and certification programmes for more resilient and sustainable cooling technologies. Read it more https://loom.ly/85tvkxw #coolintelligence #climate
Today (25 June), EIA had the privilege of attending an invite-only event, hosted by DEFRA’s Nature Security team during London Climate Action Week to understand about how tackling forest crimes through strong governance is essential to advancing nature security. Full story https://loom.ly/YyK1-1s
London Climate Action Week is underway, so what does EIA’s Climate team focus on? #LCAW2026 #ClimateAction #CleanAir #EnergyTransition #SustainableCooling
EIA has a long track record of investigating the impacts of cooling technologies and in this blog we present five alternative tips for staying cool, four of the hidden impacts of air-con and three policy changes we need now to ensure cooling doesn’t boil Britain. Read it now https://loom.ly/OXw9CGk
London is heating up, but how we stay cool matters. As London Climate Action Week highlights the urgency of climate solutions, it is time to rethink how we keep cool. 🔗 What can you do instead? Find out in our latest blog: https://loom.ly/90PXHuI #LCAW2026 #SustainableCooling #ClimateAction
After a two year pause in commercial whaling, Iceland’s Hvalur company has killed two fin whales. Help us tell Iceland, Japan and Norway top end whaling now – sign our petition at 🔗 endcommercialwhaling.org
As London Climate Action week get under way, our Climate campaigners are here to tell you what they want to see from the week's discussions. Comment below on what you would like to see discussed. https://loom.ly/YB4y4lk #climate #lcaw #london #heatwave #hot #climatechange #health