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The world’s leading scientists have confirmed that global climate change and stratospheric ozone layer depletion are inextricably linked – in their causes, mechanics and potential solutions.
EIA is applying its unique skills to exposing trade in chemicals that exacerbate both of these ecological crises, and to promoting complementary solutions including the use of climate- and ozone-layer-friendly alternatives. Some recent campaign highlights include:
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2007 Helped instigate an international agreement to bring forward by 10 years the global phaseout of HCFCs – extremely powerful industrial global warming gases. EIA’s campaign report, Turning Up the Heat, and our high-level advocacy in U.S. and international policy forums were instrumental in persuading world leaders to take this step – which will prevent atmospheric HCFC emissions equivalent to about 25 billion tons of carbon dioxide. This is on par with stopping the world’s carbon dioxide emissions from the burning and flaring of fossil fuels for an entire year, based on recent figures. |
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2007 Received two major awards: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award, “for Leadership and Heroism in Preventing Illegal Trade” ; and the United Nations Environment Program’s Montreal Protocol Partners Award, “in recognition of your successful partnership with the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in the global effort to protect the ozone layer.” |
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2006 Published Turning Up The Heat, which broke new ground in making the links between industrial gases regulated by the international Montreal and Kyoto Protocol agreements, ozone layer depletion and climate change.
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2006 Awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's annual Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award "in recognition of exceptional contributions to global environmental protection."
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2005 Filmed secret stockpiles of several million pounds of methyl bromide (about a one-year supply for the United States), stored in railcars in Florida in an effort to circumvent the international phase-out of such chemicals by 2005. Our evidence resulted in the Montreal Protocol member governments issuing new requirements for stockpile reporting. EIA also challenged the California Strawberry Commission and the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association to stop using methyl bromide and switch to ozone-layer-safe alternatives.
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2005 Revealed damning new evidence, gained undercover, of Chinese firms’ key role in the worldwide illegal trade in ozone-layer-destroying and global warming CFC gases. The government of China responded with pledges to change their domestic CFCs export policy and investigate the smugglers identified.
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1997 - 2004 Exposed CFC and halon smuggling around the world in a series of undercover investigations and reports. Results included a U.S. import crackdown and, in 2000, a total ban on CFC sales in the European Union. For more, visit our London, UK affiliate site.
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