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Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Award, 2007
Awarded by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. |
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Montreal Protocol Partners Award, 2007
Awarded by the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) in recognition of ten years undercover work on illicit trade in chemicals that
damage the ozone layer. |
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BBC TV Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
Awarded to EIA’s president for his work to protect whales. |
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Global 500 Roll of Honor, 2001
Awarded by the United Nations Environment Program for “outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment.” |
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Albert Schweitzer Award, 1991
Awarded by the late U.S. Senator John Heinz to EIA’s
co-founders for exposing the trade in poached elephant ivory. |
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This page features hard-hitting and influential campaign reports dating back to 2005. Please click on the cover images to access PDFs of each report.
Facing the F-Gas Challenge: The Urgent Need for a Global HFC phase-out…
December 2007
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Production and use of F-gases, including HCFCs and HFCs with high Global Warming Potentials (GWPs), is growing rapidly, even though climate and ozone-neutral alternatives exist. In this briefing, EIA calls for rapid agreement by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to phase-out production and consumption of HFCs.
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An Early Freeze to Stop the Warming: The urgency of an accelerated phase-out for HCFCs…
September 2007
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This briefing reviews phase out scenarios under discussion at the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, concluding that an aggressive phase out scenario will be practical and necessary to achieve maximum benefits for the climate and the ozone layer. An early phase-out was indeed adopted at the 20th meeting in October 2007. |
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HFC Phase-out: A comparative assessment of the proposed adjustments…
May 2007
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This briefing compares the various HCFC adjustment proposals which were submitted to the Ozone Secretariat for consideration at the 27th Open Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol, and makes recommendations as to the elements which should be included in a final Adjustment decided on by Parties. |
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Preventing Illegal Trade in ODS: Strengthening the Montreal Protocol licensing system…
May 2007
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This briefing document describes the shortcomings of the Montreal Protocol’s licensing system and explains how this could be significantly improved by incorporating elements of prior notification of shipments, enhanced tracking of consignments, and more effective information sharing |
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ODS Tracking: A feasibility study on developing a system for monitoring the transboundary movement of controlled ozone-depleting substances between the Parties to the Montreal Protocol…
September 2006
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A report produced according to the terms of reference of Decision XVII/16 of the Montreal Protocol by the Environmental Investigation Agency and Chatham House. |
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Turning Up the Heat: Linkages between ozone layer depletion and climate change…
August 2006
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This report describes how hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – promoted by the Montreal Protocol as ozone-friendly chemicals – have a warming potential 10,000 times greater than carbon dioxide. The report also highlights the role of China’s uncontrolled production of these chemicals, as well as the dangerous consequences of the failure to coordinate policies between the Montreal Protocol and the Kyoto Protocol that control HCFCs and HFCs, respectively. |
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Opportunity Wasted: Methyl Bromide: Our best chance to Reduce Ozone Depletion Now…
August 2006
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This 2006 EIA report pin-points Methyl Bromide as both the biggest obstacle and greatest opportunity remaining to protect the ozone layer. The report highlights threats posed by Methyl Bromide, implications of stockpiling this dangerous chemical, and recommendations for the U.S. government and other Parties of the Montreal Protocol. |
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Under the Counter: China’s Booming Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances…
December 2005
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This report, the result of eight years of undercover investigations, reveals how Chinese smugglers evade restrictions and supply chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to the black market. EIA calls on China to fully investigate the firms named in this report and for Parties of the Montreal Protocol to put in place effective measures to control and track the trade in all ozone-depleting substances. |
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The Continued Destruction of the Ozone Layer: U.S. Abuse of Methyl Bromide Exemptions…
June 2005
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This report, released to coincide with the Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, describes recent severe depletion of the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere and U.S. demands to continue producing and consuming the potent ozone-destroying chemical, methyl bromide, which was to be phased out in the developed world on January 1, 2005. |
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