Environmental Investigation Agency

Eia wildlife and ocean campaigns envisions a world where the world's threatened species, including elephants, rhinos, orangutans, and beluga whales, are protected, recovered, and thriving throughout their natural ranges. Eia relies on the best available scientific, customs, and trade data, and intelligence from investigations, to support policies and actions that protect threatened and endangered species. Eia's wildlife campaign works with partners and allies on the ground to stop the illegal and unsustainable killing of, and trade in, elephants and rhinos, and to protect the arctic home of belugas and other whales and the tropical forest habitat of orangutans.eia's approach to wildlife protection falls under two major work areas:1) protecting terrestrial species from poaching, trafficking, and habitat loss, by upholding international bans on elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn; campaigning for countries and jurisdictions to adopt and implement laws to close down domestic elephant ivory and rhino horn markets. 2) arctic marine species protection by advocating for effective regulatory change to promote recovery for critically endangered cook inlet beluga whales; increased critical habitat protection and anthropogenic threat reduction; and engage governments, industry, and other stakeholders at relevant international decision-making fora to reduce threats to vulnerable marine mammal populations from underwater noise exposure from increased commercial shipping and illegal commercial whaling to achieve the desired impact of ensuring that focal wildlife species are not only protected but thriving. More details about our campaign work at: eia.org/campaigns.

Global climate campaign eia is leading the international effort for a global phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (hfcs)--a class of potent chlorinated chemicals that are responsible for the antarctic and arctic ozone holes as well as one sixth of all global warming. Eia provides a wide array of information, through primary research and data analysis, to various industrial sectors to facilitate immediate conversions from ozone-depleting substances and hfcs to low-gwp climate friendly alternatives. Through comprehensive analysis of scientific knowledge, including atmospheric and chemical sciences, gas chromatography, cutting-edge refrigeration and air-conditioning technology and activities within the montreal protocol, eia works with research organizations, scientists, governments, industry and ngos as well as the technology and economic assessment panel (teap) that was established as the technology and economics advisory body to the montreal protocol parties, to provide technical information related to the alternative technologies that have been investigated and employed to make it possible to virtually eliminate use of ozone depleting substances (such as cfcs and halons), that harm the ozone layer. Eia also presents in various u.n. And industry events on the latest technology developments to promote climate-friendly technology that use non-fluorinated non-synthetic refrigerants currently widely used in refrigerants and air conditioning. More details about our campaign work at: eia.org/campaigns.

The extractive campaign aims to reduce mining impacts and injustices through strategic investigation-led and ground-truthing campaigns. The campaign aims to prioritize ambitious transparency-based and equity-focused supply chain solutions, building local capacity, amplifying exciting initiatives and participating in systemic policy changes. More details about our campaign work at: eia.org/campaigns.