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What on Earth? — 63 episodes

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Why the cobalt we need for our electric cars is costing lives in Africa

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Uncovering Italy's multi-million euro black market in climate-harming refrigerants

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Why do the world’s whales still need saving from commercial hunting?

4

Understanding the impacts of nitrous oxide and why it matters for the climate

5

Tackling the methane challenge: Why it matters and what we can do

6

Green Crime: What drives the criminals devastating our wildlife and environment?

7

How well are major retailers doing in the switch to climate-friendly cooling?

8

Climates of fear: Five eco-themed chillers to watch for the Halloween season

9

Despite commendable efforts, Vietnam remains a hub for illegal wildlife trade

10

After the collapse of Global Plastic Treaty talks, where do we go from here?

11

Science in the crosshairs of industry lobbyists as Global Plastic Treaty talks go down to the wire

12

The grim toll of fisheries bycatch on whales, dolphins and porpoises in European waters

13

Taking a look inside the murky world of tiger farming and its role in illegal wildlife trade

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Busting the myths spread by Big Chemical to keep climate-wrecking refrigerants in play

15

As UN talks fail to deliver a Global Plastics Treaty, what went wrong in Busan and what’s next?

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INC-5 - Will we get a viable Global Plastics Treaty or will compromise water it down?

17

EIA at 40 – ‘EIA helped change the narrative around organised criminality and environmental crime’

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EIA at 40 – 'You've got to worry about being accused of espionage or something more serious'

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EIA at 40 – ‘You can take on the biggest, whether it's the oil industry or illegal logging’

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With the clock ticking, can we agree a Global Plastics Treaty by the end of 2024?

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Will Mexico’s crackdown on illegal fishing give vaquita porpoises a fighting chance?

22

EIA at 40 – ‘I've been threatened by senior government officials, shouted at and screamed at’

23

Oppression, sanctions and blood teak, hallmarks of Myanmar’s coup on its third anniversary

24

Drilling down into the detail of eco crime prosecutions on our open access Crime Tracker

25

Is the palm oil in so many of our products still a problem and will it ever be truly sustainable?

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Why can’t we rely on technology to clean the oceans of our plastic waste?

27

What to expect as we enter round three of talks for a Global Plastics Treaty

28

The threatened species in traditional medicines and the big names investing in them

29

Why are World Heritage Sites such a vital tool for saving endangered species and habitats?

30

On World Rhino Day 2023, how is this magnificent species is doing versus illegal trade?

31

Iceland has resumed its slaughter of whales, but what future does the industry have?

32

As negotiations for the first Global Plastics Treaty continue, what about the Big Oil lobby?

33

Cultivating Plastics – how the use of agriplastics sows the seeds of pollution in farming

34

Methane madness – why the EU must tackle harmful emissions from its energy imports

35

How we’re using artificial intelligence to help tackle the illegal trade in tigers

36

What can we expect from the opening negotiations for the world’s first Global Plastics Treaty?

37

CITES meetings are a big deal in the environmental calendar, but just what is it and what does it do?

38

International Ozone Day - What’s next for the Montreal Protocol as it marks its 35th anniversary?

39

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies - the problems with methane

40

Fighting for the forests - documenting a partnership forged to take on environmental crime

41

Ban it and keep on banning it … the high cost to elephants of restarting legal ivory trade

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Will a new national strategy to tackle environmental crime tame Nigeria’s Wild West?

43

Plastic pollution is in the air, land and seas – and now it’s been found in our blood

44

We’re facing a grim future under runaway climate change –­ but we don’t have to choose it

45

A global plastics treaty – why the world needs one and how it’s getting closer to reality

46

A climate for action – as the dust settles on CoP26, what’s next in the fight against climate change?

47

Plastic waste: ‘A terrible and insidious threat to human and environmental health’

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A dam too far – playing destructive power politics in the heart of a World Heritage wilderness

49

The chilling illegal trade that’s helping to dangerously heat up the world

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How our new global Tracker zeroes in on environmental crime data

51

Africa’s epicentre of pangolin scale and ivory trade – tackling the drivers of wildlife crime

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Myanmar: ‘Anybody investing in the natural resource sector is, in essence, supporting the military’

53

Intelligence Week special - meet the team behind the scenes of so much of our success!

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Checking out on plastics - are the top UK supermarkets doing enough in the fight against plastic pollution

55

Exposing the nexus of environmental crime – where the illegal wildlife and timber trades intersect

56

Out of Africa - why West and Central Africa is a hotspot for ivory and pangolin trafficking

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How wildlife criminals have adapted to work from home under pandemic lockdown

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Why should you care about what’s going on with Vietnam’s timber sector?

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Following the money – hitting the illegal wildlife trade where it hurts

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Tipping the scales in our favour - the burning case for urgent action to tackle climate change

61

Not-so-fantastic plastic - why the world needs a global treaty to end plastic pollution

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Is the coronavirus pandemic a warning to stop exploiting wildlife?

63

Why is Indonesia abandoning its timber export regulations?