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What on Earth?

Environmental Investigation Agency Podcast - We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuse.

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

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

Last week, Zimbabwe hosted what it called an ‘Elephant Summit’ for itself and several other African nations – including ... Read more

31 May 2022

22mins

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

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

In this edition, special guest Wilson Ogoke, Wildlife Policy Coordinator with the Africa Nature Investors Foundation, ta... Read more

25 May 2022

31mins

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

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

Billions of tonnes of plastics have been produced by human beings and it can be found polluting every corner of the plan... Read more

6 Apr 2022

21mins

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

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

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week published its latest report pulling together all the latest data... Read more

4 Mar 2022

23mins

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

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

In just a few days, the United Nations Environment Assembly is due to start work on the creation of a global plastics tr... Read more

18 Feb 2022

27mins

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

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

The UN CoP26 climate change summit threw an international focus on global warming and what needs to be done to mitigate ... Read more

8 Dec 2021

27mins

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

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

Following the launch of the new EIA report The Truth Behind Trash, Ocean campaigners Tom Gammage and Lauren Weir talk ab... Read more

8 Oct 2021

31mins

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

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

EIA’s Elephant Campaign Team has called for the Selous to be stripped of its World Heritage status due to the damage cau... Read more

2 Aug 2021

19mins

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

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

As another major bust of 17 tonnes of illegal HFC gases is made in Europe just days after the release of our new report ... Read more

15 Jul 2021

21mins

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How our new global Tracker zeroes in on environmental crime data

How our new global Tracker zeroes in on environmental crime data

Plundering the world’s precious natural resources is a multi-billion dollar business and, as such, keeping on top of the... Read more

11 Jun 2021

10mins

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