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Deadly Catch

Deadly Catch takes a closer look at the huge impacts illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, or pirate fishing, is having on communities in Sierra Leone.

Stolen Fish

Stolen Fish documents the extent and impacts of illegal - or pirate - fishing off the coast of West Africa. It investigates who the pirates are and the sophisticated ways they launder their illegal catches into the European market so that the fish ends up on our plates.

Cod Save The Sea

Watch EJF's new video following the launch of the new Cod Save The Sea T-shirt at London Fashion Week 2011.

The Cod Save The Sea T-shirt is part of The Rodnik Band’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection inspired by EJF’s work to end pirate fishing.

The Rodnik Band, who caused a stir at New York and London Fashion Weeks this season, created a collection of the brand's signature "art dresses", from aquatic shades of fish to chips-shaped ball gowns and submarine trench coats.

Get your Cod Save The Sea T-shirt at http://www.just-for.co.uk/.

High and Dry

EJF looks at water footprints with a focus on water in cotton production and the demise of the Aral Sea which shrunk to 10% of its former volume due to irresponsible cotton production in the region.

Grenada and climate change: A Prime Minister's Perspective (long version)

EJF interviews Tillman Thomas, the Prime Minister of Grenada, about the impacts of climate change that are already being felt in Grenada, and the commitments that countries should make to lower their carbon emissions.

"We need a voice on climate change because we are the most vulnerable," Thomas says. "We feel the impacts of climate change more than the larger nations."

The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.

A head of state's concern: Premier Talagi, Niue

EJF interviews Premier Talagi of the Pacific island nation of Niue and former Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).

Premier Talagi describes how his country is at the forefront of the changes that are already taking place as a result of our changing climate.

Academic Predictions: Professor Norman Myers, Oxford University

Professor Norman Myers of Oxford University, is a well-known environmental scientist specialising in biodiversity. In this video for EJF, he shares his thoughts on environmental impacts of climate change, how environmental degradation affects human migration, and his use of the term "environmental refugees".

The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.

An Expert's Perspective: Mans Nyber, UNHCR

Mans Nyber, head of press and information at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in London, dicusses forced migration and its impacts on the world's most vulnerable people.

The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.

No Place Like Home: Rising Waters

By 2050, million of climate refugees will be forced to leave their homes by droughts, extreme weather patterns and sea level rise. There is no international law designed to protect their needs. EJF talked to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Talagi of Niue about how climate change is affecting their countries.

Fashioning the Future

Organic cotton t-shirts designed by Allegra Hicks, Jenny Packham, Richard Nicoll, Ciel, Giles Deacon, Allegra Hicks, Zandra Rhodes, John Rocha, Luella, Katharine Hamnett, Christian Lacroix, Betty Jackson for EJF.

Cotton - Environmental Disaster & Lethal Pesticides

A short film focussed on the environmental abuses associated with cotton production.

COP15 explained

At the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, world leaders will make decisions affecting the future of our planet.

Wahaca's Tommi Miers: Save the Sea Campaign

Wahaca's Tommi Miers supports EJF's Save the Sea Campaign.

EJF at the Real Food Festival

The Environmental Justice Foundation was at the Real Food Festival this year talking to the public, chefs and industry about the Save the Sea campaign and illegal fishing in West Africa.

Alongside EJF's exhibition showing the supply chain of illegal fish from West Africa making its way to Europe and the impacts on coastal fishing communities in Sierra Leone, the event was also a great opportunity for EJF volunteers and campaigners to discuss the issues and ask people why they think it's so important to Save the Sea.

Tanzania - Where the rain falls

An eight-country study by CARE & UN University to understand rainfall, hunger and human mobility.

Courtesy of CARE International.

Postcards from the frontlines - How to take part

Help protect climate refugees. Send your postcard today.

David Gandy supports EJF's Save The Sea Campaign

Supermodel David Gandy teams up with the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) to 'Save the Sea'.

Antony Worrall Thompson supports EJF's Save The Sea Campaign

Antony Worrall Thompson supports EJF's Save The Sea Campaign.

Jade Parfitt supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJF

Jade Parfitt's message at the photoshoot for the Climate Week T-shirt in support of EJF's No Place Like Home campaign.

People are being forced from their homes and land by deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change. Conditions like creeping desertification, flooding, rising sea levels and more intense extreme weather events. Some will be forced to leave temporarily, others permanently.
EJF believes that there needs to be a new legally-binding instrument identifying and protecting climate refugees.

KT Tunstall supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJF

KT Tunstall's message at the photoshoot for the Climate Week T-shirt in support of EJF's No Place Like Home campaign.

People are being forced from their homes and land by deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change. Conditions like creeping desertification, flooding, rising sea levels and more intense extreme weather events. Some will be forced to leave temporarily, others permanently.

EJF believes that there needs to be a new legally-binding instrument identifying and protecting climate refugees.