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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/.

Cotton: child labour and human rights abuses

Children as young as seven are employed in the cotton industry for a variety of tasks including cottonseed production, pesticide spraying and the annual cotton harvest.

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 advocate's message: Bianca Jagger, Human Rights Foundation

Part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, UNHCR 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.