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Catherine Early

Catherine Early is a freelance journalist and the former deputy editor of The Environmentalist magazine

Marismas en la reserva natural de Dengie en Reino Unido

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What next for wetlands?

A new era for wetland restoration and protection could be on the cards for these long-overlooked ecosystems

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COP15: Whose business is nature anyway?

Private sector interest in protecting biodiversity has rocketed in the past couple of years, but is not being welcomed by everyone at the UN biodiversity talks

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What is COP27? This year’s crucial climate talks, explained

Get to know the key issues as the next round of UN climate change negotiations approaches, this time hosted by Egypt

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COP15: Global biodiversity deal running short on time and ambition

The first face-to-face negotiations on a new global deal for nature saw support for protecting 30% of the planet, but major obstacles remain

COP26: Is finance for climate action ‘flowing’?

As COP26 draws near, the window of opportunity to deliver on finance and build trust with developing nations is closing

High biodiversity of a tropical coral reef in Sipadan Island, Malaysia

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A new deal for nature – transformational change or Aichi 2.0?

Updated goals and targets have been published by the Convention on Biological Diversity, but campaigners are concerned they do not go far enough

A juvenile Green Basilisk in Costa Rica's Tortuguero National Park

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Five takeaways from the UN’s proposals to protect biodiversity

Negotiations are ramping up on a new framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Can they deliver a new deal for nature?

climate change protestors at the G20 in Hamburg 2017

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G20 erring on climate action

Latest Brown to Green report finds G20 countries’ lacking strategies for tackling climate change, a year ahead of the deadline to up ambition

CITES conference in Geneva will address the illicit wildlife trade in endangered animals such as lions

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CITES meets to thrash out endangered wildlife trade issues

For the next two weeks governments will debate how to better regulate trade of animals and plants

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Climate change negotiations reach new crunch point

Over the next two weeks Poland hosts the most important talks on global climate action since Paris

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