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An adult Roseate Spoonbill in Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change

The world’s most biodiverse nation, Brazil, has belatedly published its UN plan for halting and reversing nature decline by the end of this decade.... Read More

Nature policy | Jan 16. 2026.
In the foreground, a cocoi heron in flight from right the left of te image. It's wings are mid motion, but both pointing down. The ti[s of its wings are dark grey and its body is white, with a black top of the head and a yellow beak. In the background is lush forest.

‘Cali Fund’ aiming to raise billions for nature receives first donation – of just $1,000

A major biodiversity fund – which could, in theory, generate billions of dollars annually for conservation – received its first donation of just ... Read More

Nature policy | Dec 12. 2025.
Indigenous activists at a protest in the COP30 venue in Belém, Brazil on 21 November 2025.

COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém

The COP30 climate summit – held in the city of Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest – saw the Brazilian presidency launch a new forest fu... Read More

COP30 Belém | Nov 26. 2025.
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change?

Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s flagship fund to “reward” tropical countries for keeping th... Read More

COP30 Belém | Nov 5. 2025.
Bonobo monkey resting in a tree, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo

Analysis: Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline

Just 28% of countries have met a UN call to submit new plans on addressing nature loss – a year after the original deadline, Carbon Brief analysis ... Read More

Nature policy | Oct 22. 2025.
A pair of macaws perched on a branch in the, Amazon, Brazil.

Analysis: UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits

The UK’s climate-aid spending on “nature protection and restoration” reached record levels of nearly £800m last year, according to government ... Read More

UK policy | Sep 12. 2025.
Plate-billed mountain toucan, Ecuador.

Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation

A major fund for biodiversity remains starved of resources more than five months after its launch – with no money yet put forward by the large comp... Read More

International policy | Aug 6. 2025.
A group of people wait to be served food, Gaza, Palestine.

UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity

Hunger has, on average, fallen worldwide after hitting 15-year highs in 2021 and 2022. This is one of the key findings from the latest “State of... Read More

Food and farming | Jul 28. 2025.
Eurasian lynx in forest.

World might have set itself an unachievable nature target, says former UK negotiator

A landmark global goal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is close to slipping beyond reach – and may have not been achievable when it w... Read More

Nature policy | Jun 4. 2025.
COP16.2 webinar hero

Webinar: Key outcomes from the resumed UN COP16 biodiversity summit

The resumed UN biodiversity summit, COP16, came to an end last week in Rome, with headline decisions on finance and implementation in what observers ... Read More

Webinars | Mar 4. 2025.
COP 16 President Susana Muhamad, Colombia, 27 February 2025. Credit: IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis.

COP16: Key outcomes agreed at the resumed UN biodiversity conference in Rome

Countries have agreed at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome to a strategy for "mobilising" at least $200bn per year by 2030 to help developing countries... Read More

COP16 Cali | Feb 28. 2025.
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