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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.
Urban Fox

UK belatedly publishes nature pledge at COP16 in Rome as it seeks ‘leadership role’

The UK has belatedly published its plan for how it will “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss this decade, as nations gather in Rome for resumed C... Read More

Nature policy | Feb 26. 2025.
Monarch butterflies.

Revealed: More than half of nations fail to protect 30% of land and sea in UN nature plans

More than half of countries have not committed to protecting 30% of their land and sea for nature by 2030 in plans submitted to the UN – despite si... Read More

Nature policy | Feb 24. 2025.
Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge

Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two-thirds by 2035 co... Read More

Nature policy | Nov 20. 2024.
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