How the UK is falling short on its international nature finance promises

Cecilia Keating
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Just two donor nations have provided enough international nature finance to compensate for their historic role in nature loss, according to a new ODI analysis

The UK is currently providing less than a quarter of its fair share of nature finance to lower-income countries, a new analysis has found. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) this morning published...

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