Forget me not: The importance of COP15

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The RSPB's Mark Varney sets out why the outcome of the upcoming biodiversity talks in Montreal matters for anyone with a stake in the UK food system

With the culmination of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh grabbing the media's attention this month, it is important to remember that climate change is not the only pressing environmental issue on the global agenda....

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