Ultra-wealthy people are increasing their use of private aviation, mostly to go on holiday, two new studies have revealed.
Catherine Early
Environmental journalist - 37 articlesCatherine Early is a freelance journalist and editor who has specialised in environmental issues for more than 15 years. She writes about topics including climate change, energy, waste, biodiversity, air pollution, the built environment, business strategy, sustainable investment, and policy and regulation.
She has held permanent roles at the Environmentalist (now known as Transform), the ENDS Report, Planning magazine and Windpower Monthly. Her freelance clients include the Ecologist, Resurgence, China Dialogue, the Economist World Ocean Initiative, Utility Week and the Guardian.
She was a finalist in the Guardian’s International Development Journalism competition 2009, and was part of the team that won PPA Business Magazine of the Year 2011 for Windpower Monthly. She also won an outstanding content award at Haymarket Media Group’s employee awards for data-led stories in Planning magazine.
She holds a 2:1 honours degree in English language and literature from the University of Birmingham, and completed a postgraduate course in journalism with PMA Training.
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Ground-breaking project takes wasps on epic journey to the South Atlantic to control invasive species threatening bird species.
Scientists reveal the results of an ambitious international collaboration to study Antarctica’s most worrying glacier.
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EU’s climate change monitoring service highlights ‘large and continuing shift’ in earth’s climate. The trend is ‘more than a statistical oddity’ it says.
The number of days with high temperatures have surged in the world’s most populous cities including Dhaka, London, Cairo, Manila, Kinshasa, Tokyo and Paris.
The EU has launched a ‘digital twin’ of the earth in order to boost predictions of extreme weather so that countries across Europe can better prepare.
Advertising for fossil fuels should be banned in the same way as it is for tobacco, according to the head of the United Nations (UN).
Pollution caused during the production, use and disposal of drugs is harming ecosystems around the world, posing a growing danger to wildlife and human health, researchers say.
A joint European-Japanese space mission aims to solve the puzzle, which scientists hope will aid climate predictions.
Sports body has launched a major investment in local sports infrastructure to support sustainability as survey finds extreme weather is affecting participation in sport.
Scientists have solved a centuries-old mystery concerning the sun's magnetic field, which could help forecast the solar storms behind auroral displays such as the northern lights.
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First-of-its-kind analysis quantifies the impact that nature degradation, both domestically and internationally, could have on the UK’s economy and financial sector.
An assessment of more than 40 music festivals across 11 countries shows a reduction in single-use plastic and carbon emissions, but more needs to be done.
Bitterns are making a comeback in parts of England and Wales following dedicated conservation work, including by the RSPB.