All posts by Catherine Early

About Catherine Early

Catherine is a journalist and editor specialising in government policy and regulation. She writes predominantly about environmental issues and has held permanent roles at the Environmentalist (now known as Transform), the ENDS Report, Planning magazine and Windpower Monthly, and has also written for the Guardian, the Ecologist and China Dialogue. 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 Birmingham University.

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  Governments urged to end ’empty pledges’ on climate

  The UN has urged governments to stop the “litany of broken climate promises” and act immediately to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to stop climate change spiralling out of control.

  • Posted April 6, 2022
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  Governments are failing to act fast enough on climate adaptation, warns international panel of scientists

  Climate change is having widespread impacts on human health, economies and natural ecosystems, but adaptation to changes is not being prioritised, according to the latest warning from international climate scientists.

  • Posted March 1, 2022
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  Mass vaccination: COVID-19 protection for the many, not the few

  Global rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations has raised questions over supply, inequality and logistics. Catherine Early heard panellists at a Global Government Forum webinar discuss how they have overcome the many

  • Posted November 18, 2021
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  COP26 roundup: multilateral move to end oil and gas, as talks enter crucial phase

  Ten national and subnational governments have announced an end to the exploration and extraction of oil and gas at the COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow, UK. The Beyond Oil

  • Posted November 11, 2021
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  COP26 roundup: world leaders’ key commitments on climate change

  We outline the major pledges to have been announced in the first days of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, including commitments to cut methane emissions, address deforestation,

  • Posted November 3, 2021
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  Dawn of a new energy infrastructure

  To reach net zero, countries will have to radically reshape their energy production and distribution infrastructures – reforming policies and regulations in every field from transport to housing. Catherine Early

  • Posted September 29, 2021
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  Union welcomes Biden’s picks for labour relations panel

  The Biden administration has proposed the appointment of academics, union lawyers, mediators and a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board to serve on an arbitration panel for labour-management

  • Posted August 27, 2021
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  All change in Canadian top jobs as election looms

  The top of the Canadian civil service has seen major changes this week, including new appointments as deputy clerk of the Privy Council and head of the Privy Council Office.

  • Posted August 25, 2021
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  Scottish power-sharing deal brings independence referendum a step closer

  A second Scottish independence referendum has come a step closer, following the formation of an alliance between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group to

  • Posted August 24, 2021
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  US government seeking volunteers from immigration agency to process Afghan refugees

  Officials from the US immigration agency are being asked to volunteer to support the relocation of Afghan refugees, after the Taliban’s dramatic return to power. The US government aims to

  • Posted August 19, 2021
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