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About Fiona Harvey

Fiona Harvey is an award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for the Financial Times for more than a decade. She has reported on every major environmental issue, from as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and her wide range of interviewees include Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Al Gore and Jeff Immelt.

44 Articles

How the UN’s secretary general became a forceful voice for climate action

António Guterres is at COP27 in Egypt for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging by world leaders.
Negotiating survival
News | November 8th 2022

Cut your meat intake down to two burgers a week to save the planet

Climate crisis report says "we are not winning in any sector" as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels.
Race to a Safer World
News | October 31st 2022

Warning from UN chief: Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis

António Guterres tells governments "half of humanity is in the danger zone" as countries battle extreme heat.
Race to a Safer World
News | July 19th 2022

Sea-level rise in England puts about 200,000 homes at risk

These are the homes that may not end up being saved because it would be very expensive to try, using measures such as seawalls and other coastal defences.
News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 17th 2022

Using phosphorus from sewage could take a bite out of soaring food bills

Extracting the chemical used in fertilizers from waste rather than mining it could also help reduce pollution, according to a new report.
Race to a Safer World
News | June 16th 2022

World risks ‘sleepwalking to disaster’

Bonn Climate Change Conference envoys walk out during Russian address.
Race to a Safer World
News | June 9th 2022

Trust this expert when she says we can’t adapt our way out of climate crisis

Katharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilization.
Race to a Safer World
News | June 7th 2022

Former WTO head leads commission to explore rules on climate geoengineering

Countries must urgently agree to a way of controlling and regulating attempts to geoengineer the climate, the former head of the World Trade Organization says.
Race to a Safer World
News | May 20th 2022

Skip gas as 'transition' fuel on path to clean energy, study suggests

Analysis says countries can save money by switching from coal straight to renewable energies
Race to a Safer World
News | May 17th 2022

Universities urged to reject fossil fuel cash for climate research

An open letter from 500 academics likens fossil-energy funding of climate solutions to tobacco industry disinformation.
News | April 19th 2022
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