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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.

36 Articles

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
Reports from the 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
Icebergs, Lemaire, Channel, Antarctica,

Heat waves at both of the Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists

Antarctic areas reach 40 C above normal at the same time as North Pole regions hit 30 C above usual levels.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | March 29th 2022

Europeans told to turn down the heat to reduce need for Russian gas

IEA says the reduction could help wean consumers off fuel that Russia is using as a weapon in Ukraine war.
News, Energy | March 7th 2022

Is Putin’s invasion of Ukraine about fossil fuels?

The continent has grown over-reliant on Russian gas — but Putin knows he is vulnerable to Europe cleaning up its energy sector.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Energy | February 28th 2022

North Sea a ‘cash machine’ for oil and gas barons

Bumper shareholder payouts, soaring profits, booming asset valuations: the oil and gas industry has bounced back from the depths of the pandemic with a vengeance.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, Energy | January 14th 2022

‘Natural infrastructure’ could save billions a year in climate response

Planting trees and preserving mangrove swamps and wetlands are cheap and effective but overlooked, a new report says.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | October 26th 2021

Cement makers across the globe pledge large emissions cut by 2030

The industry responsible for about eight per cent of CO2 emissions commits to reaching net-zero by 2050 without offsetting.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | October 14th 2021

Global citizens’ assembly will have a voice at COP26

The 100-member group will be representative of the world’s population and will present its findings at the UN climate conference in Glasgow later this month.
COP26: Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change
News | October 12th 2021

Will COP26 climate talks satisfy aims of Paris Agreement?

Vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, will not produce the breakthrough needed to fulfil the aspiration of the Paris Agreement, key players in the talks have conceded.
COP26: Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change
News | September 28th 2021
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