Fiona Harvey
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.
Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years
Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water
World's most powerful nations are backtracking on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners
Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions
Fossil fuel firms force countries to compensate them, former UN leaders say
Lobbying is hampering the world's nations in the battle to make climate progress, according to former Irish president Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon.
End of an era in global climate politics
As the U.S. and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationships and climate politics.
Nuclear power output predicted to shatter global records in 2025
Experts say the world is "past peak fossil power" but warn against uneven development of energy projects.
Scientists call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate
Techniques such as solar radiation management may have unintended consequences, experts say
Human-driven climate chaos fuelling Horn of Africa drought
The region has been suffering its worst drought in 40 years since October 2020, with extended dry conditions punctuated by short intense rainfall that has often led to flash flooding. There have been five consecutive seasons of rainfall below normal levels.
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.
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.
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.