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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
Climate crisis makes 4 in 10 young people hesitant to have children
A global survey finds most 16- to 25-year-olds worry a lot about the future, and many feel failed by their governments on climate action.
Warning: Slash methane emissions or face climate catastrophe
IPCC says gas produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction are playing an ever-greater role in overheating our planet.
Oxfam warns reforestation plans threaten food security
Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80 per cent by 2050, Oxfam said.
New climate science could spark a wave of lawsuits against businesses
Experts say scientific advances are making it easier to attribute the damages of climate breakdown to companies’ activities.