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Leo Hickman

Director and editor

Leo previously worked for 16 years as a journalist, editor and author at the Guardian newspaper. Before joining Carbon Brief, he was WWF-UK’s chief advisor on climate change. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Exeter in recognition of his journalism. His books include A Life Stripped Bare, The Final Call and Will Jellyfish Rule the World?

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Latest by Leo Hickman

Prof Detlef van Vuuren: The climate scientist most cited by the IPCC

23.06.2026
Science

Prof Philippe Ciais: The world’s most highly cited climate scientist

23.06.2026
Science

Introducing Project Cosmos: Carbon Brief’s ‘universe’ of climate science

22.06.2026
Science

Mapped: Inside Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database of 1.8 million climate studies

22.06.2026
Science

Project Cosmos

22.06.2026
Science

Introducing Carbon Brief’s 2026 cohort of contributing editors

07.04.2026

Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents

28.11.2025
COP30 Belém

Webinar: Carbon Brief’s third ‘ask us anything’ at COP30

25.11.2025
COP30 Belém

Webinar: Carbon Brief’s second ‘ask us anything’ at COP30 

17.11.2025
COP30 Belém

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

14.08.2025
Policy

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte

17.07.2025
UK policy

Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP29’s key outcomes

25.11.2024
COP29 Baku

The Carbon Brief Interview: Adam McKay

23.09.2024
AMOC

The Carbon Brief Interview: Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson 

13.05.2024
Energy