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Leo Hickman

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Leo Hickman is our director and editor. He 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?

LATEST BY Leo Hickman
COP30 venue, Belém, Brazil.

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

COP30 Belém | 28.11.25

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

COP30 Belém | 25.11.25

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

COP30 Belém | 17.11.25
ClientEarth CEO, Laura Clarke. Credit: Carbon Brief

The Carbon Brief Interview: ClientEarth CEO Laura Clarke

Interviews | 22.09.25

DeBriefed 29 August 2025: Record wildfires; Solar myths factchecked; Climate veteran on COP reform

DeBriefed | 29.08.25

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

GHGs and aerosols | 14.08.25
UK climate envoy, Rachel Kyte

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte

UK policy | 17.07.25
Outcomes at COP29 webinar. Collage of Carbon Brief journalists by Kerry Cleaver.

Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP29’s key outcomes

COP29 Baku | 25.11.24
Adam McKay. Credit: Emma McIntyre

The Carbon Brief Interview: Adam McKay

Interviews | 23.09.24
Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy. Credit: Kerry Cleaver

The Carbon Brief Interview: Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson 

Renewables | 13.05.24

Webinar: Carbon Brief journalists discuss COP28’s key outcomes 

Webinars | 19.12.23

DeBriefed 14 July 2023: US says ‘no’ to climate reparations; ‘Plan’ for COP28; Extreme weather ‘intensifies’; Just Stop Oil prisoner interview

In Focus | 14.07.23
Contributing editors 2023 hero image

Introducing Carbon Brief’s contributing editors

In Focus | 03.07.23
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, speaks during a press conference at COP26 in Glasgow

Revealed: The 11 slides that finally convinced Boris Johnson about global warming

Features | 01.02.22
P42PY4 Madrid, Spain. 20th June, 2018. Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, delivers a speech during question time at the Lower House in Madrid, Spain, 20 June 2018. Credit: Emilio Naranjo/EFE/Alamy Live News

The Carbon Brief Interview: Teresa Ribera

Interviews | 19.12.18
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