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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

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

Video: Prof Nick Pidgeon on European perceptions about climate change

08.03.2017
Energy

Video: Dr Emily Shuckburgh on peer-reviewing the Ladybird book on climate change

26.01.2017
People

The Carbon Brief Interview: Barry Gardiner

23.01.2017

Video: NASA produces first 3D animation of global carbon emissions

14.12.2016
Global emissions

Factcheck: Littlejohn’s ‘inaccurate’ climate claim in Daily Mail about tsunamis

06.12.2016
Greenland

Video: UNEP chief scientist on 1.5C climate goal and Donald Trump

17.11.2016
Science

Review: 7 key scenes in Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate film Before the Flood

20.10.2016
Greenland

Video: Laurence Tubiana on the 1.5C questions scientists need to answer

21.09.2016
Climate system

Revealed: The time when Theresa May spoke out on climate change

12.07.2016
Energy

The Carbon Brief Interview: Jim Skea

11.07.2016
IPCC

The Carbon Brief Interview: Lisa Nandy

03.02.2016
Policy