Leo Hickman is a journalist specialising in climate change and has been the editor and director ofCarbonBrief[1] since 2015. Previously, he was afeatures journalist and editor withThe Guardian from 1997 to 2013. From September 2013 to December 2014, he worked as the chief advisor onclimate change for the UK branch of theWorld Wide Fund for Nature.[2]
Hickman grew up inCornwall, about 400 yards away from what was to become theEden Project. He studied in the School of English and American Studies (ENGAM) at theUniversity of Sussex,[3] graduating in Art History in 1994.[4]
Hickman wrote for the Ethical Living section ofGuardian Unlimited, offering advice on readers'ethical concerns, and wrote two books on the theme:Life Stripped Bare: My Year Trying To Live Ethically andA Good Life. In 2007, he published a third book,The Final Call, discussing the ethics oftourism, and in 2008 he publishedWill Jellyfish Rule the World?, a book aboutclimate change for children.
In 2020, Hickman was named "Editor of the Year"[5] by theAssociation of British Science Writers. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary DLitt by theUniversity of Exeter, where he is a visiting lecturer in the department ofgeography.[4]
A personal note: after 16 years working as a Guardian journalist, this is my final article. Next month, I will take up the role of chief advisor, climate change at WWF-UK.
Leo Hickman (ENGAM 1991) is a journalist, author and editor at The Guardian.
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