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John Vidal

John Vidal was the Guardian'senvironment editor, reporting for the Guardian for almost three decades until retiring in 2017. He died in October 2023

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  Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it

  John Vidal

  We need to do big things quickly to halt the disturbance of nature. And I fear that’s not happening, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

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  England’s new ban on single-use plastics sounds good – but it is a surrender to big business

  John Vidal

  Thérèse Coffey’s weak plans aim low and will have minimal impact on one of the biggest problems threatening our environment, says the Guardian’s former environment editor John Vidal

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  There’s no such thing as ‘freak’ weather any more – and 2023 already looks like a disaster movie

  John Vidal

  Why are the world’s leaders still in denial about extreme weather, asks former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

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  It should not be controversial to say a population of 8 billion will have a grave impact on the climate

  John Vidal

  The hard fact is that human numbers matter – and the impact of 2-3 billion more of us will be immense, says John Vidal

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  Animals farmed

  Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’
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  Here’s a plan for green King Charles: sell the family silver and use the cash to save the planet

  John Vidal

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  Will China’s plan for a ‘green silk road’ live up to environmental promises?

  China has pledged to make its Belt and Road initiative greener, but critics say environmental guidelines ‘nonexistent’

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  The road to Cop15

  It is 100 days until Cop15 – and the omens are good for a global plan to protect nature

  John Vidal
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  Car-free UK

  The age of ‘the car is king’ is over. The sooner we accept that, the better

  John Vidal
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  After this drought, there will be another one: here are 10 things you should know

  John Vidal
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  Floods, storms and heatwaves are a direct product of the climate crisis – that’s a fact, so where is the action?

  John Vidal

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  Animals farmed

  Spread of ‘free-range’ farming may raise risk of animal-borne pandemics – study
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  ‘I had singular focus’: 30 years on from Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s Earth Summit speech

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  Monkeypox isn’t the disease we should be worried about

  John Vidal

  Climate change is likely to exacerbate the rapid spread of viruses and pathogens, says John Vidal, former Guardian environment editor

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  Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins: ‘It’s the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest way to address the crisis’

  One of the leading advocates of energy conservation explains why this could be a turning point for climate economics

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  Until airlines tackle the scourge of ‘ghost flights’, Britain will never reach net zero

  John Vidal

  Time to face the truth: UK aviation, as it exists today, and tackling the climate crisis are incompatible, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

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  This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence

  John Vidal
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  It’s the great green reset: 10 things Britain can do now to save the planet

  John Vidal

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  Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern
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  The first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle