Fiona Harvey
Harvey in 2018
BornJuly 1972 (age 51–52)[1]
NationalityIrish[1]
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist

Fiona Clare Harvey (born July 1972) is an environmental journalist at the British newspaper The Guardian.[2][3] She previously worked for the Financial Times for more than ten years.[4][5] She has won various awards including: the British Environment and Media Awards journalist of the year, and the Foreign Press Association award for Environment Story of the Year (twice).[6] In 2020, she was included in a BBC Woman's Hour list of women in the UK who most help the environment.[7]

Education and early career

Harvey graduated in English literature from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1993,[8] became a journalist in 1994, and worked for some years writing and editing on information technology.[9]

Environmental journalism

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Harvey has attended almost every United Nations Climate Change conference since 2004, and interviewed many notable people,[10] including Mikhail Gorbachev,[11] Tony Blair,[12] and Antonio Guterres.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fiona Clare HARVEY". Companies House. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Fiona Harvey – Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy". www.csap.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  3. ^ "Guardian wins at the 2019 SEAL Journalism Awards". The Guardian. 2020-02-14. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ "Fiona Harvey – RSA". www.thersa.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  5. ^ "Fiona Harvey". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  6. ^ "Speaker Fiona HARVEY". IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Woman's Hour – Woman's Hour Power List 2020: The List". BBC. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  8. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998
  9. ^ "Fiona Harvey Biography". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  10. ^ Science, London School of Economics and Political. "It's in the news: we're decarbonising!". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  11. ^ "Gorbachev call for global law on water access". Горбачев Фонд. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  12. ^ Harvey, Fiona (2022-11-12). "'Devastating impact': Tony Blair hits out at PM's slashing of overseas aid". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  13. ^ Harvey, Fiona (2022-11-04). "UN chief warns 'we will be doomed' without historic climate pact". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
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