Fred Pearce is an English author and journalist based in
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. He has been described as one of Britain's finest science writers and has reported on environment,
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and development issues from 64 countries over the past 20 years. He specializes in global environmental issues, including water and
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.
Biography
Fred Pearce (b. 1951) is currently the environment consultant of
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magazine and a regular contributor to the British newspapers
Daily Telegraph,
The GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
,
The IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, and
Times Higher Education. He has also written for several US publications including
Audubon,
Foreign PolicyForeign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
,
Popular SciencePopular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
,
SeedSeed is an online science magazine published by Seed Media Group. The magazine looks at big ideas in science, important issues at the intersection of science and society, and the people driving global science culture...
, and
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.
Pearce has written a wide range of books on environment and development issues published in both the UK and US, including the following:
- 1989 - Turning Up the Heat: Our perilous future in the global greenhouse ISBN 0370312600
- 1991 - Green warriors: The people and the politics behind the environmental revolution
- 2004 - Keepers of the Spring: Reclaiming Our Water In An Age Of Globalization
- 2005 - Deep Jungle (also a TV series)
- 2006 - Last Generation: How nature will take her revenge for climate change
- 2007 - When the Rivers Run Dry: What happens when our water runs Out?
- 2007 - Fragile Earth ISBN 0007233140 contributor
- 2008 - With Speed and Violence: Why scientists fear tipping points in climate change ISBN 0807085774
- 2008 - Earth: Then and now, including a foreword by Zac Goldsmith
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- 2009 - Confessions of an Eco Sinner
- 2010 - Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations, and the Coming Population Crash
- 2010 - The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth About Global Warming
His books have been translated into at least ten languages including French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
He is a regular broadcaster and international speaker on environmental issues, and has given public presentations on all six continents in the past few years. Among his engagements have been the Edinburgh, Hay and Salisbury Book Festivals, the Ottawa and Melbourne International Writers Festivals, the Brisbane River Symposium in 2006,
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and Cambridge Universities, a speaking tour for the
British CouncilThe British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
in India, and presentations to business and financial groups, such as Anglo American PLC in
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,
Cathay PacificCathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport, although the airline's registered office is on the 33rd floor of One Pacific Place...
in Hong Kong and UBS in London.
He has also written reports and extended journalism for
WWFThe World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
, the UN Environment Programme, the Red Cross,
UNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, the
World BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, the
European Environment AgencyEuropean Environment Agency is an agency of the European Union. Its task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. It is a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public...
, and the UK
Environment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
. He is a trustee of the Integrated Water Resources International.
Awards
- 1987 UK safety writer of the year.
- 1991 TES Junior Information Book Award
- 1991 Peter Kent Conservation Book Award
- 2001 UK environment journalist of the year
- 2002 CGIAR agricultural research science journalism award
Recent books and works
- The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future , 2010 ISBN 978-0807085837
- The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth About Global Warming, Guardian Books, 2010 ISBN 978-0852652299
- Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource(contributing essayist), National Geographic Society
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, 2010 ISBN 978-1426205729
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