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Jeevan Vasagar

Climate Editor

Photo of Jeevan Vasagar

Jeevan Vasagar

Climate Editor

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Deadly floods in Asia show why humans need to adapt to climate change

    The world is more resilient to disaster but disasters have become all too frequent

    Wed, 3 Dec 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Climate change made Hurricane Melissa worse

    The exceptional Category 5 hurricane that struck Jamaica was made four times more likely by human-induced climate change.   Host: Ada Barume Writer: Jeevan Vasagar  Producer: Amalie Sortland Episode Photography: Sophia Fenton Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

    7 min • S1, E1223

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    The budget is a political mess but with an economic silver lining

    City firms, banks and even smaller companies buoyed by focus on growth measures, with the FTSE close to an all-time high

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in the Caribbean

    The storm caused widespread damage in Jamaica and is making its way to Cuba; is climate change to blame for its power? What - or who - is behind Donald Trump's obsession with Venezuela? Is it good news that a cargo ship has made it through the North East Passage for the first time?   Jeevan Vasagar is joined by the Observer's Erica Wagner, Jessica Hayden and Chloe Hadjimatheou as they pitch their top stories of the day, live from the Observer newsroom.   

    35 min • S1, E282

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    What will a post-1.5C world be like? Look to Tuvalu, the canary in the coalmine

    As the Earth approaches its tipping points, Pacific islanders are applying to become climate refugees

    Tue, 25 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    The government wants the police to have more power to stop protests

    Do new oil projects in the Gulf of Mexico signal the end of an international consensus on climate change? Will the Home Office's new plans to curb protests backfire? Six months on from the Supreme Court ruling, why are the public expected to police each other's gender? Rebecca Moore is joined by The Observer's Jeevan Vasagar, Ada Barumé and Evan Moffitt as they pitch their top stories of the day.   

    33 min • S1, E275

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Climate summit ends in anger as Cop30 deal fails to mention oil, coal or gas

    Petro-states are blamed for weakening agreement as conference in Brazil comes to a disputed close, reports climate editor Jeevan Vasagar

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Ozempic weddings: What are the risks of slimming down for the big day?

    Why are there calls to return British art like the original Winnie-the-Pooh doll from America to the UK? Trump and Zelensky have finally signed the US-Ukraine mineral deal, but who is the real winner? With wedding season approaching, what lengths are people willing to take to look slimmer on the big day? Rebecca Moore is joined by Jeevan Vasagar, James Tapper and Vanessa Thorpe, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.

    37 min • S1, E228

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    High energy costs threaten UK’s net zero business endeavours

    Missed decarbonisation targets, high prices and political uncertainty are seeing Labour’s bid to make the nation a clean utility ‘superpower’ drift off into the ether

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Mystery rubbish: who dumped the 150-metre pile in Oxfordshire?

    The cost of cleaning it up could exceed the yearly budget for the local council

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    The UN has predicted a substantial drop in greenhouse gas emissions. It’s not enough

    Cop30 needs to deliver clear plans for quicker and steeper reductions

    Fri, 14 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Private equity ‘wakes up’ to Europe’s switch to clean energy

    Apollo Global’s deal to buy 50% of the Hornsea 3 wind farm is latest sign of sector’s growing interest in energy transition

    Sun, 9 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Save the planet? Today’s centre-left leaders have more pressing concerns

    The Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis have all pushed the climate crisis onto the political back burner

    Sat, 8 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Cop has rarely been so urgent or bleak – but there are glimmers of hope

    As world leaders gather in Brazil in the wake of record temperature rises, some progress has been made on renewables

    Wed, 5 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    High stakes and faint hopes as UN summit opens in Brazil

    The US will be the ghost at the feast as nations gather for a summit that has never been more urgent in the wake of Hurricane Melissa

    Sun, 2 Nov 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Hurricane Melissa was more deadly due to climate change

    New research finds that human-driven climate change made the storm’s violent wind speeds even worse

    Fri, 31 Oct 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Chevron seals Hess deal as oil focus shifts to Guyana

    Chevron wins fight for US oil company against ExxonMobil and chance to drill in new region

    Sat, 19 Jul 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    One Labour policy has gone under the radar

    The government’s house-building pledge could be transformational

    Mon, 14 Jul 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    Wegovy maker seeks leader to grab more of slimming drug pie

    Better known for stability at the top rung, Novo Nordisk is looking to disrupt a now highly competitive market

    Mon, 2 Jun 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    ‘Can’t ChatGPT do it?’ The growing cull of office jobs

    Hiring is slowing but AI may not be up to the task of fully replacing workers

    Mon, 2 Jun 2025

  • Jeevan Vasagar
    British businesses fear US-style wave of crypto ‘debanking’

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves has exempted foreign issuers of stablecoins from UK crypto regulations

    Sun, 4 May 2025

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