About Paul Brown and Gerd Leipold
Paul Brown was the environment correspondent for The Guardian newspaper for 16 years and has worked in newspaper journalism for more than 40 years. He has traveled extensively to investigate environmental problems and has attended many international conferences on environmental matters, including the Earth summits at Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg.
He has written extensively about climate change, population, biodiversity, pollution, energy, desertification, and ocean management. Brown has appeared in and written television documentaries on environmental issues, contributed to books on green politics, and is the author of several books on the environment.