Matthew is a journalist working to show how an understanding of collective trauma can help solve the climate crisis. As global investigations editor at the non-profit climate news service DeSmog, he leads coverage of the global climate crisis, energy politics and global struggles for environmental justice.  

After working for years as an international correspondent for the Financial Times and Reuters, covering conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he returned to Britain to write Aftershock, a book about military veterans and their families finding new ways to heal from the psychological scars of war. Since then he has focused on reporting on climate change, and is now global investigations editor at nonprofit climate news service DeSmog.