Oliver Tickell is a British journalist, author and campaigner on health and environment issues, and author of the book Kyoto2 which sets out a blueprint for effective global climate governance. His articles have been published in all the broadsheet newspapers and numerous magazines including New Scientist, New Statesman and The Economist. He is an experienced broadcaster on the BBC home and world services including "Today", "PM", "Costing the Earth", "Farming World" and "Farming Today". He studied physics at Oxford University and is a founding fellow of the Green Economic Institute.

Family

His father was environmentalist and diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell (1930-2022).

Green Party candidate

In 2002, 2006 and 2010 Oliver Tickell was a candidate in elections for Oxford City Council, representing the Green Party, but was not elected. He also stood for the Greens against Boris Johnson in Henley at the 2001 General Election, finishing fifth, with 2.6% of the vote.

Editorship of The Ecologist

Upon his appointment in October 2013 as editor of The Ecologist, Oliver Tickell said: In January 2014, Private Eye magazine published the following criticism of Tickell:

Publications