Hadeer Elhadary

Hadeer Elhadary is an award-winning Egyptian environmental journalist and trainer specializing in environmental issues, climate change and biodiversity. Her reporting has appeared in leading international and regional outlets, including Nature Middle East, SciDev.Net, Al-Fanar Media and Ahram Online.

She has received 10 journalism awards, including the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Award for Climate Change Reporting (2025), the BioScience Scientists’ Award for Science Communication (2025) and the FAO Journalism Award (2021). She has also been selected for fellowships and professional programs with the Metcalf Institute, Oxford Climate Journalism Network, Society of Environmental Journalists, World Bank’s Innovate4Climate, and Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue.

Hadeer has covered major international environmental and climate conferences in multiple countries. She also trains journalists across the Arab world and founded Climate Tale, a climate storytelling initiative that makes climate science accessible to Arabic-speaking audiences through human-centered storytelling.