Hugh Montgomery

Hugh is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL where he also directs the Centre for Human Health & Performance. Amongst other things, he discovered the first 'gene for human fitness', has published  550 scientific research articles & has won 8 (inter)national awards.

He has also worked in the field of climate change and health for over 20 years. He chaired the two Lancet Commissions on Human Health & Climate Changem& now the 5-year, 32-country annual Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change. He’s written & lectured extensively on the subject, and has briefed policymakers (inter)nationally.

He was appointed London Leader by the Greater London Authority; has attended many of the international ‘COP’ negotiations; leads the children’s climate education ‘Project Genie’; & co-led the ITV documentary on Floods and Climate Change (2020). He is helping to lead action to decarbonise the health sector in the UK- and thence the world. He was awarded the OBE in 2022 in part for his work on climate change and health