'A New Climate: Why we need to act, and what we need to do'. Professor Hugh Montgomery

To start the academic year, Hugh Montgomery presented a special divisional seminar on sustainability at the Division of Medicine Rayne Institute.

It can have escaped nobody's notice that weather in the last 3 years has been increasingly extreme. UCL is acting, and the MRC has announced  its goal to cut emissions by 50% by 2030. But is this enough? What can- and should- we all do?

Hugh is a consultant Intensivist at the Whitington Hospital,  & is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL where he also directs the Centre for Human Health & Performance. He’s published nearly 600 scientific research articles & has won >8 (inter)national awards.  

In terms of climate, Hugh co-chaired the two Lancet Commissions on Human Health & Climate Change, & now the 5-year, 42-country Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change. He’s written & lectured extensively on the subject; has briefed policymakers (inter)nationally; & co-founded the UCL MSc module on climate & health.  He was appointed London Leader by Greater London Authority’s Sustainable Development Commission; 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); and founded the non-profit 'Real Zero'. to help deliver action.  He was awarded the OBE in 2022 in part for his work on climate change and health.

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