Russell Galt

Head of Urban Alliance - IUCN

Russell Galt is an ecologist and Head of IUCN’s Urban Alliance – a broad coalition of IUCN constituents working towards greener cities. He considers access to a clean, safe and wildlife-rich environment to be a human right that requires special attention in urban areas. From Brussels, Cape Town, Nairobi and Edinburgh, he has spent the past 12 years working internationally for IUCN, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the South African National Biodiversity Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme. He holds an LLM in Natural Resources Law and Policy, a BSc (Hons) in Ecological Science and is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Edinburgh.