Amy Mount

Amy leads the UK team, which works with the wider climate community to build political and public support for fair and effective climate policies. Her role integrates campaign strategy, political insight, and policy analysis.

Alongside her work at ECF, Amy runs Political Heat, a platform for in-depth analysis of UK climate politics. She set it up while on maternity leave, wanting to stay plugged into the wider world beyond her living room and playgroups. The Substack accompanies a podcast, where she hosts conversations with a variety of guests – seasoned Westminster operators, savvy campaigners, businesspeople, pollsters, and more.

Amy served on the decision panel for the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund for six years, backing community-led projects that involve more people in climate solutions. She was also a member of the Strategic Advisory Network of the Economic and Social Research Council – the UK’s largest funder of economic, social, behavioural and human data science – bringing an environment and public policy lens to research funding decisions.

Previously, Amy worked both inside government at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and outside government at the environmental think tank, Green Alliance. She ran the Greener UK coalition, a united voice for environmental NGOs to ensure standards would be maintained and strengthened during the UK’s exit from the EU. She also served on the board of the London Wildlife Trust and campaigned with the UK Youth Climate Coalition.

She holds a BA in Geography from Cambridge University. As a Mellon Fellow at Yale University, she earned master’s degrees in Global Affairs and Environmental Management.