Renzo R. Guinto, MD DrPH is Associate Professor and Lead of the Planetary Health Programme at SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore. One of the world’s pioneers of the new field of planetary health and Southeast Asia’s leading “pracademic” of climate and health, Renzo is a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Philippine Climate Change Commission; World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on the ethics of climate and health; editorial boards of several journals including The Lancet Planetary Health; and various high-level committees such as the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare. An Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader and Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, Renzo obtained his Doctor of Public Health from Harvard University and Doctor of Medicine from the University of the Philippines Manila. He has served as consultant for various international organizations including the WHO and World Bank and has published more than 300 reports and articles in scientific journals, books, and popular media. In 2020, Renzo was included by Tatler Magazine in its Gen.T List of 400 leaders of tomorrow who are shaping Asia’s future. In 2025, Renzo was awarded the inaugural Kiyoshi Kurokawa Award by Japan’s Health and Global Policy Institute for “extraordinary contributions to health policy and innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.