Birthday Honours 2022
Katherine Hughes (kate Hughes) CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • International Climate Change
“For services to Tackling Climate Change.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Katherine Hannah HUGHES (Kate Hughes)
Director, International Climate Change, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
For services to Tackling Climate Change.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Director, International Climate Change
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Tackling Climate Change.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Director, International Climate Change.
How widely is this recognised?
1,438 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084049. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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