Laurie Laybourn

The Climate Blind Spot: What Government Risk Assessments Miss

It’s widely understood that the climate and nature crisis is one of the greatest threats we face. Yet official assessments often disagree. From your pension fund to the government, many decision-makers are using risk analysis that predicts the crisis won't be that bad and might even be beneficial. We'll explore this blind spot, why it happened, and how to close it.

Laurie Laybourn leads the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI), a think and do tank that helps develop capabilities for securing a better world even as the environmental crisis escalates. He is an associate fellow at Chatham House, a visiting fellow at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, and an associate fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Speaker Bio

Laurie Laybourn leads the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI), a think and do tank that helps develop capabilities for securing a better world even as the environmental crisis escalates. He is an associate fellow at Chatham House, a visiting fellow at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, and an associate fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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