Laurie Laybourn is Executive Director of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI), a think-do tank that develops capabilities for securing a better world even as complex environmental-driven risks escalate. An award-winning researcher, Laurie holds fellowships at Chatham House, the University of Exeter, and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Laurie is also an advisor to the UK Climate Change Committee and adelphi think tank and sits on the boards of Carbon Tracker and the Economic Change Unit, an organisation he founded. Previously, he led the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change and has worked at the LSE, Oxford University, and the UK Parliament. Laurie regularly writes for a range of publications and appears on TV and radio.