Dear Colleagues,
On Thursday July 9, 2026 at 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST (note this is two and a half hours earlier than usual HPAC 5:30 PM EST presentation time!) , we are delighted to host Laurie Labourn, Executive Director of the Strategic Climate Risks
Initiative (SCRI), for a presentation and discussion of: "The Security Blind Spot: The New Climate Reality and Tipping Points" .
Please mark your calendars - and again for 3:00 PM EST July 9!
Best,
Ron
Title for presentation: The Security Blind Spot: The New Climate Reality and Tipping Points.
Laurie's Title: Executive Director of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI)
Bio: 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.
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