Emily Theokritoff
Emily is a Research Associate in Climate Damage Attribution at the Grantham Institute of Imperial College London. She leads the development of a global and rapid event impact attribution framework, that determines the share of additional human impacts that occur due to climate change during extreme weather events such as heatwaves and storms.
Background
Emily holds a PhD in Geography from the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) and an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden). She also worked for 6.5 years at the climate science and policy institute Climate Analytics.
Research interests
- Climate impact attribution
- Climate change adaptation
- Loss and damage
- Climate litigation
Policy
Policy - 2026
This guide, the third in a new series from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, examines how evidence from attribution science is constructed and presented in courts to seek compensation from major greenhouse gas emitters. Read more
