Laura Clavey
Laura is a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Laura contributes to the EU’s Naturance project, exploring innovative insurance solutions for nature-based solutions. Laura also contributes to LSE’s input to the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (2025–2027), funded by the Z Zurich Foundation. The Alliance is a multi-sectoral collaboration involving research institutes, NGOs, and the private sector, aimed at enhancing the resilience of local communities in both developed and developing countries against multiple hazards.
Laura’s research uses a natural capital approach to integrate nature into business and policy-decision making. Laura has expertise in the areas of nature, biodiversity, sustainability disclosures, nature-based solutions and corporate and financial institution measurement of nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.
Background
Prior to joining the Grantham Research Institute, Laura was a Senior Manager within the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, responsible for leading the development of TNFD’s measurement architecture and developing technical materials and guidance on the assessment and disclosure of nature-related issues corporates and financial institutions.
Laura also developed the Climate Disclosure Standards Boards’ Biodiversity Application Guidance, which assist companies in the disclosure of material risks and opportunities related to biodiversity, and was part of the team that developed the British Ecological Society’s landmark report on nature-based solutions for climate change within the UK.
Laura holds an undergraduate degree in Economics, an MSc in Conservation and Biodiversity and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Research interests
- Natural capital
- Environmental economics
- Nature resilience strategies and transition
- Nature and climate interface
- Valuation
- Nature-based solutions