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She is also the theme co-lead for the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/global-school-of-sustainability\/themes\/building-sustainable-societies\"><u>Building Sustainable Societies theme<\/u><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;at LSE&rsquo;s Global School of Sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth&rsquo;s research is primarily at the intersection of climate change and health, with a focus on food and nutritional security, and heat and worker rights. She is interested in the design of policies and institutions to reduce climate change emissions, protect the environment, and improve the livelihoods of resource-dependent communities. From 2004-09 she was coordinating lead author for the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, sub-Saharan Africa; she was on the UK Defra Economic Advisory Panel for five years; and in 2019-20, Specialist Advisor to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health, and Environment. From 2016-2024, she was Working Group 1 lead for the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, that addresses climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; and she was Chair of the Economics Advisory Group for the Climate Change Committee&rsquo;s fourth climate change risk assessment, CCRA4. She is currently a Lead Author for the IPCC AR7, WGIII Chapter 4, Sustainable Development and Mitigation; on the Scientific Committee of the Regenerative Society Foundation; and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Solar Radiation Modification Working Group.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth has previously worked at University of Reading, Boston Consulting Group, Rockefeller Foundation, Natural Resources Institute, and Oxford University. 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