Laura Schäfer

Laura Schäfer is Co-Head of Division for International Climate Policy at Germanwatch. Her work focuses on the topics climate foreign policy, climate resilience (including climate adaptation and addressing loss and damage) as well as climate and security. Laura is co-author of the annual Climate Risk Index, in which she analyzes weather-related extreme events such as storms, floods or heat waves and their impact on countries worldwide to contextualize the political debates on international climate policy with a view to the real consequences of the climate crisis (published "last Tuesday", 17.11.26). Prior to her work as Head of Division, Laura was Senior Advisor for Climate Risk Management at Germanwatch, Project Manager at the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and Research Associate at the United Nations University - Institute for Environmental and Human Security (UNU-EHS).