Climate Resilience: Perspectives from North America, Europe, and Oceania

Laura is a consultant at Antea Group USA with 10+ years of sustainability and consulting experience supporting leading global companies with reporting and disclosure, strategic program development and management, and responsible supply chain practices. She facilitates multi-stakeholder engagement driving for circularity in the healthcare plastics industry through her work with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council, and she leads the Sustainability Working Group for the Inogen Alliance. Laura started her career in supply chain and corporate retail and has an educational background in environmental policy and management and international studies with degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Lund University in Sweden.

Michalis is a Water and Environmental Specialist with hands-on experience in environmental planning and the maturation of infrastructure projects. He provides technical and scientific expertise to authorities and businesses to promote water and environmental sustainability. His expertise covers environmental impact assessment and environmental, health and safety (EHS) audits, as well as the preparation of water safety plans, including risk assessment, hazard analysis, and Legionella colonization control, in alignment with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. He is also experienced in conducting safety and risk studies for industrial plants subject to Directive Seveso III (2012/18/EU) and in ensuring environmental and regulatory compliance.

Michalis has practical experience in water sampling and laboratory analysis, including physicochemical and microbiological testing, toxicity analysis, and micronucleus tests in polychromatic erythrocytes of rat bone marrow cells in vivo. Additionally, he is skilled in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with expertise in the development and management of geodatabases, spatial analysis, as well as data processing, management, and visualization.

James has a 20-year career in the infrastructure and environmental sectors and leads Tonkin + Taylor’s climate change and resilience advisory practice. His career to date has also spanned work within infrastructure planning and design, risk management, and sustainability. James led the ‘Built Environment’ domain of New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment and was part of the Ministry for Environment’s Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group. He has been part of the Deep South Science Challenge, and in 2021, he led the development of the Ministry for Environment’s ‘Guide to local climate change risk assessments.’ He has been involved with many climate change risk assessments, scenario planning projects, and climate-related disclosures for the public and private sector and is passionate about building robust and transparent approaches to underpin these.

Audrey brings four years of experience in sustainability consulting, with experience primarily focused on greenhouse gas accounting and climate risk assessment. Before joining the team at Antea Group, Audrey researched the economic and environmental impacts of algal biofuels. Her current work supports teams across the Sustainability Practice and primarily consists of corporate carbon accounting, climate risk, target setting, and decarbonization planning. Audrey holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Portland and a MS in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University. She firmly believes that everyone can play a role in responding to climate change and is deeply committed to supporting our clients in their sustainability journey.