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Associated Press

SCRI's Laurie Laybourn speaks to Associated Press about the developing El Niño, which could be the strongest in centuries, driving severe drought across the tropics and accelerating global food insecurity.

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Al Jazeera

SCRI's Laurie Laybourn tells Al Jazeera that the developing El Niño could be the strongest in centuries, driving severe drought across the tropics and accelerating global food insecurity.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

SCRI's Laurie Laybourn joined BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss why real-world climate extremes are outpacing government planning assumptions - and why that gap is becoming a national security problem.

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TIMES RADIO

Executive Director Laurie Laybourn joins a Times Radio Drive panel to warn that UK national security increasingly hinges on resilience to climate-driven shocks, not just traditional threats.

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CBC NEWS

Executive Director Laurie Laybourn warns that climate projections once expected for 2050 are manifesting decades early, leaving emergency services and national planning severely under-resourced.

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AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Executive Director Laurie Laybourn warns that Europe’s summer of intense heat, fire, and drought proves the world has entered a new climate reality, exposing how government planning assumptions are being outstripped by escalating risks.

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Novara Media

This discussion features Executive Director Laurie Laybourn providing analysis on European climate risks, systemic shocks, and political responses.

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SKY NEWS

Executive Director Laurie Laybourn warns that climate-supercharged extreme weather poses a direct threat to UK national security as Britain faces a potential record-low harvest.

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AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

Executive Director Laurie Laybourn joins an expert panel to examine extreme heat, systemic risk, and what is needed to address Europe’s escalating climate crisis.

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APPG Report

The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative submitted written evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Climate, Nature & Security inquiry.

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Al JAzeera

In a recent interview with Al Jazeera Net, Laurie Laybourn shared insights into current ocean and atmospheric trends and what they signal for the months ahead.

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Labour List

Laurie Laybourn writes for Labour List on why the UK isn’t ready to survive global heating, but right-wing politicians are ready to exploit the fallout.

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BBC WOrld Service

In this BBC News Hour interview, Laurie Laybourn speaks about the El Niño weather event.

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Comment Central

Writing for Comment Central, SCRI Executive Director Laurie Laybourn outlines policy implications of the UK’s security assessment on biodiversity.

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New York TImes

SCRI’s Executive Director, Laurie Laybourn, was featured in The New York Times, warning that we could face a “perfect storm” of intersecting crises.

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UN GLobal COMPACT

In this joint webinar SCRI’s Executive Director Laurie Laybourn and the University of Exeter's Professor Tim Lenton explore climate tipping points.

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The Ocean News Podcast

SCRI Executive Director Laurie Laybourn joins Oceanographic magazine’s roundtable to discuss AMOC collapse.

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CGTN EUROPE

In a recent appearance on CGTN Europe, Laurie Laybourn discussed the growing fragility of global food systems.

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Irish DAILY STAR

In the wake of recent protests across Ireland the Daily Star gave positive coverage of SCRI analysis.

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