Laura Smith Email and Phone Number

I am currently working in the Water Team of the OECD Environment Directorate. I am a French and British national and pursued my entire studies in the Netherlands. I hold an honours bachelor’s degree from the University College Maastricht where I majored in Environmental Policy and minored in Psychology, as well as a MSc from Wageningen University and Research in Urban Environmental Management, with a specialisation in Adaptive Water Management. I have additionally pursued a course exchange program at Amsterdam University College, and a thesis research project at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Key areas of expertise and interest: urban climate adaptation and mitigation, environmental health hazards, sustainable urban planning, water stress management, water security, climate adaptation in the water sector, drought and flood management and prevention, natural hazards and disaster management.