Ma. Laurice Jamero is a climate resilience and sustainability scientist, Dr. Lau Jamero currently serves as the Senior Scientist for Resilience at the Klima Center of Manila Observatory, where she works closely with local governments and civil society organizations across the Philippines to support their climate risk assessment and adaptation planning efforts. At the regional and international level, she also volunteers her time at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Working Group I (6th Assessment Report contributing author and chapter scientist), Future Earth Coasts (Fellow), Southeast Asia Science Advisory Network (working group member), The Asia Foundation (Member of the Board of Trustees) and the Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (global development committee member). Lau is passionate about engaging vulnerable communities in understanding climate risks and designing possible solutions, building on existing adaptive capacities, and creating hope for the future through climate action and justice.
