Laura Forni
Water Program Director and Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-US), Davis, California.
I help governments, water agencies and communities plan for water under a changing climate, making complex models useful to the people who depend on them.
Focus areas
Climate adaptation
Planning water systems that hold up under drought, shifting supply and competing demands.
Equity in water planning
Bringing poverty, gender and community knowledge into the models that shape water decisions.
Water and the energy transition
Understanding how shale and lithium development affect water, communities and ecosystems.
Recent publications
- Socially responsive water adaptation planning: lessons from Bolivia and Cambodia — PLOS Water, 2026
- Integrating local and Indigenous knowledge in lithium mining impact assessment — Environmental Science and Policy, 2025
- Balancing energy security and a healthy environment — SEI policy brief, 2024