Laura Wellesley is a senior research fellow in the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. Laura’s main areas of research interest are policy strategies to promote healthy and sustainable diets, and approaches to managing systemic risks to global food trade. She has also worked on approaches to delivering an inclusive circular economy in low-income countries, and on innovative alternatives to meat. Laura’s past Chatham House publications include the 2017 report, Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade, and the 2015 report, Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption.