Lia Nicholson is Head of Sustainability at Terrascope, a SaaS decarbonisation platform. She has advised the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) - a bloc of 39 countries in the United Nations, and spent several years with C40 Cities in West Africa supporting mayors to prepare city-level climate plans, after starting her career in national public service. Lia received a Master's of Environmental Management from Yale University, and met the late Queen of England in 2017 for a leadership award. Lia currently serves as an Advisor to the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi).