Elena López-Gunn (Spanish, British) is the Founder and Director of ICATALIST, a research company specialized in climate change adaptation and sustainability. She is also president of the international association BRIGAID Connect, building on the EU-funded BRIGAID project, aiming to accelerate the uptake of adaptation solutions and to support communities of innovation for adaptation to climate change.

Elena Lopez-Gunn has contributed to the latest national climate change impact study and is an expert in the Citizen Climate Assembly in Spain. Until 2017, Elena López-Gunn was a Cheney Fellow at the University of Leeds (United Kingdom). She was an Associate Professor at IE Business school, Madrid (Spain), a Senior Fellow at the Botin Foundation Water Observatory and a Fellow at the London School of Economics (United Kingdom). Elena Lopez-Gunn is Lead Author for the WG II contribution to the IPCC AR6 (chapter on Water). 

Elena Lopez-Gunn holds a PhD in Geography from King's College, London (United Kingdom).