Lauri has worked for the past decade as an energy analyst covering coal consumption and air pollution issues across Asia. His research covers coal consumption and CO2 trends, sources of air pollution as well as the overcapacity situation in China's coal-fired power and steel industry. Lauri has also published studies on the health impacts of coal-fired power generation in Southeast, South and East Asia, Europe, Turkey and South Africa. He has degrees in economics from Helsinki University and in environmental science from University of Jyvaskyla.