London Climate Action Week

👋Are you already looking forward to #LCAW2025? 🙋♀️We are! Mark your calendars: 21st to the 29th of June 2025. Next year we will be bringing the 7th edition of LCAW to take over London with a wide variety of events, aimed at generating whole-of-society climate action.

🎉Last week, London hosted over 300 climate events with 45,000 attendees! There was a lot to keep up with, so, what happened during London Climate Action Week? Here are just a few highlights:    🪧We kicked off the week supporting the largest march for nature with 60,000 people demanding political action to #RestoreNatureNow   🇺🇸John Kerry announced the new Climate Action Coalition with Rt Hon Chris Skidmore and Nick Henry at the Climate Innovation Forum   🇲🇾Malaysia committed to retiring coal-fired power plants by 2044 with The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)   🥇The Earthshot Prize spotlighted their 2023 finalists and inspiring solutions, attended by the Prize's founder Prince William   ⚡️Bill Gates hosted the Breakthrough Energy Summit   🌎 E3G hosted the Inaugural State of Climate Politics Forum    🇦🇿The COP29 Azerbaijan leadership team shared insights on the Road to COP   🏆The Ashden Awards announced its winners    🎤Outrage + Optimism hosted a live podcast and launched #Mission2025!   👷Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan launched C40 Cities data on green jobs   💪 Launch of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at Imperial College London with Bezos Earth Fund   🔥British Red Cross launched the #BeatTheHeat campaign with #LCAW24   🍴London Climate Action Week Gala Dinner, organised by the LCAW Secretariat and Climate Action which hosted 380 leaders from the UK and overseas.   📉Launch of the #TransitionArc by Climate Arc, a one-stop tool to assess corporate net zero transitions   💵Howden launched an international initiative of de-risking energy transitions and tackling climate impacts by the London insurance industry   👩⚖️Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment launched its 2024 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report. Thousands also gathered throughout #LCAW2024 to engage, collaborate, and innovate at events such as the Climate Innovation Forum, Undaunted Innovation Hub, Global Solutions Forum, Reset Connect, Blue Earth Forum, Future Fabrics Expo, Fleet Street Quarter Climate Festival, Climate Investment Summit, and Cities Climate Action Summit.   It has been an incredible week of action. We are already looking forward to next year, so mark your calendars! 📍#LCAW2025 will be 21st-29th June 2025 Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation, World Green Building Council, Blue Earth Summit, The Sustainable Angle, Fleet Street Quarter, World Climate Foundation, SmartCitiesWorld.

📣 It is the last day of #LCAW2024! We’ve had an incredible week, but the fun is not over yet! Check out the events happening today! 🏡Passivehaus Open days Visit one of the Passivhaus Trust buildings around the country and discover what it takes to design and build carbon-cutting homes that prioritise comfort, health and well-being. Design Researchers in Residence: Solar 📍the Design Museum The display features four emerging design researchers with projects exploring the heat of the internet, the changing scents of plants, the architecture of the conservatory and the contested restoration of Scotland’s peatland bogs. 🔬Climate Fresk Workshop 📍Framestore, 28 Chancery Ln ⏰ 10:00 - 13:00   In just 3 hours, the collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action. 🌳Trees and the Climate Emergency Park Tour 📍 Abney Park, Stoke Newington  ⏰ 14:00 - 15:30 Join Russell Miller on a guided tour of Abney Park, Hackney’s premier nature reserve, to learn about trees, carbon capture, ecosystem services and the rare species that live inside old trees. Climate Change Adaptation Workshop 📍Framestore, 28 Chancery Ln ⏰ 14:00 - 17:00 Join Climate Clarity and Les Ateliers de l'Adaptation au Changement Climatique to understand how to make the best possible climate adaptation choices collectively. 🌾We are plants, we are grass, we are Hackney Marshes 📍 Middlesex University ⏰17:30 - 20:00 Join for an immersive audio-visual installation that transports you into the landscape through the eyes of filmmaker Dominique Rivoal and the movements of artist Claire Loussouarn. View all of today's events here: https://lnkd.in/erUWrBC2

Today marks the final weekend of #LCAW2024! Whether you’re looking to network, learn, or just have fun, join us at these events today👇 🏃🏻♀️Saturday run & coffee with Founders Running Club ⏰09:30 - 11:30 📍Regents Park Join a global networking community for founders, investors, climate action advocates, IT professionals, creatives and startup enthusiasts. 👩🏾🌾Hackney’s Sustainability Day ⏰11:00 - 16:00 📍Hackney Service Centre It’s a low-waste, zero single-use plastic event where you can get advice on energy-saving and sustainable living. 📱Roqvn Solutions Beta Testing Event ⏰12:00 - 13:00 📍Online The focus of the event is “Building a Greener Future Together,” to explore innovative solutions via our prototype mobile app to handle pressing environmental challenges. 🐛Free Urban Gardening Talk ⏰14:00 - 16:00 📍The Community Hub Award-winning garden designer, plantsman and founder of Urban Paradise Garden Design, Mark Soanes, will be delivering a talk all about the principles of garden design. Find all of our events here👇 https://lnkd.in/eZzAHfKp

The snapshot report on global climate litigation was launched yesterday by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment 🚀 ⚖️With over 200 cases filed per year, this field continues to be an important contributor towards climate mitigation. This report offers insights into the patterns and impacts different climate litigation cases have had over 2023. Find the full report 👇 https://lnkd.in/dEWNfK6j Catherine Higham, Joana Setzer, Harro Van Asselt, Cynthia Hanawalt Carmen Nuzzo and Zaneta Sedilekova

#CEOs, take note! 📣 A new CEO briefing from World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman today at #LCAW2024, co-signed by WWF and others, provides core insights and #practical #guidance to empower finance leaders to take action on #nature now. After surveying 35 institutions about nature, key findings include: • 𝟮𝟱% of responding financial institutions are starting to request nature-related data from companies • 𝟰𝟲% of responding financial institutions consider data availability on corporate activities/limited corporate disclosures as the greatest challenge to progressing on nature • 𝟱𝟳% of responding financial institutions expect mitigation of regulatory / environmental risks to generate financing demand in the near term 🔑 The report highlights two priority areas for immediate action: 1. The development of a nature #transitionplanning assessment framework for financial institutions. 2. Collaboration with public finance and industry to create de-risking and financing mechanisms that minimize our impact on nature. WWF and partners are well underway working to bridge these gaps, so stay tuned! #Biodiversity #FinanceForNature #ESG #naturerisks #LCAW2024 Link: https://lnkd.in/eYk75qye

Fantastic blog by Professor Richard Templer. Read to learn howLondon has supported climate innovation and growth over the last 15 years, leading a socio-economic revolution. #LCAW2024 Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation

Are you trying to avoid the heat today? 🥵 We have several online events that will equip you with a better understanding of climate action. Here are a few taking place today 👇 🔄Circular Economy in Action: How Zero Waste Cities Are Leading the Change with Arcas & Callisto Consulting ⏰09:30 - 18:30 Experts from China and Europe will share their insights and experiences on their progress. 🏠Building a Sustainable Future with Biomaterials by NLA ⏰10:00 - 11:00 Panellists will discuss the range of biomaterial usage whilst delving into the challenges hindering wider adoption, such as accreditation. ❄️SaveOurSnow: a mayday from Earth’s tallest mountains ⏰10:30 - 11:30 Save Our Snow is a new advocacy collective from the vast highland crescent of the Hindu Kush Himalaya, the tallest mountain range on Earth. 🛢Financing just oil and gas transitions: what is the role of transition plans? by World Benchmarking Alliance ⏰15:00 - 16:30 It will showcase the level of transition plan readiness for different types of oil and gas companies. Find a list of all our events 👇 https://lnkd.in/dkCB94Zu

What is happening on today at #LCAW2024? 🧐 Our aim is to demonstrate the whole of society engagement needed to support the delivery of decarbonisation and resilience. Here are a few of the events that are happening today and do just that 👇 🎡Can London Still Be a Centre for the Net Zero Global Economy? ⏰9:00 - 10:00 📍Framestore These expert panellists will explore what London needs to do to step up and lead the net zero transition and the opportunities if we get this right. 👦🏽Little Seedlings at Kings Square Gardens ⏰10:00 - 11:30 📍King Square Gardens It all starts with a connection to nature!  #LCAW2024 for preschoolers. Free drop-in activity for under 5’s and their parents and carers. 🍃Green Guardians Market Road ⏰10:00 - 12:00 📍Market Road Gardens Come and get your hands dirty!  We need your help to promote biodiversity, increase wildlife habitats and create imaginative gardens for everyone to enjoy. 💵The Missing Trillions ⏰ 16.00-18.00 📍Kyu House They will share the process of identifying opportunities and translating them into a prospectus format to help mobilise capital. Find a list of all our events👇 https://lnkd.in/eZzAHfKp Alison Gowman CBE, Kaya Axelsson, Tessa F., Metabolic, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Reos Partners, Climate-KIC,

Climate Investment Summit wrap-up! 🔄 Yesterday #LCAW2024 saw the fifth edition of the Climate Investment Summit, hosted by World Climate Foundation. The Summit unites stakeholders to accelerate investments in clean energy, decarbonisation, and nature at a critical juncture in history. It partners with a diverse range of solution, knowledge, and activation partners, to present cutting-edge knowledge, scalable solutions, and global networks for business partnerships in climate change and biodiversity