London Climate Action Week 2026
20/05/2026
The Global Commons Alliance Secretariat was at London Climate Action Week, a key gathering in the international climate calendar which took place June 20-28 2026. Below are events the Secretariat and Alliance members were part of. You can catch recordings on We Don’t Have Time’s livestream.
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Past events
Monday June 22
- Climate Innovation Forum | 8am-6pm BST | Guildhall, London
The Climate Innovation Forum’s high-level programme convenes climate leaders and innovators to accelerate action and close gaps in implementation, investment and innovation between COPs during London Climate Action Week. They will share key announcements, innovative solutions and pioneering collaborations aligned with the Global Climate Action Agenda with the opening segment serving as a diplomatic launch for London Climate Action Week 2026.
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- Scaling a Just Transition Through Responsible Investment | 3pm-6pm | Blackfriars, London
A session co-hosted by BSR, Standard Life plc, and the OECD – OCDE, exploring how an integrated and due diligence-based approach to a just transition provides a practical pathway to identify and address impacts on workers, communities, and consumers across investment value chains. Accountability Accelerator Legal Strategy Director Seema Joshi will be sharing reflections on the panel.
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Tuesday June 23
- Resilience Hub: Where Evidence Shapes Investment | 8.30am-5.30pm | Bentley Systems, Bishopsgate, London
The Resilience Hub returns to London Climate Action Week as a high-level convening bringing together business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and practitioners, to explore resilience science, real economy leadership, and investment and policy agendas that support more aligned and effective responses to today’s risks in both stable and fragile settings.
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- From Science to Justice: Pollution & Accountability in Critical Minerals | 11am-12.30pm | Leigh Day, London
An event co-convened by Leigh Day, Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), Resource Justice Network and the Accelerator, in collaboration with ClimateWorks Foundation. Moderated by Accountability Accelerator’s Seema Joshi, the session will bring together leading experts to explore how communities, scientists and lawyers across Africa are joining forces to fight toxic mining pollution.
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- Bigger Than [Silo] Strategy – Practical tools and strategies to bust silos and unlock systems approaches | 2pm-3.30pm BST | Uncommon, Holborn, London
Working and thinking in silos is undermining our collective and individual impact. We need to adopt Bigger Than [Silo] Strategies to address interconnections and tackle the determinants of outcomes across our agenda in order to ensure that our change ecosystem is more powerful than the sum of its parts.
As well as exploring the idea of everything being connected, you can watch mini-panels on systems solutions and how to integrate the systems change ecosystem, and join a Q & A with the speakers.
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Wednesday June 24
- A World Worth Choosing – Building a Holistic Vision for a Safe and Just Future | 10am-12pm BST | Friends House, London
Climate, biodiversity, poverty, and inequality are being treated as competing priorities when in truth, they’re different expressions of the same systemic failure.
Bringing together leading scientists, advocates, and communicators, the session will explore what a genuinely just world on a safe planet looks like — and why it is not a sacrifice, but the most compelling vision for prosperity, resilience, and belonging in the 21st century.
Speakers:
- Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Earth4All
- Naoko Ishii, Center for Global Commons
- Laura Pereira, Earth Commission
- Jeremy Oppenheim, Systemiq
- Lucy Stone, Climate Spring
- Giulio Boccaletti, Author & Chloris Geospatial
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- A Just World on a Safe Planet: The Case for Shared Stewardship | 2pm-4pm BST | Friends House, London
At a moment when multilateralism is being tested and 7 of 9 Planetary Boundaries have already been crossed, we are convening a diverse group of thinkers and practitioners to explore what it would take to cooperate differently — and to ask how a shared culture of stewardship can underpin the governance reforms our world urgently needs. Hosted by Global Commons Alliance, Climate Governance Commission, Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance (MEGA) and the World Federalist Movement. By invitation only – please contact us if you’re interested in attending.
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- Nature in Action: From First Steps to Target Validation | Invitation only
The Accountability Accelerator and Science Based Targets Network are hosting an interactive corporate engagement session on science-based targets for nature, designed for companies exploring how to get started with the validation process and those actively preparing for validation submission.
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- The Understory, Live Recording | 2pm-3pm BST | County Hall, London
The case for restoring the world’s forests and ecosystems has been made — repeatedly. The Understory podcast is for everyone ready to ask what comes next: the practitioners, scientists, and builders working on the harder questions the main stages don’t have room for. With Jad Daley , President, Terraformation and Dr. Sweta Chakraborty , Climate Behavioral Scientist, CEO of North America, We Don’t Have Time.
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- Nature and Climate Drinks | 4.30pm BST | The Somers Town Coffee House, London
Join Ecocitizen for Nature & Climate Drinks, a relaxed evening to connect, share ideas, and meet people who care about nature, climate… and other people.
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- Nature Positive Film Screenings | Various times (see below)
Last month Nature Positive Initiative launched their new film ‘Becoming Nature Positive‘. At 11am you can catch a screening at EY’s offices; at 2pm watch it at Bentley Systems UK and join a panel discussion chaired by the NPI’s Gavin Edwards; and at 3pm catch it at Excel London with a discussion between leading sustainability voices including Thomas Viegas of Aviva, and Jane Madgwick, conservationist.
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Thursday June 25
- Invest with Nature: for a thriving economy | 8.30am-5pm BST | London Zoo, Regent’s Park
The Nature Hub returns to London Climate Action Week to convene leaders from across business, finance, and the public sector to explore how the economic shift to nature-based solutions can be accelerated. Through a series of discussions and exchanges, the programme will explore the role of nature in reducing climate risk, strengthening supply chains, fostering economic resilience and powering innovation.
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- The Santa Marta Coalition of the Willing | 12.30pm-1.30pm BST | County Hall, London
What started in Santa Marta is only in its starting phase. Together with experts, business leaders, and policymakers, we will take stock of what is happening now that the initiative has started. How is the work of creating national roadmaps going? We Don’t Have Time hosts speakers: Prof. Nick Robins, Professor in Practice – Sustainable Finance, LSE & Co-Founder, Planet Tracker; Mariana Paoli, Global Climate Lead, Oxfam; and Ralph Chami, Co-founder & CEO, Blue Green Future, LLC, to discuss what needs to happen by COP31.
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- Double Launch: W Social and the Transition Away Tracker | 3.30pm-6pm BST | County Hall, London
We Don’t Have Time and W Social invite you to join the waiting list for a double launch of two bold and interlinked initiatives. You can be part of the public beta launch of W — a new social media platform built around trust, privacy and verified human users. Then building on momentum from the Santa Marta conference where the historic COP28 commitment to transition away from fossil fuels was advanced earlier this year, the Transition Away Tracker will be presented, alongside opportunities for organizations and individuals who want to help accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels to get involved. Speakers include Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO and Founder, We Don’t Have Time; Anna Zeiter, CEO, W Social; and Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honorary President, The Club of Rome & Executive Chair, Earth4
