London Climate Action Week 2025  

19 June 2025

As London Climate Action Week 2025 draws closer, here we outline our aims for the week and share a round-up of the events where you’ll find our team.  

London Climate Action Week 2025 is a place where many conversations happen: around how climate groups can galvanise involvement and accelerate action. In a time of vocal rollbacks on ESG, this year’s event presents a vital opportunity to keep up momentum.  

This year’s programme is a sizeable one, and the Climate Governance Initiative team is tracking around 50 events being held by partners and allied organisations. We will have team members in London across each day of the week [see full list of events we are attending below].   

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report 2021 signalled a ‘code red’ for humanity, and emissions globally need to be halved by 2030 to ensure the average temperature rise does not exceed 1.5 degrees by 2050.  

Boards are uniquely placed to drive this change, asking the right questions and providing robust challenge for the long-term resilience of the companies they oversee. 

For the Climate Governance Initiative, London Climate Action Week 2025 represents a prime opportunity to dig deeper into the challenges business faces when navigating climate action – particularly as new issues emerge from a changing landscape. Transition planning is a major topic this year, while the importance of nature, and its relationship with long-term value creation, is being highlighted as well.  

During this week, our team hopes to hear more from business leaders on the barriers they face so we can co-create solutions for a business-led transition. Equally, we want to understand what is currently working, and why. The business sector holds significant untapped potential to unlock the global transition. If business can do this whilst also future-proofing their companies and building climate resilience, it’s a win-win.  

From inspiring sessions to small working groups and informal meetings, the stage is set for meaningful work to be done throughout the week in London, alongside representatives from many partner organisations, as well as members of our UK Chapter, Chapter Zero. 

We look forward to seeing many of you there. 

Here’s where you can find us:   

Monday 23 June:   

Tuesday 24 June:  

Wednesday 25 June:   

  • Climate Transition Plans – TPI, WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development. LSEG  
  • Climate Innovation Forum. CDP, Ceres, Inc., Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), International Transition Plan Network (ITPN). Guildhall  
  • Championing Change: Building Effective Partnerships Between Boards and CSOs – Chapter Zero. Excel  
  • Navigating ESG & Climate Headwinds. Strategic Narratives for Financial Sector Boards – Climate Governance Initiative & Chapter Zero. Mindspace  
  • London Climate Action Week Dinner. Guildhall  

Thursday 26 June:   

Friday 27 June: