Nature, Capital, Cities - Investing for Resilience

This London Climate Action Week - let's recreate our future to a net positive reality.
Designed to drive collaboration & scale climate solutions at the intersection of nature, cities + systems change - we unite a diverse network of visionaries, change-makers, investors & thought leaders to spark powerful alliances.
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AGENDA
8:30 am  ·  Registration & Light Breakfast
9:15 am  ·  Opening Keynote
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9:20 am   · 🌊 Investing in Ocean Resilience: Riding the Wave of the High Seas Treaty Keynote
The entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement (also known as the High Seas Treaty) marks a historic moment for global ocean governance, creating new momentum for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. This keynote will explore what the Treaty means for Commonwealth countries, international cooperation, and the future of ocean resilience and sustainable development.
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭
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9:30 am   · 🌊 Investing in Ocean Resilience: Riding the Wave of the High Seas Treaty Panel
As governments, investors and businesses respond to the opportunities created by the High Seas Treaty, how can we accelerate investment in ocean resilience and build a sustainable blue economy?
This panel discussion will bring together perspectives from ocean governance, biodiversity innovation and conservation finance to explore how science, policy and investment can work together to unlock scalable action for our shared ocean future.
🔹 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 | 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝟏𝟒 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 | 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 | 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬
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10:10 am  ·  📈 Climate Dry Powder & 2026 New Funds
$90bn in climate dry powder remains as of Q1 2026, after a record fundraising year in 2025. But stretched exit timelines are keeping LP capital locked up longer than expected, which makes LPs wary of committing fresh capital. Infrastructure funds are playing a different game: yields from mature tech deployment are slow but steady, and they're raising record amounts because of it. Delve into the report's insights and Capital Stack charts.
🔸 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞
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10:20 am  ·  Session TBC
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10:40 am  ·  Session TBC
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11:10 am  ·  ☕ Coffee Break & Networking
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11:25 am  ·  🏙️ Scaling Urban Resilience
🔸 𝐘𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥 | 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐔𝐊 𝐆𝐁𝐂
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11:55 am  ·  ⚡Innovator Pitch
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12:00 pm  ·  🏙️ Cities & Addressing Urban Resilience
The Earthshot Prize finalists present their vision and solutions to shape a resilient future for their cities.
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12:30 pm  ·  🍽️ Lunch
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1:30 pm  ·  🌍 Investing in Earthshots
Meet The Earthshot Prize finalists and their investors
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2:00 pm  ·  Session TBC
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2:30 pm  ·  ☕ Coffee Break & Networking
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2:45 pm  ·  💰 Patient Capital with Purpose: How Family Offices Mobilize Capital for Impact
Family offices have a unique advantage in impact investing - patient capital, multigenerational thinking, and freedom from institutional constraints. But are they living up to that potential?
This session brings together family office investors to explore how they deploy capital across nature and cities, how they think about resilience, and what barriers prevent more family offices from investing for impact. Panellists will also share candid advice for founders looking to raise capital from family offices.
🔸 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧 | 𝐌𝐃, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧 | 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞
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3:15 pm  ·  🌿 Investing in Natural Capital in the Global South
🔸 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐧 | 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐀𝐗𝐀 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬
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3:45 pm  · 🍄
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4:05 pm  ·  Closing Keynote
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4:15 pm  · 🥂 Networking Drinks
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5:30 pm  ·  Summit Close
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Why Now?
We’re at a tipping point. Climate action now demands radical collaboration—across sectors, disciplines, and geographies. Innovation alone isn’t enough. It’s time to connect nature, culture, technology, and finance in bold, regenerative ways.
Natural ecosystems and urban environments are deeply intertwined. To protect one, we must work across both. This is the moment to forge unlikely alliances—between startups, investors, enablers, policy makers, policy influencers, think tanks and academia.
Let’s not just sustain the future. Let’s regenerate it.

Lead Partners