Forum events

On Tuesday, 23 June, McKinsey Sustainability will convene a series of events as part of London Climate Action Week. These dynamic discussions will convene leaders across sectors and industries to explore the bold ideas and scalable solutions needed to decarbonize industries, accelerate the energy transition and adapt to a changing climate.

AGENDA

Executive Roundtable | From Targets to Delivery: Driving European Competitiveness Through Sustainability
10:30 am-11:20 am
As sustainability moves from goals to real-world action, European companies face tough trade-offs, balancing decarbonization with cost, resilience, and competitiveness amid uncertainty. With volatile markets and no single clear path, they need to make strategic, scenario-based decisions on when and where to act. This session looks at how leading companies are closing the gap between ambition and execution by embedding sustainability into core decisions, stress-testing strategies, and prioritizing cost-effective actions, while also strengthening supply chains and gaining a competitive edge.

Networking Lunch
11:30 am-12:30 pm

Financing Nature: Current reality and emerging opportunities to unlock nature conservation
 12:40 pm-1:30 pm
This session brings together key stakeholders to discuss the state of the art in nature finance. We will dissect current market challenges, explore scalable solutions to supply and demand and reflect on the trends that will shape nature conservation.

Advancing Adaptation: Mapping Costs from Cooling to Costal Protection
1:40 pm-2:30 pm
This session will explore how countries and companies can better prepare for a changing climate in ways that protect people, safeguard critical assets, and unlock sustainable economic growth. Drawing on the latest insights from McKinsey Global Institute, the discussion will highlight how leaders can prioritize adaptation investments with strong economics, bridge capability and financing gaps in regions where adaptation needs are growing fastest and foster cross-sector collaboration to accelerate implementation.

The Next Phase of Climate Tech: Getting Granular on Pockets of Competitiveness
2:40 pm-3:30 pm
The climate technology and investment landscape is entering a new phase shaped by strategic imperatives such as energy security, system resilience, and affordability. While the opportunity set remains broad, real momentum is emerging in specific “pockets” where technology, geography, and implementation align. This session will explore how the basis of competition is shifting and what it takes to win in an increasingly complex and granular landscape.

Strategies for Successful Place-Based Climate Action
3:40 pm-4:30 pm
Understanding local context and impacts is increasingly critical to effective design and implementation of climate solutions. Co-hosted by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey Sustainability, this session will feature a variety of climate experts discussing the potential for place-based approaches to drive positive socioeconomic outcomes and secure durable emissions reductions.

Water in Focus: Turning Supply Chain Risk into Value at Scale
4:40 pm-5:30 pm
At Davos in January, CEOs dubbed 2026 “the year of water,” following the UN’s warning of a looming global water crisis, with nearly 75% of the world’s population living in water-insecure countries. This session will explore water as a core driver of competitiveness and growth and how companies can move beyond risk mitigation to unlock value through resilience, efficiency, and collaboration across entire water systems.

Networking Reception
5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Join us for drinks and light bites bringing together leaders for continued conversation and connection.

(in-person, by invitation only).

The aim of this discussion will be to connect the political commitments of Glasgow with the implementation frameworks emerging from Belém, and ensure a clear, continuous trajectory through COP31 and COP32 towards 2030. It will be an opportunity to hear from governments about how we can ensure sustained political leadership on the forest agenda, building on the progress already made by countries since COP26. This event is being organised by the Forest & Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP), whose members are working together on critical solutions to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030.

The Water Resilience Investment Summit brings together the organisations best placed to change that – water companies, infrastructure operators, insurers, asset owners, landholders, funders and Government – to accelerate the shift from pilot projects to investable, catchment-scale resilience.

Hosted by the FloodAction Coalition, this action-focused gathering is designed to align capital, governance and delivery models so nature-based flood management can function as reliable national infrastructure.

This is where resilience moves from concept to coordinated action.

Asset owners are under growing pressure to demonstrate that their climate and nature strategies are delivering real-world outcomes, not just portfolio alignment. This half-day, practitioner-led forum brings together leading asset owners, investors and specialists to move beyond high-level commitments and explore how capital can be deployed more effectively across climate innovation and biodiversity – at scale, across asset classes and geographies.

Chaired by Investors for Purpose, the event is deliberately designed for asset owners who want to stress-test their current approach, learn from peers at different stages of the journey, and leave with practical insights they can apply within their own governance and investment frameworks.

Register your place to learn how asset owners can move beyond climate and nature commitments to deploy capital more effectively for real-world impact across asset classes and geographies.

REGEN HOUSE is a collective of entities established by HowGood, EIT Food and Institute of Regeneration.

Regen House the home for strategic action to advance regenerative food systems. They create a pre-competitive space for sparking ideas, collaborating on solutions, and taking real action on carbon, nature, and human rights.

The Forum will showcase 50+ breakthrough business solutions from across climate tech, nature-based innovation, materials, food systems, energy, circularity and beyond, all selected for their potential to scale real-world impact.

These solutions will connect directly with a curated community of 400+ investors, including venture funds, institutional investors, angels, family offices and strategic corporate capital. The Forum is designed to accelerate dealflow, create meaningful relationships, and catalyse investment into the solutions shaping a regenerative, nature-positive economy.

Making its official debut at CodeNode London, Sustainability LIVE @ London Climate Action Week – The Leadership Summit is a one-day event designed for senior sustainability executives at the forefront of climate action strategy. With over 250 in-person attendees, the conference delivers the insights, connections and solutions needed to accelerate progress toward net-zero and navigate a rapidly evolving sustainability landscape shaped by regulation, innovation and global policy shifts.

Featuring 25 expert speakers and 4 interactive executive workshops, the programme offers practical guidance and strategic perspective on embedding climate action across operations, supply chains and investment decisions. Whether you are scaling ESG initiatives, preparing for new disclosure requirements or rethinking your net-zero roadmap, Sustainability LIVE @ London Climate Action Week – The Leadership Summit is where leadership meets action.

On Thursday, June 25th, 2026, Food Tank, Google Cloud, and the UN Environment Programme will host the 3rd annual Food Tank London Climate Action Week CSO Summit at Google London.

Reset Connect London takes place on 23-24 June 2026 at Excel London, as the UK’s award-winning sustainability ecosystem, climate tech and green investment event, and the flagship of London Climate Action Week.

Proudly supported by KPMG as headline sponsor and London & Partners as strategic partner, the event brings together 7,500+ sustainability, energy, finance and policy professionals to explore practical solutions, advance net zero strategies and unlock sustainable investment opportunities.

Across two days, business leaders, investors, policymakers, start-ups and scale-ups connect through curated networking, expert-led conference sessions and innovation showcases. Together, they share insights, forge partnerships and accelerate the commercial transition to a low-carbon economy.

This is where cross-sector leaders drive measurable impact, accelerate decarbonisation and scale sustainable innovation.

A one-day summit uniting leaders from the resilience and finance worlds to unlock climate finance — from local communities to the global stage:

Collaborating across the resilience and finance ecosystems to break down silos and unlock climate finance, and strengthen the conditions needed to channel investment from local to global levels

Mobilising public and private capital through global partnerships that focus on removing systemic barriers, creating the right incentives, and directing investment to the communities most at risk

Innovating with expert insights that put real-world solutions front and centre, highlighting scalable models to tackle climate risk, debt, and evolving insurance challenges

Climate impacts are accelerating, yet finance for resilience still falls far short of what is needed. At the same time, governments, regulators, investors and insurers are increasingly recognising that climate risk is financial risk – creating the opportunity to embed resilience into financial decision-making and unlock new investment.

This makes the coming year a critical moment to move from commitments to action and scale the finance needed to protect economies, communities and infrastructure from growing climate threats.

The summit will be hosted at The Brewery, a prestigious central London venue in the heart of the city. Building on the success of 2025, it will bring together senior leaders from government, business, investment and many more, with more than 700 people expected to attend.

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.