Meeting events

The UK is a nation of nature lovers but somewhere along the way we’ve got lost. We are now 60% less connected with nature than we have been in 200 years.

​Nature is our biggest ally and a rich source of inspiration for storytelling.  By telling stories that reconnect us with nature the screen industries have an opportunity to inspire climate action and real-world change because when nature is woven into mainstream storytelling – familiar, credible and unforced – it stands a real chance of becoming a collective cultural concern.

​From writer’s rooms to living rooms, what we see on screen can have a direct impact on the world we live in. This conversation, presented by BAFTA Albert, will explore the rich potential of putting nature in the picture: from creative decisions and commissioning choices, to engaging on screen-talent and driving climate action once the credits have rolled.

9:30 – 10:00 Networking with coffee & breakfast.
10:00-11:00: Panel discussion

​The British Fashion Council is partnering with Futerra during London Climate Action Week for an exclusive invitation to preview an exhibition of selected designers from the Institute of Positive Fashion’s Low Carbon Transition Programme, followed by a panel discussion on why climate change is no longer a future risk for fashion.

​From cotton fields facing catastrophic temperature rises to water-stressed wool regions, the physical impacts of climate change are actively disrupting the raw materials and supply chains brands depend on today – it is already reshaping what brands can make, at what cost, and for how long.

​This panel brings together senior leaders across finance, sustainability, brand and investment to ask the urgent question: what must C-suite in all sized fashion businesses do right now to recognise and respond to material scarcity, before it becomes an existential threat to the business.

​Drawing on real-world experience across global businesses, this is a frank, solutions-focused conversation about the decisions that need to be made now.

In partnership with MSCI, this roundtable will bring together experts from insurance, pension funds, and investment management firms for a discussion focused on how to better integrate climate science into investment practices, prompted by the launch of Carbon Tracker’s latest report, Recalibrating Climate Risk.

Credit Where Credit’s Due” is a session for organisations that are serious about climate leadership and want to understand what serious looks like in practice.

​Today’s voluntary carbon market is maturing rapidly: legacy, lower-quality credits are losing relevance, while a tightening tier of high-integrity, nature-based credits is targeted by companies whose finance, procurement, and sustainability teams have done the maths on climate risk.

​This session brings together net zero leaders to examine what serious climate strategy looks like in practice: how leading organisations are integrating carbon credits alongside operational decarbonisation, supply chain action, and regulatory preparation to create measurable business value; how they are structuring long-term procurement to protect against rising prices and tightening supply; and how they are making the internal business case to the people who control the budget.

​It is not a discussion about whether to act; it is about what acting well actually looks like, and why the gap between that and waiting is widening faster than most organisations have modelled.

​Navigating the risk profile of REDD+ credits in a changing regulatory landscape is currently one of the most complex challenges for carbon credit buyers and investors. While the REDD+ framework has seen an enormous shift toward high-integrity standards over the last 24 months, many existing and potential buyers, of REDD+ credits are still navigating how these technical updates actually mitigate long-term portfolio risk.

​​On Wednesday 24 June at 9:30am, Level invites you to a private, technical briefing designed to cut through the noise – “REDD+ credits and carbon portfolio risks – your questions answered”.

​​This is not a pitch; it is a dedicated forum for buyers, intermediaries, and investors to address the practicalities of REDD+ credit integration and portfolio de-risking.

Level Founders, Marc and Jo will facilitate the session and guide the conversation, bringing a combined 50 years of nature conservation and NbS carbon project experience to the conversation. Using some fun and informal processes, Marc and Jo will aim to ensure every voice is heard that the event provides you with:

• ​​Direct access: Engage with industry experts (the science “nerds”!) on the “pain points” of credit integrity and market alignment.

• ​​Anonymised Q&A: Submit questions live or in advance to address sensitive risk concerns without attribution.

• ​​Market intelligence: Gain insights into how new industry standards are being operationalised to restore market confidence.

​​To ensure a candid and high-value exchange, the session will be conducted under Chatham House Rules

This is an invite-only interactive breakfast for leaders in finance and business exploring how climate and nature-related risks translate into measurable financial exposure.

Climate risk has already started to shape how financial institutions think about portfolio resilience. Nature risk is the next, more complex wave, and the scientific and regulatory signals are already here. Recent ECB research found that three-quarters of European companies are critically dependent on ecosystem services, and those same companies account for three-quarters of all corporate bank lending in the region. Central banks are therefore treating nature loss as a critical financial stability issue.

This session, hosted by GIST Impact, sets out what quantifying nature risk means in practice: how it’s modelled, where it occurs within a business or a portfolio, and how to start to take action on this sort of data. Speakers will draw on recent case studies and the latest methodological advances, with structured discussions giving participants the chance to work through the implications for their own organisations.

The discussion will address:

• ​How disruption to natural systems flows through to earnings and portfolio exposure

• ​What the leading methodological advances are and where nature value at risk sits in the broader risk framework

• ​How financial institutions and corporations are applying this today

• ​Where transition risk fits in as externalities begin to internalise through regulation and pricing

Speakers include:

• ​Pavan Sukhdev, Founder, GIST Impact and Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Institute (LSE)

• ​Andrew Probert, Managing Partner, ERM

• ​Ginni Goldin, Climate and Investment Risk Analyst, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)

• ​Valeria Dinershteyn, Director of Sustainable Investing and Client Engagement, EMEA and APAC, Northern Trust

​Facilitated by Dr. Thomas Moran, Head of Nature & Biodiversity Products, GIST Impact.

MSCI, Centrigrade, Chloris Geospatial, International Carbon Registry and Kita invite you to join us during London Climate Week for a focused discussion on how the carbon market’s “integrity stack” is evolving – and what it means for the future of high-quality carbon credits. The session will be followed by a drinks reception, offering a chance to continue the conversation with peers across the market.

Discussion themes will include:

Anatomy of the stack 
In carbon markets, what does each layer – measurement and MRV, issuance and registries, ratings, and insurance – actually contribute? How has each evolved, and why is the stack now beginning to function as a cohesive system?

Separation of roles 
Where are the boundaries between these layers, and where is tighter coordination needed to ensure integrity and efficiency?

Measurement as the foundation 
How are advances in measurement, combined with ratings and risk transfer, enabling continuous improvements in credit quality—moving beyond binary “good/bad” assessments?

Bringing buyers to the table 
What is holding corporates back from participating at scale, and what would it take to unlock credible, defensible procurement for a broader set of buyers?

The next frontier 
What does the next wave of innovation in carbon markets look like – and what needs to be built now to get there?

​As we build the next generation of verified carbon markets, much of the focus has rightly been on strengthening standards, building key infrastructure, and scaling demand. Yet a more fundamental question often goes unaddressed: who is able to participate in these markets, and on what terms? Participation is too often framed as a question of readiness or capacity when, in practice, it is shaped by how the system itself functions — by how rules are set, how demand is signaled, and how risks and value are distributed. Where these dynamics constrain participation, pipelines struggle to scale, supply remains uneven, buyer confidence weakens, and finance does not flow at the pace required. Equitable participation will not emerge automatically as markets grow; it needs to be deliberately enabled.

​Convened by the VCM+ Coalition in partnership with Climate Action Platform Africa, this London Climate Action Week working session is designed to move from diagnosis to action. Across three hours of moderated discussion, participants will interrogate how rule-setting, demand signals, safeguards, and project-level realities interact to shape who reaches the market, drawing on the African experience to surface where current structures are not functioning as intended and where targeted changes could unlock more equitable participation at scale. The session will converge on a prioritized set of 3–5 concrete actions that can be progressed beyond LCAW.

​Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how the carbon market measures, monitors, verifies, and communicates, and the pace of change will only accelerate in the months ahead. The question is not whether the market will integrate AI, but whether it will do so thoughtfully, equitably, and in ways that strengthen rather than undermine its integrity and environmental impact. AI is not an uncomplicated good: concerns about algorithmic opacity, data sovereignty, environmental footprint, and equity — particularly for communities in the Global South whose lands and livelihoods underpin many carbon projects — are legitimate and must be engaged seriously.

​This session is the first in a series of VCM+ Coalition conversations on AI and carbon markets, continuing through New York Climate Week and COP. Together, members will demystify what AI can do to strengthen carbon market integrity, surface early innovators and emerging trends, and take stock of the governance and safeguard challenges that come with rapid adoption. The goal is to leave with a clearer sense of where momentum is already building and where the Coalition should focus its engagement over the year ahead.

​The voluntary carbon market has listened to many of the criticisms raised against it. Over the past several years, leading institutions have spearheaded significant initiatives to strengthen market infrastructure, deliver greater impact through the projects funded by carbon markets, and rebuild confidence in the market. Because of these developments, the VCM today is stronger than it has ever been.

​But the global media and policy discourse has not yet caught up with this work. As a result, many key decisions are being shaped with an outdated understanding of the market, its present, and its future. Stakeholders across the VCM+ community can do a better job communicating these developments in ways that resonate with key audiences.

​Join this interactive working session to explore how a shared campaign framework can equip VCM+ partners to tell their own stories within a consistent drumbeat: if you haven’t been tuning in, it’s time to tune back into carbon markets. The goal is not to prescribe how individual initiatives should be discussed; it’s to provide infrastructure that supports the diverse work already happening across the community. This will be an opportunity to feed your perspective into the broader effort, learn about communications resources available to you, and leave with shared messaging you can adapt for your own audiences.

What does the Voluntary Carbon Market expect when it comes to permanence in nature-based carbon, and how is that shaping the carbon standard?

This session will examine how new and evolving carbon policy, rating frameworks, and risk mitigation tools are converging to influence new approaches in methodology and project design.

Featuring perspectives from policy, ratings, standards, and insurance, the discussion will explore practical pathways to delivering durable, high-integrity credits. This session will be relevant for corporate sustainability leaders, carbon credit buyers, investors, and policy experts seeking to better understand how permanence expectations are evolving across the market.

Water stress is increasing and presents a growing risk to business, driven by both acute events (e.g. floods and droughts) and chronic environmental degradation. These risks are also highly local in nature—varying by basin, sector, and operating context—and can manifest through the lenses of too much water, too little water, or poor water quality/access. Put in the framing of different climate scenarios, and business face a complex decision-making process of how best to mitigate risk and remain resilient for the future.

Currently, businesses globally are advancing both water stewardship and climate adaptation efforts. However, these are often developed in parallel rather than in an integrated manner. This fragmentation risks creating blind spots, where actions fail to fully account for future climate impacts or local water conditions, increasing the risk of maladaptation.

There is a growing need to move from understanding water stress to identifying effective, context-specific adaptation solutions. This session brings together the water stewardship and climate adaptation communities to explore how these efforts can be better aligned to support practical, business-relevant water resilience pathways.