About The Nature Hub @LCAW

In an era marked by heightened political and economic uncertainty, how can nature and climate action be strategically positioned to enhance resilience, support effective risk management, and generate long-term value and opportunity?

The Nature Hub is back at London Climate Action Week, leading up to New York Climate Week and COP30, to explore how private sector investments in nature can help deliver business resilience, while also generating long-term value.

The event – followed by an evening drinks reception – will explore critical issues in the lead-up to COP30. Panellists will present innovative, scalable solutions, while a curated audience of 350 private sector leaders will assess the feasibility of financing these initiatives. Discussions will focus on identifying key challenges and opportunities for government intervention, recognizing nature’s role as one-third of the climate solution.

The Nature Hub aims to:

• Showcase private sector action and investment at the nexus of nature and climate
• Identify means to overcome the barriers to delivering a nature-positive economy
• Enable information exchange and collaboration

HOW TO REGISTER

>> Please complete your registration on this page.

This is a free, sponsored event with one place allocated per organisation per discussion.

To apply to register for the discussions you’d like to attend, choose ‘yes’ in the corresponding dropdown bars and submit your application. After internal review, you’ll receive a status update and a request to sign the declaration form to confirm your attendance.

Approvals are based on the suitability of your profile, as each discussion has a specific target audience.

After you apply, you will be sent a link to your dashboard where you can track the status of all your applications.

If you’re interested in securing additional places through sponsorship, please contact tom.beckett@nature4climate.org.

AGENDA

(9:00 – 10:15 am) Making the case for private sector partnerships with governments to drive landscape-scale investments in nature-based solutions.

Nature has the government’s attention. Commitments to the Paris Climate Accord and Montreal Biodiversity Convention, mean governments need plans to deliver their biodiversity and climate targets with nature, but they need support from the private sector to deliver these plans. Join this discussion to get the latest on government commitments, alongside learning about finance for NbSAPs and NDCs aligned corporate strategies.

This event aims to bring corporates and finance sector actors together to understand how government finance, policies and plans, can better support their ambition on nature and climate. The event further aims to detail how by aligning your strategies with NBSAPs and NDCs there are many new financing opportunities.

This event is subject to the Chatham House rule.

Audience: This event is for Heads for ESG and sustainability, Asset owners, capital allocators & institutional investors (fund managers, analysts), Private equity investors and VCs.

Speakers:

(10:35 – 11:50 am) Are investors ready to support new technologies to deliver climate and nature outcomes at scale?

The sector has evolved quickly over the last ten years, with project developers, innovative investment solutions and nature tech solutions all evolving to a point of commercial deployment. But can they now be scaled to deliver 1.5℃ and nature-positive ambitions? This session will explore how investors across different stages and asset classes can work together to help translate these innovations to real-world impact at scale.

This session’s objective is to spotlight innovative investments across the sector and to discuss whether it is possible to scale or replicate these initiatives to deliver a 1.5 degree, nature positive economy.

This event is subject to the Chatham House rule.

Audience: This event is for Asset owners, capital allocators & institutional investors (fund managers, analysts, heads of ESG and sustainability), Private equity investors and VCs.

Speakers:

(11:50 – 12:35 pm) Networking Lunch

Audience: Delegates who are joining at least 1 of our discussions throughout the day.

(12:35 – 1:50 pm) How can we keep corporate action on climate and nature on track?

Some corporations are scaling back their climate and nature commitments, while others remain steadfast. What factors are influencing these decisions, and how can we integrate nature into the conversation to encourage businesses to strengthen their commitments? Where do the business cases for climate action through nature stand, and are they driving corporate action? Additionally, how can carbon markets evolve to support more nature-based solution projects that serve as positive examples, inspiring greater corporate engagement? This discussion invites corporate leaders to share their strategies, the factors helping them stay committed, and what is needed to drive even greater ambition within their organizations.

This event is subject to the Chatham House rule.

Audience: This event is for CSOs, CEOs, Biodiversity Leads from Corporates, ESG and sustainability managers.

Speakers:

(12:35 – 1:50 pm) NbS Data CoLabs Demo: Pioneering the Future of Data for Nature-Based Solutions

Learn about groundbreaking innovations in nature-based solutions data through a series of talks and table demonstrations. Hear from industry leaders and visionaries who are at the forefront of data innovation for nature-based solutions.  Learn about the latest technologies and platforms that are transforming the landscape of climate action firsthand through table demonstrations.

This event is subject to the Chatham House rule.

Audience: This event is for Heads of ESG and Sustainability, Asset Owners, Capital Allocators & Institutional Investors (Fund Managers, Analysts), Private Equity Investors and VCs, as well as CSOs, CEOs, Biodiversity Leads from Corporates, and ESG and Sustainability Managers.

(2:00 – 3:30 pm) Networking walk – Finance and Corporate Nature Networking walk around Canary Wharf Biodiversity Sites

Session details to come.

(3:45 – 5:00pm) Financing Restoration & the Bioeconomy at Landscape Scales

In recent years restoration and the development of the bioeconomy have emerged as global policy priorities and prominent investment themes. Join an engaging discussion with policy makers and leaders from the conservation, finance and corporate sectors to explore the rapid progress made to date, and opportunities to rapidly scale.

This event is subject to the Chatham House rule.

Audience: Institutional investors, asset managers, corporates, NGOs and policy makers

Speakers:

(5:00 – 7:00 pm) Drinks Reception: Celebrating a decade of private sector investment in nature

Private sector investment in nature has now surpassed $100 billion per year, marking a major milestone. Corporations, banks, insurers, asset owners, private equity firms, and venture capitalists have all played a role—enabled by an expanding ecosystem of project developers and nature tech innovators.

The momentum built is worth celebrating.

From the civil society groups who pioneered this work and helped push for the enabling environment through supportive policy and the growth of carbon markets to private sector initiatives now scaling nature-related investments – all of these people have made this possible.

This event for 300 changemakers is a moment to raise a glass to the extraordinary work done so far, and to spark new conversations and partnerships needed to meet the challenge ahead – scaling investment to deliver on our climate and nature goals.

Stay tuned—we’ll be announcing additional speakers for all sessions each week.