London Climate Resilience Finance Summit 2026
Financing climate resilience has become a global priority, and London Climate Action Week is a key platform for climate finance discussions. The London Climate Resilience Finance Summit during LCAW is a pivotal moment in the climate resilience finance agenda.
Speakers, including Institute for Climate and Society executive director Maria Netto and Gaia Larsen WRI director of climate finance access, at a session on how COP30 could unlock adaptation finance at the 2025 summit (Photo: Benjamin Mole/IIED)
The London Climate Resilience Finance Summit 2026 is a high-level, in-person event where heads of state, senior government ministers, finance and business leaders, and civil society representatives discuss how we supercharge effective finance for climate resilience. The summit is a flagship event of London Climate Action Week.
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 aims to address the critical unmet need for radically scaled-up and better-structured finance for climate resilience by:
- Accelerating and unlocking finance for climate resilience: mobilise more public and private capital for climate resilience by identifying credible incentives, removing systemic blockers, and scaling investable solutions
- Showcasing innovation and what works – especially in Majority World contexts: put practical, real-world solutions on the main stage, highlighting proven models and leadership from Majority World countries.
- Strengthening enabling conditions and financial inclusion: align finance, policy and delivery actors around the regulatory and institutional changes needed to channel capital to vulnerable communities and those most at risk
- Breaking down silos and positioning London as a global hub: foster stronger collaboration across sectors while positioning London - and the Summit - as a leading platform for advancing global climate resilience finance.
It just takes a few people to create a paradigm shift… and many of those people are sitting on this panel
– Rachel Kyte, UK Special Representative for Climate, 2025 summit
The programme will include 12 breakout ‘challenge’ workshops or focused roundtables alongside high-level opening and closing plenary sessions. It will run from 9-5pm, followed by a networking reception to continue valuable discussions from the day.
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 600 people expected to attend.
The summit is organised by IIED, with programming partners and sponsors contributing to a diverse and engaging programme.
Contact
Clair Grant-Salmon ([email protected]), head of marketing and events, IIED's Communications Group
