CLIMATE FESTIVAL 2025
MOBILISING BUSINESS IN THE TRANSITION TO NET ZERO AND A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Join us for year two of Fleet Street Quarter's Climate Festival, taking place during London Climate Action Week #LCAW2025. Bringing together leaders from sustainability, property, finance, law, culture and media to debate and share insights on how we can mobilise the private sector to support a more healthy, sustainable and prosperous future that benefits all of society.
Through the Festival, the Fleet Street Quarter aims to help businesses in the area and beyond accelerate their efforts to transition to net zero. All events are less than £4 or free of charge.
CLIMATE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
LCAW FOOD HUB
Monday 23rd – Friday 27th June | The Urban Farmer Project, 18 Wine Office Court
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The first-ever Food Hub at LCAW. The Food Hub at the Urban Farmer Project will host a series of talks, workshops and panel events with a range of partners during LCAW 2025.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Tuesday 24th June, 8am–9:30am | Francis Taylor Building, Inner Temple
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This one-hour session brings together barristers from Francis Taylor Building to explore the evolving relationship between climate change and human rights.
Chaired by Morag Ellis KC, the discussion will offer legal insights from both domestic and international perspectives, as well as examine the complex debate between traditional human rights and how they relate to the natural world. Registration over coffee and pastries from 8.00am. Briefing from 8.30am – 9.30am.
THE RIGHTS OF NATURE SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday 24th June | Edenica, 100 Fetter Lane
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A collaborative event, in partnership with Achill Legal and the Environmental Law Foundation, bringing together law firms and barristers working at the intersection of law and nature protection, together with key actors and policymakers from nature conservation and nature finance, to discuss, debate and develop policy and rulemaking around the Rights of Nature and biocentric legislation.
With a keynote address from Monica Feria-Tinta, an international expert in environmental litigation at Twenty Essex, and author of ‘A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for our Future.’
GOING FOR GROWTH: HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT GOING GREEN IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS?
Wednesday 25th June, 11am–12pm | Framestore, 28 Chancery Lane
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With growing scepticism around ESG, how can we demonstrate that sustainability is just good business sense?
“Growth at any cost” is the new government mantra, but is there a win-win scenario? Can we have both a growing economy and green one?
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AS A TOOL FOR GROWTH: SPEECH FROM DEFRA MINISTER MARY CREAGH MP, FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION ON 'MAINSTREAMING CIRCULARITY'
Wednesday 25th June, 2pm – 3pm | VENUE IN NEW STREET SQUARE
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In this London Climate Action Week event we’ll hear from Mary Creagh, Minister for Nature at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and responsible for the Government’s circular economy policy. Minister Creagh will set out the Government’s pathway to transitioning towards a circular economy, a transition that will support sustainable economic growth and economy resilience by maximizing the value of resources, minimising waste, promoting innovation, and leading to a more resilient and prosperous future.
Following Minister Creagh’s speech, we’ll move on to a panel discussion with leaders in the circular economy on how to mainstream circularity.
The circular economy is no longer a fringe idea. It’s fast becoming a business imperative—and a cultural one. But to truly accelerate the shift, we need to bring circular principles into the mainstream of our industries, infrastructures, and imaginations.
This panel discussion addresses how we can accelerate the adoption of circular economy principles by platforming and scaling future-fit brands and businesses. Our expert speakers will explore pathways to bring sustainable lifestyles and behaviours into the mainstream.
Chaired by Rob McFaul, co-founder of Purpose Disruptors, the panel will include:
David Rakowski, Partner, ESG Advisory, Deloitte
Neda Hashemi, Brand and Marketing Lead, Ellen McArthur Foundation
Quentin Drewell, Products & Materials Senior Director at the WBCSD, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
LCAW SME HUB: CLIMATE ACTION EXCHANGE
Wednesday 25th June, 3:30pm – 7pm | Framestore, 28 Chancery Lane
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This “surgery-style” session will bring together SMEs, corporates, public sector institutions, and policymakers to explore how place-based collaboration and cross-value chain partnerships can lead to more impactful and effective climate action. Opening with a keynote address from Nigar Arpadarai, the UNFCCC Climate Change High-Level Champion. This will be followed by remarks from representatives of Sebrae, the Brazilian SME association, and Heart of the City, highlighting the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving sustainable change and the importance of international collaboration.
Following this a dynamic SME-focused convention will take place, hosted by London Climate Action Week (LCAW) and Heart of the City, in partnership with key stakeholders including Small99, The Broadway Initiative, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), and Bankers for Net Zero.
THE LONDON MINE: HOW CAN LONDON BE A LEADER IN URBAN MINING AND CIRCULAR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT?
Wednesday 25th June, 4pm – 5pm | Edenica, 100 Fetter Lane
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Panellists will discuss what can be done to reduce the impact of demolition on the planet and how we can avoid wasting buildings. Urban mining focuses on treating obsolete buildings and structures as a resource, from which materials, such as steel, concrete, plastics or other building materials are extracted and reused in new projects.
This panel discussion will focus on how we can build a market for urban mining in London, exploring whether the capital can become a world leader in the sustainable reuse of construction materials to create a better and more sustainable built environment. With opening remarkts from Georgia Elliot-Smith, ESG expert and green buildings campaigner.
POETRY FOR THE PLANET
Thursday 26th June, 7pm - 9pm (doors 6:30pm) | Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square
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In celebration of London Climate Action Week and the Fleet Street Quarter Climate Festival, this will be an evening of poetry and creative reflection at the historic venue Dr Johnson’s House, a house of words, with three celebrated poets Anja König, Julian Bishop and Jacqueline Saphra - all members of Poets for the Planet, a community of kindred poets, performers, artists and creative activists raising their voices to engage with climate and ecological emergency through poetry in all its forms.
THE ART OF CREATING VALUE
Friday 27th June, 10am - 6pm | Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square
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Following its debut at Davos in January 2025, The Art of Creating Value arrives at London Climate Action Week for a stellar day-long programme. Hosted by La Zuleta and SEC Newgate at Dr Johnson’s House in the Fleet Street Quarter, where journalism, language, law and legacy come together at the heart of the city. We'll explore how creativity, storytelling and ethical leadership can provide pathways to propel the quantum leap we need for impactful climate action.
Through curated panels, films, pledges and private capital the day blends new models with imagination to help drive public and private engagement. You will connect with emotional resonance and experience fresh thinking, bridging the ancestral and the future. This is an intimate gathering, with a group of consciously selected guests, to relate in a personal and more meaningful way, for ongoing multi-sector collaborative relationships.