London Climate Action Week 2025: Round Up
London Climate Action Week 2025 brought together a mix of voices, ideas and initiatives, all united by a shared urgency to tackle the climate crisis.
From thought-provoking panels to informal conversations, the week was marked by a palpable sense of energy, bold thinking - and most importantly - a spirit of collaboration.
The buzz across London made one thing clear: momentum isn't just coming from policymakers of NGOs, but increasingly from the financial sector. There is real ambition for the UK to lead as a hub for global green finance, and a recognition of the power of partnership in driving systemic change.
Our team was proud to co-host and contribute to events throughout the week. For us, it was a chance to bring practical, partnership-driven approaches to the table and contribute to shared efforts on inclusive, climate-resilient development and sustainable value chains. IDH is ready to play its part as a convener and catalyst for change. Bridging capital and impact, supply chains and climate actions, local solutions and global scale.
Here are a few highlights we would like to share with you:
At a dinner co-hosted by Ambassador Paul Huijts and IDH at the Dutch Embassy in the UK, senior leaders and practitioners discussed challenges for scope 3 decarbonisation. Companies expressed interest in collaborating to overcome them unlocking greater investment in mitigation and adaptation in agricultural supply chains. It is up to the private sector to lead with long-term vision, enabled by public policy and financial innovation. Which steps can companies and governments take? Read more take-ways here.
At the session ‘How Capital Enhances Resilience’, co-hosted by Acumen and IDH, experts called for a more systemic investing approach across the capital continuum to shift risk perceptions of the financial sector in smallholder value chains. Find out more here.
At the Future Fabrics Expo, we spotlighted the Regenerative Production Landscape Collaborative in India and Brazil and farmers’ leadership therein. In India, women farmers are leading regenerative agriculture through locally driven Bio-input Resource Centres. Watch this video to learn about the work in Brazil’s semi-arid region.
At the first Food Systems Hub session at Reset Connect we heard that transforming food systems requires aligned, cross-sector collaboration—isolated efforts won’t deliver resilience. Lasting impact requires strong market demand, funding, supportive policies, and a coordinator to align efforts. Check out what else the speakers said.
During a hot dinner (under the glass roof at the OXO Tower), Brazilian beef stakeholders and European investors mapped solutions to unlock finance for producers as a pathway to a more inclusive, deforestation-free sector - with a focus on scalable models that meet real on-the-ground needs. The momentum is there. How we know? Read the key take-aways and as a bonus watch the story of a farmer in Brazil, as a reminder that change on the ground is possible when the right support is in place.
A high-level discussion on financing the agricultural transition in Brazil’s Cerrado biome brought together two worlds that are deeply interconnected but do not meet as often as they should: change-makers delivering nature-based solutions for Brazilian agriculture in the Cerrado and investors operating from the world’s major financial districts. Transforming land use at scale requires more than political will. Read more on what it demands.
This London Climate Action Week reminded us that climate action doesn't stall in hard times, it evolves. And right now, it's evolving fast. We’d love to continue the conversation. Please reach out to our UK Country Director, Diana, at copper@idhtrade.org if you would like to learn more about our work or explore opportunities to work together.
