London Climate Resilience Finance Summit

A high-level, in-person summit 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.

Thursday, 25 June 2026
The Brewery, London, UK
London skyline
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A one-day summit uniting leaders from the resilience and finance worlds to unlock climate finance — from local communities to the global stage

Collaborating across the resilience and finance ecosystems to break down silos and unlock climate finance, and strengthen the conditions needed to channel investment from local to global levels

Mobilising public and private capital through global partnerships that focus on removing systemic barriers, creating the right incentives, and directing investment to the communities most at risk

Innovating with expert insights that put real-world solutions front and centre, highlighting scalable models to tackle climate risk, debt, and evolving insurance challenges

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 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 700 people expected to attend.

Join us for a day of high-level dialogue and focused breakout sessions exploring key challenges in depth, alongside a flagship Presidents’ Dialogue at a pivotal moment during London Climate Action Week – bringing together leaders to address this urgent global priority.

The 2025 summit was great and brought some really good questions to the forefront, but 2026 was much more material and granular... we're now talking the same language, about the same challenges

Amal-Lee Amin, managing director and head of climate, British International Investment

Amal-Lee Amin concludes the 2026 summit

Summit speakers

The 2026 event featured more than 100 world-renowned experts and thought leaders in climate finance

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Head and shoulders photo of Baroness Chapman.
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State for Development
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UK
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Head and shoulders photo of Mehmet Simsek.
H.E. Mehmet Şimşek
Minister of Finance and Treasury
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Republic of Türkiye
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Head and shoulders photo of Sunyoung Suh.
Sunyoung Suh
Adaptation innovation portfolio manager
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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Head and shoulders photo of Mita Samani.
Mita Samani
Acting CIO/senior investment advisor
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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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Head and shoulders photo of Negusu Aklilu.
Negusu Aklilu
Chief executive officer of the COP32 presidency secretariat office
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Government of Ethiopia
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Head and shoulders photo of Achala Abeysinghe.
Achala Abeysinghe
Director of investment services
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Green Climate Fund
 
 

See the sessions

Watch the 2025 summit

See recordings from a series of sessions

Latest updates

Stay informed with the latest summit news and announcements

External news
Brutal heatwave spurs leaders to action at climate resilience finance summit
26 June 2026

Records were broken inside and outside the 2026 summit as leaders gathered to focus on how effective finance can be supercharged for climate resilience.

Over 850 people, from 75 different countries; one goal.

On Britain’s hottest ever June day, ministers, COP presidencies, top insurers and bankers, and civil society leaders answered the questions: what is holding back investment in climate resilience and what can we do about it?

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26 June 2026

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Preparing for extreme weather shocks a huge opportunity, and the right thing to do
25 June 2026

As the London Climate Resilience Finance Summit got underway amid a searing heatwave, IIED executive director Tom Mitchell said: “Climate change is a clear danger right now.

“But it’s going to be a long-term threat, so the world needs a long-term vision for protecting people and their livelihoods. Investing money now will avoid losses in the future – and simply lurching from crisis to crisis will serve no one."

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Partner with us
9 March 2026

This summit is supported by some of the world’s leading organisations in mobilising finance for climate resilience. Here’s how your organisation can get involved.

Summit sponsors

Supported by leading organisations committed to climate action 
Opportunities to partner with us are still available