Programme

Be part of high-level plenary sessions with national and international government ministers and finance leaders
Join our challenge sessions where insurers, investors and regulators, as well as people delivering resilience at the frontlines, will discuss in-depth on how best to respond to increasing climate risks, and mobilise and leverage finance and investment
Connect with colleagues and experts from across the worlds of finance, investment and government, and join us for an evening drinks reception

See the full provisional programme below:

08:00

Registration/check-in (Foyer)

09:00

Setting the scene for the summit

Opening address

09:45

Banking on resilience: can banks meet the climate adaptation finance challenge?

Challenge session

Mobilising capital for climate resilience: from risk to opportunity

Challenge session

British International Investment

Scaling resilience investment: showcasing solutions and delivering breakthrough action at COP30

Challenge session

How can public and private actors deliver finance to climate-vulnerable communities?

Challenge session

Laurynas Vaičiulis

Farmina Hossain

MicroSave Consulting

Frontiers of financial innovation for climate-resilient agriculture

Challenge session

Tyler Ferdinand

11:00

Special session.

High-level riverside dialogue: Leveraging pre-arranged disaster risk financing and insurance to shockproof economies and unlock investment in resilience

By invitation only

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

11:30

How to fund climate resilience projects in cities

Challenge session

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Unlocking the full potential of National Adaptation Plans

Challenge session

COP30 presidency

Resilience finance at scale: country platforms in fragile contexts

Challenge session

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Who holds the power? Rethinking intermediaries in gender-just locally-led climate action

Challenge session

Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)

13:00

Lunch (River room)

14:00

Spotlight: Lightning talks of key messages from other LCAW resilience events

14:30

Innovating financial instruments for climate resilience

Challenge session

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

From Baku to Belém: how can COP30 unlock adaptation finance?

Challenge session

Institute for Climate and Society (iCS)

Building bridges: redirecting finance to informal settlements

Challenge session

Slum Dwellers International

Challenge session

From ideas to impact: who’s financing Africa’s climate-resilient future?

Challenge session

Amanda Brasil-Leigh

The investment case for resilience: new evidence and tools

Challenge session

Quadrature Climate Foundation

16:00

Coffee break (River room)

16:30

What’s ahead – from London to Belem and beyond

Closing remarks