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ABOUT LONDON CLIMATE ACTION WEEK (LCAW)
London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is harnessing the power of London for global climate action. The annual event brings together the city’s world-leading array of climate professionals and communities. Now in its third year, LCAW creates space for participants to come together and find global solutions to climate change.
The week-long event is for everyone, creating space for both those inside and outside the climate world to present London’s action on climate change to a global audience.
We are all increasingly aware of the urgent need for climate action. Climate change is an existential threat, requiring us all to act. Climate change also presents a systemic challenge, requiring a ‘whole of society’ response to work more closely together to unleash innovative solutions.
As recent global events like the Covid-19 pandemic are teaching us, we must deftly navigate a number of complex challenges threatening our economic and societal resilience. This is why LCAW welcomes a diversity of perspectives and experiences. We need to forge a just transition to a net-zero future by embracing diversity and tackling disadvantage and division.
LCAW embraces Londoners’ various international heritages, connections, and experiences, which create a uniquely global experience. This can be seen in LCAW’s culturally-rich events and initiatives, with impacts reaching far beyond London’s geographic boundaries.
LCAW is all about creating an ambitious and lively climate cluster to tackle climate issues throughout the week and beyond.
LCAW Themes
LCAW focuses on four key themes. Read more about each of them below.
Theme 1: Green, fair and resilient recovery:
Around the world leaders have committed to a fair, equitable and green Covid-19 recovery. At this year’s LCAW we will take stock of how far we have come on these promises. LCAW will explore whether we are truly on the path to a green recovery. Events will examine what needs to happen between now and the UN COP26 climate conference to ensure a truly resilient and inclusive recovery.
Theme 2: Road to COP26:
The countdown to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow this November is on. At LCAW we will examine where we are on the road to COP26. We will explore what the expectations for climate action are at this year’s summit. Most importantly we will dig into what needs to get done to achieve the transformational change we need to ensure climate safety for all.
Theme 3: Whole of society climate action:
Our planet needs everyone to work together, now more than ever. We must see climate action coming from every corner of society to transform the global energy system. From our schools to government, from healthcare to innovation and finance – we need everyone on board. Events at LCAW will span all sectors and everyone is invited because we all have a stake in this.
Theme 4: Sustainable, net-zero London:
While promising signs are slowly emerging, London is still being hard hit by Covid-19. The city is transforming, whether for better or worse. One thing is certain though, there will be no going back to how things were. At LCAW we will explore how the city can build back after so much change.
Organising LCAW
The first LCAW launched in June 2019 with E3G behind it. E3G is a not-for-profit climate change think tank specialising in the political economy of climate change. E3G is committed to building the partnerships required to make London Climate Action Week a self-sustaining and vibrant annual festival of events to help drive climate action across London, the UK and internationally. If you would like to help us, please get in touch at info@londonclimateactionweek.org