Effective governance is a crucial solution to the climate challenge: helping countries, communities and business improve resilience, make choices and deliver their climate commitments, secure public support, and set the framework to attract and sustain action, investment and accountability.
Venue: Herbert Smith Freehills, Exchange House, Primrose St, London EC2A 2EG
Time: 12:00 – 18:00
Join E3G and the International Climate Councils Network (ICCN), in association with Net Zero Lawyers Alliance (NZLA) and the TAI Collaborative, for the inaugural Climate Governance Forum on Governance Day at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) 2025.
The Forum will convene up to 200 stakeholders from climate governance, policy, law and finance for an afternoon of engaging panel discussions and high-level keynotes, followed by a networking reception. The event will also serve as the launch of ‘How to Create a Climate Council: A practical toolkit to strengthening climate governance’.
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Join the livestream from 1pm on Thursday here. Passcode: 984682
Agenda:
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Auditorium | Lunch |
| 1:00pm-1:15pm | Auditorium | Welcome from Sarah Ries-Coward, Partner, HSF, and scene-setting from Karla Hill, Associate Director, Political Economy and Governance, E3G |
| 1:15pm-1:25pm | Auditorium | Launch of ‘How to Create a Climate Council’ toolkit with Ben Rhodes, Head of Secretariat, International Climate Councils Network |
| 1:25pm-2:05pm | Auditorium | Panel discussion: ‘Strengthening climate councils for greater ambition and action’ – Rick Smith, President, Canadian Climate Institute and Interim Chair, ICCN (moderator) – Jo Hendy, CEO, New Zealand He Pou a Rangi / Climate Change Commission – Andriy Kitura, Head, Ukrainian Green Transition Office |
| 2:05pm-2:15pm | Auditorium | Keynote speech: Prof. Jim Skea, Chair, IPCC |
| 2:15pm-2:30pm | Break | |
| 2:30pm-3:50pm (Sessions in parallel) | Auditorium | Panel discussion: ‘Bridging science and policy to enhance whole-of-government delivery & build public support for climate action’ (2:30pm-3:30pm) – Rich Wilson, CEO, Iswe Foundation and Co-Founder, Global Assembly – Åsa Persson, Chair, Swedish Climate Policy Council and Deputy-Director, SEI – Stephanie Venuti, Special Advisor to the Directors, Environment Directorate, OECD Fireside chat with Charlotte Scaddan, Senior Adviser on Information Integrity, Office of the UN Under-Secretary-General, moderated by Elin Lerum Boasson, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo and member, Swedish Climate Policy Council (3:20-3:35pm) |
| 2:30pm-3:50pm (Sessions in parallel)* | C33/34 | Roundtable discussion (by invitation): ‘The investor and corporate case for strong climate governance’ (with IIGCC and We Mean Business) – Dominic Gogol, Director, Advocacy Initiatives, We Mean Business Coalition – Hannah Hislop, Head of Sustainability – Climate, Unilever – Laura Hillis, Director of Climate and Environment, Church of England Pensions Board – Ruud van den Brink, Secretariat Director, Netherlands Scientific Climate Council |
| 2:30pm-3:50pm (Sessions in parallel)* | C38/39 | Roundtable discussion (by invitation): ‘The next generation of climate laws: from ambition to implementation‘ (with ClientEarth and GLOBE) – Amy Fairbairn, Global Director of Communications and Policy, ClientEarth (moderator) – Malini Mehra, CEO, GLOBE – Laura Clarke, CEO, ClientEarth – Alina Averchenkova, Distinguished Policy Fellow and Lead for Governance and Legislation at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change – Sarah Ries-Coward, Partner, HSF – Andriy Kitura, Head, Ukrainian Green Transition Office |
| 2:30pm-3:50pm (Sessions in parallel)* | C40/41 | Roundtable discussion (by invitation): ‘Accountability of climate finance: making every climate dollar count‘ (with TAI Collaborative) |
| 3:50pm-4:10pm | Break | |
| 4:10pm-4:40pm | Auditorium | Panel discussion: ‘Towards a ‘whole of governance’ approach to climate’ – Nick Mabey, CEO, E3G (moderator) – Laura Clarke, CEO, ClientEarth – Wendy Miles KC, Barrister, Twenty Essex and Founder, NZLA – Michael Jarvis, Executive Director, TAI Collaborative |
| 4:40pm-5:00pm | Auditorium | Keynote speech: Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, COP30 Presidency Team Programs Director |
| 4:50pm-5:00pm | Auditorium | Closing remarks from Karla Hill, Associate Director, Political Economy and Governance, E3G |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | Auditorium | Networking reception |
After the event, we encourage guests to head over to the LSE’s Centre Building (Auditorium) for the annual Global trends in climate litigation report launch event, starting at 6:30pm. No RSVP is needed, but you can find more information here.
*Please note roundtable discussions are by invitation only and will not be livestreamed.