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EVENTS LISTING CLIMATE ACTION WEEK 1-8 JULY Here are some of the highlights of the week, the latest list can be found on the GLA webpage. • E3G and Partner events • Community and Culture • Law and Policy • Food and Health • Resilience and Adaption • Cities • Finance • Diplomacy • Energy

E3G and Partner events 1 July London Climate Action Week Launch Event with the Mayor of London, Sadiq 09:00-12:00 Khan – Hosted by the Greater London Authority, featuring Nick Mabey, CEO, E3G. Private event

1 July Winning the Politics of Climate Change - Showcasing E3G’s innovative analysis 16:00-18:00 of national climate politics and debating what this means for the focus of future climate advocacy and diplomacy. Private event

2 July Climate security: how are the defence, diplomacy and development 15:00-17:00 communities responding to the looming climate crisis? - How the British and Dutch defence, diplomacy and development communities are responding to the looming climate crisis – In partnership with the Clingendael Institute and Dutch Embassy. Public event

3 July Financing an Inclusive Just Transition to a Net Zero Economy– In Partnership 13:00-15:00 with SOAS and the LSE Grantham Research Institute. Public event 3 July Accelerating Learning on Climate Solutions – In partnership with the 14:00-17:00 Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Climate-KIC and CKDN. Private event 3 July New models of Climate Diplomacy: What does climate ambition look like in 08:00-11:00 2020? – hosted at Chatham House. Public event 3 July Politics of the Global Gas Transition – In partnership with the Overseas 09:30-12:00 Development Institute. Private event 3 July Will London’s climate future be decided in Beijing? – In partnership with 15:30 China Dialogue. Public event 3 July What does the cryosphere tell us about climate risk? – In partnership with 14:00-16:30 the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative. Private event 4 July Emerging from Emergency: Urgency as a catalyst for action and regeneration 12:30-17:00 - Gathering leaders in the climate community to promote the recognition of the climate emergency while offering concrete solutions to it. Hosted with The Club of Rome, Climate-KIC, WMB and SystemIQ. Public event

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4 July The role of financial sector actors in shaping the geopolitics of climate 09:30-11:00 ambition – Private event 4 July Redefining Sustainable Infrastructure – examining how technology, climate 08:00-10:00 change & demographics are changing how countries define, plan and finance infrastructure systems. In partnership with Arup. Private event

4 July From coal to clean: UK progress and international influence on coal phase- 09:00-11:00 out - Considering the UK’s domestic progress and its international influence on coal phase-out. In partnership with Chatham House and the Powering Past Coal Alliance. Public event

4 July Climate diplomacy and negative emissions simulation – E3G in partnership with Chatham House and Climate Interactive. Private event

5 July Tackling the Shrinking Democratic Space for Climate Decisions – Bringing 09:30-12:00 environment and democracy advocates together to discuss the threat to tackling climate change from information warfare, corruption and civil society repression. Private event

5 July E3G Climate Frontiers Forum – A public event examining some of the frontier 14:00-21:30 climate issues discussed at LCAW; innovating, linking and brokering between sectors, countries and disciplines. Public event & reception

Law and Policy 1 July BCS presents – Technology a friend or foe of British Computer Society Climate change 1 July The politics of climate change Global Counsel 2 July Green Government Conference 2019 GovNet 2 July Energy, Environment & Infrastructure in the Policy Connect Spending Review 3 July Climate Justice – The Role of the Courts GLOBE Legislators and the UK Supreme Court 4 July Are Courts the New Crucible for Climate Action - GLOBE International and Global Trends & Experiences - Sponsored by Clyde Grantham Research Institute & Co LSE in partnership with ClientEarth, Asian Development Bank. 4 July Climate Change in London – Policy, Practice and Turley Case Law 4 July General Counsels leading the net zero carbon Grantham Research Institute transition at LSE, ClientEarth, Pinsent Masons and FT Innovative Lawyers 4 July Is a Green New Deal the answer? Promoting Economic Pluralism 4 July London lawyers, climate change and justice Legal Response International 4 July Climate Action: A Role for Civil Disobedience? The Royal Institute of International Affairs 4 July Fulfilling the spirit of Paris: what next for Climate Home News international climate action? 5 July Castle Debates: Taking Climate Action, battle for Castle Debates hosted by the our lives Law Society

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5 July Liability Risks - The Sleeping Giant Clyde and Co. and Willis Towers Watson 5 July Climate Change – The Science, The Economics, The Energy Networks Law Resilience and Adaptation 1 July Climate Change Challenges: Lessons from Royal Geographical Society Bangladesh 1 July Unlocking the transformative potential of Green Climate Fund and EIT insurance for climate action Climate-KIC 1 July 29th Global Forum on Forest Governance – Until 2 The Royal Institute for July International Affairs 2 July Climate Risk Summit – The Economist’s headline The Economist event on risk and resilience and climate change 2 July Sacred Rivers & Climate Change - Exploring the India Climate Dialogue Thames, Jordan, Indus and Ganges 3 July Planning city riversides for the future: how is Environment Agency London adapting? – A boat tour of the Thames to the Thames Barrier 3 July Prospering from climate-resilient development LSE Grantham, Willis Towers and growth in cities Watson, London Climate Change Partnership 3 July Can sustainable infrastructure alone future proof Jacobs London against climate change? 3 July Film and panel on lessons from the Cape Town The Resilience Shift (Arup) drought response 3 July Climate Action in London and Ghana WaterAid 3 July Beyond the researcher’s desk: Climate research Climate Strategies and its impact on our tomorrow 3 July Working Together Towards a Sustainable Future Imperial College London Silwood Park 4 July Green Cities: Building a better and more European Bank of sustainable future for cities Reconstruction and Development 5 July Connecting Positive Disruptions SystemIQ 5 July NEXUS: connecting the planet through food, Imperial College London energy, and water – Until 7 July Finance 1 July Leading from the front: tackling the climate International Institute for emergency with ambitious commitment and Environment & Development finance 1 July The role of UK pension funds in tackling the low- Sustineri and Pensions for carbon transition Purpose 1 July Unlocking Capital Flows Through Sustainable HSBC hosted at the Tate Finance Centres Modern 1 July Future of Green Buildings and Corporate Real HSBC hosted at the Tate Estate Modern 1 July Financing the low-carbon economy - the role of Responsible Investor institutional investors

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1 July Innovative climate finance instruments Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) accelerated under the Global Innovation Lab for with Bank of America Merrill Climate Finance Lynch 2 July Green Finance Summit - The City of London’s City of London Green Finance headline event on Green Finance Initiative 3 July London's leading role in combating climate change Standard Chartered where it matters most 3 July Developing a finance culture that is fit for the The Prince's Accounting for future Project (A4S) 3 July Climate Risk & The Capital Domino Effect: How The Principles of Responsible policy, technology and financial markets can ramp Investment, Carbon Tracker up the energy transition and MSCI 3 July Financing SMEs and the low carbon transition 3 July What more can investors do to tackle climate Hermes Investment change? Management 4 July Launch of the Responsible Commodities Facility Sustainable Investment Management Ltd 5 July What is France doing to promote Green Finance French Embassy to the UK Community and Culture 25 June Reporting the ‘Climate Emergency’ E3G and the Frontline Club 29–30 The Great Exhibition Road Festival - The Great Imperial College London, the June Exhibition Road Festival is a three-day celebration Natural History Museum and of science and the arts, in the spirit of the Great Science Museum, the V&A, Exhibition of 1851. the Royal Albert Hall and other galleries, museums, and institutions on Exhibition Road, South Kensington. 1 July Imagining one planet living: a photography Bioregional in association exhibition – Running until 5 July with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 1 July Common Ground: Culture, Climate and Social Julie's Bicycle Justice – Launching a new podcast, The Colour Green, on the climate crisis from the perspectives of people of colour in the UK 1 July Creative Green Awards 2019 Julie’s Bicycle 1 July Camden's' Citizen's Assembly on the Climate Crisis London Borough of Camden 1 July Kids Teach Climate Climate Ed 1 July RawTag FAST FASHION RawTag 2 July 'Sacred Rivers - What Climate Change means for Third Pole, EcoPeace Middle the River Thames, Jordan, Indus & Ganga' East, Thames Estuary Partnership and Museum of London 2 July Opening night of ‘Noye’s Fludde’ – Running until English National Opera and 13 July Theatre Royal Stratford 2 July Responsible Business network: Team London Team London Bridge Bridge team up with Do Nation, get involved! 3 July Change The Debate - Schools Climate Conference Green Schools Project 3 July Sustainability in the Hospitality Sector London and Partners 3 July A virtual reality perspective of climate change – Steamed Egg until 7 July 3 July Community Garden Day Sustainable Merton

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4 July Women’s Environmental Network Forum – What’s Women’s Environmental Gender, Race and Poverty got to do with air Network pollution 4 July A walking conversation on climate action from National Park City Crystal Palace to Peckham Foundation 4 July Listening to the future - youth responses to the London Sustainable climate emergency Development Commission 5 July Student-MP Climate Action Surgery GLOBE International, London Sustainable Schools Forum 5 July Green Filmmaking & Cinema + private screening Film London 'Aquarela' 6 July Nature Live – London Climate Action Week – Coral Natural History Museum Reefs and Climate Change on Saturday 6 July; Watching Ice from Space on Sunday 7 July. 6 July Climate Comedy Night Theatre Delicatessen 6 July Green Shabbat - Leading into an interfaith climate Eco-Synagogue walk through the night, ending at Southwark Cathedral in the early hours of Sunday 7 July. 7 July Spirituality in Society Brahma Kumaris (UK) 8 July Culture Declares Emergency Assembly - A big Culture Declares Emergency creative conversation to explore the potential of Arts and Culture in a Planetary Emergency. 8 July Art in Real Life: A conversation with Olafur The Tate Modern Eliasson - Opening Olafur’s exhibition addressing the sustainability challenge Food and Health 1 July Temperature Check: Games, Storytelling and Wellcome Trust Planetary Health

1 July Food sustainability with Alan Dangour, Professor London School of Hygiene in Food and Nutrition for Global Health and Tropical Medicine

2 July Driving Better Health with Sustainable Energy: A Ashden Trust conference exploring the health co-benefits of clean energy

2 July Water quality and quantity and Climate Change London School of Hygiene with Pauline Scheelbeek, Assistant Professor in and Tropical Medicine Nutritional and Environmental Epidemiology

4 July Food system resilience and climate Security Chatham House and Wellcome Trust Cities 1 July Net zero London: Accounting for London's Arup consumption-based emissions 1 July Launch of the Culture & Climate Change Report. World Cities Culture Forum Leading by Example: City Profiles 3 July HSBC Business Models of the Zero Carbon City HSBC at the Tate Modern 3 July Climate Innovation Forum: Accelerating policy, Climate Action innovation and finance for zero carbon cities 3 July TCPA/BRE seminar: Planning for climate change Town & Country Planning Association

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3 July Smart Cities, Sustainable Cities Energy Networks 3 July Cities of the Future: boosting finance for C40 Cities Finance Facility, sustainable and resilient infrastructure the Coalition for Urban Transition, C40 Cities Climate Action Planning, Bloomberg LP and the UK Gov 4 July EBRD Green Cities European Bank of Reconstruction and Development Diplomacy 4 July Chatham House day of diplomacy Chatham House - Lunchtime members event: Climate Action: A role for disobedience? - Fulfilling the promise of Paris: What next for international climate action? - Securing our climate future: risk, resilience and diplomacy 4 July Chatham House 4th July drinks reception Chatham House Energy 1 July Decarbonisation of gas Global Counsel 2 July The Electric Vehicle Experience Conference Association 2 July How to maximise the role of tech in delivering net Aldersgate Group zero emissions 2 July Locally Led Innovative Low Carbon Heating Enfield Council, Kensa Infrastructure Contracting & Energetik 2 July Low carbon heating and cooling from groundwater Ground Source Heat Pump for commercial & residential developments and Association district networks. 2 July Managing embodied emissions to improve global UCL Institute for Sustainable climate governance Resources 3 July Ashden Awards Ceremony 2019 Ashden Trust 5 July Celebration of Public and Community Energy LASER and ICON Achievements 8 July RE-Source UK 2019 Renewable UK and the Solar Trade Association 8 July More than electric dreams? Future Fuels on the Low Carbon Vehicle Road to Zero. Partnership

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