Nature, Capital, Cities - Investing for Resilience
This London Climate Action Week - let's recreate our future to a net positive reality.
Designed to drive collaboration & scale climate solutions at the intersection of nature, cities + systems change - we unite a diverse network of visionaries, change-makers, investors & thought leaders to spark powerful alliances.
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AGENDA - subject to minor changes
8:30 am · Registration & Light Breakfast
9:15 am · Opening Keynote
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9:20 am · 🌊 Investing in Ocean Resilience: Riding the Wave of the High Seas Treaty Keynote
The entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement (also known as the High Seas Treaty) marks a historic moment for global ocean governance, creating new momentum for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. This keynote will explore what the Treaty means for Commonwealth countries, international cooperation, and the future of ocean resilience and sustainable development.
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭
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9:30 am · 🌊 Investing in Ocean Resilience: Riding the Wave of the High Seas Treaty Panel.
As governments, investors and businesses respond to the opportunities created by the High Seas Treaty, how can we accelerate investment in ocean resilience and build a sustainable blue economy?
This panel discussion will bring together perspectives from ocean governance, biodiversity innovation and conservation finance to explore how science, policy and investment can work together to unlock scalable action for our shared ocean future.
🔹 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 | 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝟏𝟒 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 | 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 | 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬
🔹 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭
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10:15 am · 📈 Climate Dry Powder & 2026 New Funds
$90bn in climate dry powder remains as of Q1 2026, after a record fundraising year in 2025. But stretched exit timelines are keeping LP capital locked up longer than expected, which makes LPs wary of committing fresh capital. Infrastructure funds are playing a different game: yields from mature tech deployment are slow but steady, and they're raising record amounts because of it. Delve into the report's insights and Capital Stack charts.
🔸 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
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10:30 am · ☕ Coffee Break & Networking
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10:45 am · 🏙️ Regenerative and Resilient Places: From Vision to Scale
Creating regenerative places requires more than great projects. We need a shared vision of the outcomes we're trying to achieve, a clear understanding of resilience, innovative mechanisms for finance and risk management, and ways to scale impactful sustainability solutions. UKGBC's work is focused on connecting those pieces, turning insight into tangible action.
🔸 𝐘𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥 | 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐔𝐊 𝐆𝐁𝐂
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11:20 am · 🏙️ What Does a Resilient City Look Like? Earthshot Prize Finalists in Conversation
Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in cities - and that number is growing. This session brings together Earthshot Prize finalists whose solutions are reimagining what urban life can look like. Hear their stories, their breakthroughs, and their vision for cities that work for people and the planet.
🔸 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨 · 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐭á’𝐬 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞
🔸 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐭 · 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝟑𝐗𝐍 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫
🔸 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫®
🔸 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐲 · 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐆𝐀𝐘𝐎)
🔸 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 · 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
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12:05 pm · 🍽️ Lunch
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1:05 pm · 🌍 Beyond the Harvest: Bold Solutions for a Food-Secure Future — The Earthshot Prize
The world's food system faces converging pressures - climate shocks, supply chain fragility, and billions ofsmallholder farmers operating without adequate infrastructure or support.
This session brings together Earthshot Prize Finalists tackling food security from multiple angles: solar-powered cold storage, coastal fisheries technology, food fermentation, precision drying, and direct market access for small-scale producers. Hear from the founders alongside the investors and champions backing their growth, on what it takes to build and scale climate-positive food solutions - and get them to the people who need them most.
🔸 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫,𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝟒𝐂
🔸 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐈
🔸 𝐍𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐒𝟒𝐒 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬
🔸 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬
🔸 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡 · 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲
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1:50pm · 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 $𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐌𝐓 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐱𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤
Steve Melhuish co-founded PropertyGuru, scaled it to 40 million users across five countries in Asia, and took it public on the NYSE — then walked away to tackle climate change. As Founding Partner of 100x100, a climate company builder, Steve will unpack the model behind co-founding and scaling a portfolio of ventures across energy, agriculture, industry, and buildings in Southeast Asia and India.
The core thesis: engineering companies from scratch in order for each to generate $100M in revenue and abate 100 megatons of emissions.
🔸 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 · 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐏, 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐱𝟏𝟎𝟎, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞
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2:05 pm · Investing in Green Concrete
🔸 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 · 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫,𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐍𝐞𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞
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2:20 pm · ☕ Coffee Break & Networking
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2:35 pm · 💰 Patient Capital with Purpose: How Family Offices Mobilize Capital for Impact
Family offices have a unique advantage in impact investing - patient capital, multigenerational thinking, and freedom from institutional constraints. But are they living up to that potential?
This session brings together family office investors to explore how they deploy capital across nature and cities, how they think about resilience, and what barriers prevent more family offices from investing for impact. Panellists will also share candid advice for founders looking to raise capital from family offices.
🔸 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧 | 𝐌𝐃, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧 | 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞
🔸 𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐫 | 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
🔸 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢 | 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
🔸 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐁𝐡𝐨𝐣𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢 | 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
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3:05 pm · 🌿 Unlocking Capital at Scale for Asia's Transition through Singapore's FAST-P
Southeast Asia’s energy transition requires far more capital than is currently flowing into the region. This spotlight session introduces FAST-P, Singapore’s blended finance initiative, and how its US$500 million catalytic commitment is designed to mobilise partners and crowd in private capital for Asia’s green and transition infrastructure.
🔸 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐢 · 𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓-𝐏
🔸 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐡 · 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓-𝐏
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3:20 pm · 🌿 Investing in Natural Capital in the Global South
The panel will explore the reality investing in, operating and scaling large-scale natural capital projects across the global south. It will combine the perspectives of investors and operators on the ground - working on afforestation projects in West Africa and Brazil.
🔸 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐧 | 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐁𝐍𝐏 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐌
🔸 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐡 | 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫
🔸 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐚 | 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐊
4:00 pm · Closing Keynote
4:05 pm · 🥂 Networking Drinks
5:30 pm · Summit Wraps
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Why Now?
We’re at a tipping point. Climate action now demands radical collaboration—across sectors, disciplines, and geographies. Innovation alone isn’t enough. It’s time to connect nature, culture, technology, and finance in bold, regenerative ways.
Natural ecosystems and urban environments are deeply intertwined. To protect one, we must work across both. This is the moment to forge unlikely alliances—between startups, investors, enablers, policy makers, policy influencers, think tanks and academia.
Let’s not just sustain the future. Let’s regenerate it.
Lead Partners