London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is an annual independent climate festival that attracts tens of thousands of participants—global leaders, civil society organizations, and the business community—from around the world. In 2026, the nine-day event will feature hundreds of events, from grassroots community gatherings to major international conferences, with a primary focus on advancing four impact goals: shaping global climate policy, delivering a resilient and net-zero UK, uniting London's "climate clusters," and mobilizing whole-of-society. TESS will be participating in, and supporting, a variety of events exploring the nexus of climate and trade at this year’s LCAW.
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Friday, 19 June to Saturday, 20 June 2026
Event: Harnessing headwinds: How to supercharge cooperation for climate and energy stability?
Logistics: Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire
Summary: As global instability and rising fuel prices dominate government priorities within a narrowing window for managing greenhouse gas emissions, this summit will convene leaders from pivotal alliances, funders and movements to discuss pragmatic, mutually reinforcing ways forward. TESS Executive Director Carolyn Deere Birkbeck will participate in this event.
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Monday, 22 June 2026
Event: Remaking Global Trade Governance: Trade, Climate and Global Cooperation in a Fragmenting World
Logistics: 18 Smith Square, Westminster, London (and Online), 14:00 - 17:00 BST
Summary: This hybrid event will be co-hosted by TESS, ODI Global, the Remaking Trade Project, the African Future Policies Hub, and the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. The high-level conversation will bring together policymakers, trade experts, academics and private sector representatives to explore how global trade governance must evolve to remain inclusive, sustainable and equitable in a multipolar world. TESS Executive Director Carolyn Deere Birkbeck will speak at the event.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Event: From Crisis to Security: Cross-cutting Solutions for a Just Energy Transition
Logistics: Fordham University London, 14:30-17:00 BST (invitation only)
Summary: This event, organized by Climate Strategies, aims to strategically leverage this moment between the Santa Marta conference and the delivery of the Transition away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) Roadmap to help shape an agenda for global action. TESS Executive Director Carolyn Deere Birkbeck and Dominic Coppens, Senior Fellow, Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development at TESS will participate in the event.
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