Every year London Climate Action Week (LCAW) supports action across London’s diverse school community. Our objective is to bring London’s school sector together as a major force for climate action. London has an ambitious climate agenda and schools have a vital role to play in delivering it. If all of London’s 3600 schools pulled together on climate action, it would be transformative. Hence our motto “Think like a system and act as a sector.” We invite all of London’s different types of schools to take part: state schools, independent schools, special schools, faith schools, alternative provision and international schools. Each has its role to play to help deliver a climate safe, just and resilient city for Londoners and beyond. Working with our partners across London, we seek to support engagement on the five pillars introduced by the LCAW Schools Climate Summit in 2021 – the four ‘C’s and the one ‘F’ – Campus, Curriculum, Community, Careers and Finance. Read more


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#BeatTheHeat
London is getting hotter and schools need to prepare. In July 2022 London broke all records by breaching 40°C and the Government declared a national emergency. The Met Office predicts 2024 could be the hottest year on record. This year LCAW 2024 has teamed up with the British Red Cross to #BeatTheHeat and help Londoners prepare for heatwaves and extreme weather to build a more resilient city. Read more

‘My Lungs’ by Riverside School @ LCAW 2023
At the opening of LCAW 2023 at London’s Guildhall, we were proud to feature “My Lungs” highlighting air pollution, created and performed by Year 7 students from Riverside School (London Borough of Barking & Dagenham). An initiative of our longstanding LCAW partners, the amazing Studio 2909.





Finance
Here are some of the events at London Climate Action Week 2025 themed around ‘FINANCE’ – one of our five pillars. We hope they will be of interest to schools in London and beyond and their diverse constituencies: students, staff, school leaders, business managers, governors, parents & carers, and others.
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Date: Monday, June 23, 08:30
Climate and Development Finance Dialogue
Date: Monday, June 23, 15:00
Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2025
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 15:00
Reimagining the Global Financial System for Planetary Resilience: Proposals for the 21st Century
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 14:30
International Climate Finance: How do we close the gap?
Date: Thursday, June 26, 09:30
Turning Research Into Action: Driving Change in Finance for People and Planet
Date: Thursday, June 26, 18:30
Learning Lab: Financial Planning for a Successful Climate Transition Plan
Date: Thursday, June 26, 10:00
London Climate Resilience Finance Summit 2025
Friday, June 27, 09:00
From Planning to Finance: Unlocking Investments for the Energy Transition
Date: Monday, June 23, 13:30
Financing The Nature-Positive Transition
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 08:30
Financing Resilience, Investing in Nature
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 16:00
Transition Finance Roundtable ~ Challenges and opportunities for accelerating our transition
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 14:30
Transition Finance Council Roundtable
Date: Monday, May 26, 09:00
CAMPUS
Here are some of the events at London Climate Action Week 2025 themed around ‘CAMPUS’ – one of our five pillars. We hope they will be of interest to schools in London and beyond and their diverse constituencies: students, staff, school leaders, business managers, governors, parents & carers, and others.
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Shaping Future Leaders: The Role of Sustainability in Business Schools
Date: Monday, June 23, 11:30
Kingston University’s Women In STEM Hub (WISH) INWED Event
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 10:00
Student voices: Global stories of climate action and hope
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 13:00
Envisioning Sustainability in Technical Higher Education: Global Goals, Local Insights
Date: Wednesday, June 25
Industry Showcase at Kingston University
Date: Thursday, June 26
Deloitte Academy, ISSB and Chapter Zero Event
Thursday, June 26, 13:30
Kingston University’s ECE PGR Conference 2025
Friday, June 27, 10:00
Sustainable City Charter Summer Showcase
Date: Monday, June 23, 08:00
Hammersmith BID’s Climate Festival
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 11:00
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 09:00
SCB Sustainability Community Breakfast
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 09:30
Reset Connect London: Show Floor Hubs
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 09:00
Plan ahead: Climate Resilience for London’s Cultural Venues
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 09:00
Shaping the UK Public Participation Strategy for Net Zero
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 11:00
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 09:00
The Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum Vision Event
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 14:00
Code Green London June Meetup (Community Organised Event)
Tuesday, June 24, 18:30
Power to the people: Engaging our communities in community energy
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 11:00
Our Common Future – Roundtable
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 13:00
Moving Roots: Diaspora Communities x Climate Action
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 13:00
Building Resilience: Creating Great Places Through Regenerative Approaches
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 16:00
Community Energy Now! Powering Up East London
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 17:00
Canvas: Local communities in climate and health research
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 18:00
Community Energy Now! Powering Up South London
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 19:00
Amazon Alive: Communities Ending Deforestation
Date: Thursday, June 26, 11:00
Thursday, June 26, 13:00
Road to COP30 – Amazonian voices to postpone the end of the world
Date: Friday, June 27, 09:30
Community Energy Now! Powering Up West London
Date: Saturday, June 28, 15:00
Curriculum
Here are some of the events at London Climate Action Week 2024 themed around ‘CURRICULUM’ – one of our five pillars. We hope they will be of interest to schools in London and beyond and their diverse constituencies: students, staff, school leaders, business managers, governors, parents & carers, and others.
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Date: Saturday, June 21, 08:30
Terra.do x Cre8tive Play Workshop
Date: Saturday, June 21, 11:00
Broken Umbrella Challenge – Invent with Waste!
Date: Saturday, June 21, 10:30
Environmental Education Across Disciplines
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 13:00
Climate Courage Schools: launch
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 16:30
Teaching About a Greener, Healthier, and Wilder London: A Workshop for Geography Teachers
Date: Thursday, June 26, 16:30
Climate Migration and the Importance of Climate Education
Date: Friday, June 27, 16:00
Sustainability Living and Outdoor Ethics for Kids
Date: Sunday, June 29, 16:00
COMMUNITY
Here are some of the events at London Climate Action Week 2024 themed around ‘COMMUNITY’ – one of our five pillars. We hope they will be of interest to schools in London and beyond and their diverse constituencies: students, staff, school leaders, business managers, governors, parents & carers, and others.
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Burgess Park Midsummer Climate Festival
Date: Saturday, June 21, 09:00
Parents for Future London get together: picnic with a purpose
Date: Saturday, June 21, 12:30
Date: Sunday, June 22, 11:00
Removals After Hours: Networking Drinks
Date: Monday, June 23, 17:30
Circular Economy in Lewisham – Networking & showcase
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 18:00
Reusable Nappy Meet and Give/Take Event
Wednesday, June 25, 10:00
Date: Thursday, June 26, 09:00
Nature Connection – Walk and talk with Holland Park Ecology Centre
Date: Thursday, June 26, 15:00
Connect over Carbon | Networking Drinks
Date: Thursday, June 26, 18:00
Song Workshop: Singing for Climate Action
Date: Thursday, June 26, 19:00
Creating Change: Climate Action Night
Date: Thursday, June 26, 18:30
Habitat creation at Springfield Park
Date: Friday, June 27, 10:00
Date: Friday, June 27, 12:30
Date: Saturday, June 28, 10:00
Daubeney Fields Community Litter Pick
Date: Sunday, June 29, 10:00
Date: Sunday, June 29, 14:00
CAREERS
Here are some of the events at London Climate Action Week 2024 themed around ‘CAREERS’ – one of our five pillars. We hope they will be of interest to schools in London and beyond and their diverse constituencies: students, staff, school leaders, business managers, governors, parents & carers, and others.
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Green Skills for London’s Future
Monday, June 23, 08:30
Sustainability Careers Conference
Thursday, June 26, 15:30
Meet our Lighthouse Schools
Special school
Glebe School - London Schools Climate Summit 2021
Community school
Climate Change Education – London Climate Action Week 2021
Faith school
JCOSS introduction to CURRICULUM session of the inaugural Schools Climate Summit
Independent school
BRIT School performance at LCAW School Climate Summit (2019)
Watch our Inaugural Summit
Schools Climate Summit - London Climate Action Week 2021
London Climate Action Week’s schools initiative kicked off with the Schools Climate Summit in 2021. An epic day long event, held virtually as London re-emerged from the COVID19 pandemic, the Summit featured leading voices from schools and the climate education community. Still a great resource with insights valid today and speakers & ideas you may wish to connect with. Check out the full programme here and view the playlist here.
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Meeting the city’s net zero, circular economy and broader Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will require a step-change. While individual school efforts are inspiring, only a sectoral approach can create impact at scale. The LCAW Schools Climate Summit calls on London’s 3,500 schools to think like a system & act as a sector. If you’re an educator, activist, student, governor, policymaker, parent or business manager, this Summit is for you. Join us and help frame a new schools’ agenda to tackle the climate emergency at scale.
- Register for Schools Climate Summit 2023
- Register the event for your school
- How to get involved