Conference
The London Conference 2025 | Decarbonising London: the final five years
Programme
Agenda
Arrivals & breakfast
Welcome to the London Conference 2025!
Our conference host, Sima Kotecha – Senior UK Correspondent, BBC briefed our guests on the day’s programme.
Michael Shanks MP, Minister for Energy in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, shared how the Government plans to decarbonise London’s energy infrastructure and reinforce climate resilience.
A Natural Capital: The state of London’s environment in 2025.
This panel offered a platform for policymakers, industry leaders, and sustainability experts to address how London can remain a green and biodiverse city while delivering urgently needed homes and green growth.
Morning break
Delegates and experts from across sectors will join moderated, thematic sessions.
Decarbonising school buildings, facilitated by Arup
- Schools are at the heart of our communities. We need to decarbonise our school buildings whilst also working to improve resilience to the impacts of climate change – all whilst delivering positive educational outcomes for our young people.
- In this workshop delegates will consider interventions for some anonymised London Schools and will brainstorm ideas for delivering these at scale across the capital.
Delivering large-scale retrofit through innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based leadership, facilitated by Hadley Property Group
- In this workshop, delegates will explore leadership, viability, and delivery in large-scale retrofit.
- Looking into leadership across the value chain, the environmental, cultural, and financial trade-offs between retrofit and rebuild, and carbon and circular economy strategies, we will also consider emerging market and policy shifts supporting retrofit as a mainstream development route.
Unlocking EPC band C for Hard-to-Treat Homes – delivering retrofit at scale, facilitated by L&Q
- L&Q will be joined by key delivery partners (Morgan Sindall and GDS) to discuss the opportunities and challenges navigating the complexity of the UK’s built environment to retrofit our hardest to treat homes.
- We will explore the challenges retrofitting a wide range of housing types through conventional improvements, discuss interpretation of standards, what to expect from the third phase of The Warm Homes Social Housing Fund and learn how collaboration with industry experts is shaping retrofit strategies and delivery.
The Power of Youth in the Green Transition, facilitated by Mayor’s Fund for London
- In this youth-led session discover how young Londoners can power the city’s green transition.
- Delegates will explore how green skills and education can unlock a fairer, sustainable future. As London races to net zero, how do we ensure young people lead the way?
Lunch
Delegates will have the opportunity to join different thematic sessions.
Deputy Mayor for Business and Growth, Howard Dawber OBE, shared his views on how we can tackle the biggest environmental challenges facing the city while promoting the capital as a place to visit, expand and invest in.
His keynote speech focused on how we can protect jobs and unlock green growth opportunities for Londoners, following the setbacks of the pandemic and Brexit, to boost London’s economy.
A Resilient Capital: How well is London adapting to climate change?
This panel brought together leading policy experts, business leaders and third sector voices to explore practical solutions for resilience and growth while safeguarding London’s future.
Afternoon break
A Sustainable Capital: Is London’s infrastructure built for the future?
London Net Zero Neighbourhood Programme
This panel explored solutions to unlocking the infrastructure London urgently needs and discuss how investment and innovation can create a safe, liveable and thriving global city.