Upcoming Charter Event
Scaling Locally-led Community Financing for Climate and Environmental Action in Humanitarian Contexts at London Climate Action Week (LCAW)
Tuesday, June 23, 2026: 13:30 - 15:00 BST | 14:30 - 16:00 CEST
Session Description:
Evidence consistently shows that climate-informed action, especially at community and local levels, reduces costs and delivers more dignified outcomes as it builds resilience, anticipates, averts and minimizes loss and damage – rather than focusing on response alone, even in the most fragile and complex settings. This session at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) will showcase scalable examples of locally-led, community financing models, including through parametric insurance, for climate and environmental action from organizations working in humanitarian, fragile, conflict, and disaster-impacted contexts.
The session is co-organized by the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations, the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) and Climate Alliance Pakistan (CAP) and hosted by the LSE Humanitarian Research Group.
Objectives:
- Share examples of alternative and innovative funding models, including parametric insurance, for climate and environmental action at local/community levels in humanitarian settings, including in conflict and fragile contexts, beyond traditional public donor mechanisms
- Showcase emerging examples and proof-of-concept initiatives
- Explore opportunities to strengthen private sector and philanthropic engagement, catalytic finance, and knowledge sharing
- Create space for exchange and reflection to assess levels of engagement with alternative funding or identify opportunities for scale-up
- Contribute to ongoing reflections of the Charter Secretariat on how to support the scale-up of climate-environment programming at local level through diversified, sustainable funding streams
Speakers:
- Mihir Bhatt, Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)
- Muhammad Murtaza, Chief Executive Office of Rural Community Development Programme (RCDP) and Vice Chairman Pakistan Microfinance Network
- Caroline Birch, Head of Impact, Humanity Insured
- Emma Gremley, Senior Director of Education, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Edward Beswick, Accountability and Learning Manager, Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC)
- Stuart Gordon, Professor in Managing Humanitarianism and Programme Director for the International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies MSc, London School of Economic (LSE)
- Moderated by Nishanie Jayamaha, Co-coordinator, Secretariat for the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations
Details of venue will be shared following registration.