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London Climate Action Week was full of positive and inspiring headlines.
Earthshot Prize Finalists announced major investments, partnerships and milestones that showed something important: the biggest story in the world is not the climate crisis; it is our collective response to it. And that response is already generating progress.
But behind every announcement lies months, sometimes years, of work that rarely makes the front page.
Away from the stages and keynote speeches, The Earthshot Prize convened a series of private roundtables bringing together the people who can turn breakthrough climate solutions into global deployment: heads of government, philanthropies, investors, corporates and innovators.
The conversations were practical and focused on one question: What needs to happen next to accelerate solutions at scale?
Here’s a peek at the discussions and commitments that happened behind closed doors at some of our roundtables.
The second roundtable dug deeper into the theme of finance for nature. It brought together leaders from the Debt for Nature Coalition, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, the Inter-American Development Bank, Re:wild, Legal & General and others to tackle a critical question:
How do we unlock billions more for nature by making debt-for-nature finance easier to scale?
The discussion focused on one of the biggest barriers to growth: expanding the availability of credit guarantees that make these transactions viable, while reducing the complexity and cost of structuring deals.
The conversation quickly moved to action. Conservation International committed to exploring the Green Climate Fund as a potential guarantor for future debt swaps, while participants also agreed to work on standardising transaction structures and building greater awareness among private investors and family offices to help bring this model into the financial mainstream.
The takeaway was clear: scaling nature finance is about making these tools simple, investable and repeatable.
Earthshot Prize Finalists shaping the conversation during our LCAW roundtables: Nidhi Pant from S4S Technologies, Michael Greenstone representing the State of Gujarat, and Aadith Moorthy from Boomitra.
As we head to India in November for The Earthshot Prize Awards 2026, our third roundtable focused on removing the practical barriers preventing some of the world’s most promising Indian climate solutions from reaching millions of people.
The conversation began with this diagnosis: India does not have an innovation gap. It has a deployment gap.
Earthshot Finalists including Boomitra, Takachar, Kheyti, S4S Technologies and Fleather spoke candidly about what is holding them back – from the lack of blended finance between grants and venture capital, to government adoption, validation support and access to larger commercial markets.
Boomitra, which already works with more than 100,000 farmers across India, highlighted the need to unlock compliance carbon markets to bring international climate finance to millions more farmers. Takachar called for financing partners and greater credibility with government. Kheyti sought expertise on scaling climate-smart agriculture through public policy. Fleather looked for technical validation to strengthen market adoption.
The room responded with action: 500 Global agreed to explore blended finance opportunities with Boomitra and S4S Technologies. Berge Bulk committed to follow-up conversations with Boomitra and Takachar. Arup and the Aga Khan Development Network offered technical and government expertise to support Finalists, while additional partners stepped forward to strengthen impact measurement, validation and fundraising.
A broader consensus emerged: India’s climate ecosystem doesn’t need more isolated success stories. It needs stronger bridges between founders, investors, governments and philanthropy.
Ankit Agarwal, Founder of 2022 Earthshot Prize Finalist, Fleather, speaks during our India Momentum roundtable at London Climate Action Week 2026. Alongside him, Kaushik Kappagantulu founder of 2022 Winner, Kheyti.
London Climate Action Week saw a significant number of climate announcements. But many of the biggest breakthroughs began long before the press release: a minister making an introduction; a philanthropy exploring catalytic capital; an investor opening a new funding conversation; a corporate offering a customer deal.
These are the moments that make the headlines possible.
At The Earthshot Prize, our role goes beyond identifying the world’s most inspiring climate solutions. It is also about bringing together the partners that can help those solutions scale.
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