London #4 - Reimagination radicals
Fri, 27 Jun
|London, County Hall
Radicals are reimagining a regenerative future, but how are resilient returns generated and sustained, who is leading and what should the future business landscape look like. Join our long awaited London relaunch and reconnect with local Clubbers new and old.
Time & Location
27 Jun 2025, 17:30 – 22:30
London, County Hall, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, UK
About the event
Hope and optimism are powerful attributes, but true visionaries - those brave enough to trust themselves - reimagine a regenerative future and how to get there. With a panel of radicals we explore the pathways to take ideas beyond concepts to real impactful scale, across business and society, local and global. We reimagine that future, we allow ourselves to be brave and we meet fellow travellers along the way. Bringing together the brightest and the best, join us for the long awaited (and much anticipated/pestered) relaunch of the Climate Cocktail Club in London.
We kick off the event with a radical call to action from Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland and Co-founder of Project Dandelion. The following keynote and fireside from celebrated futurist John Elkington will take you on a journey of what is and not the future path that can/will/should lie ahead, before moving on to a magical creative feature by local poet and rapper - Brave Poets present Louis VI. Louis is a producer, zoologist, multi-instrumentalist and rapper from London. His second album, EARTHLING released in 2023 is part ode to Nature.
We are then joined from a panel of radicals creating new and real change today from branding, fashion, manufacturing and financing. We close out with a bold call to action from Ingmar Rentzhog as we're asked to Make Science Great Again (hats optional, lab coats mandatory).
Hosted and co-curated with Sustainable Ventures we will be the Unofficial Closing Party for London Climate Action Week 2025. The event will connect over 200 radicals from business, activism, finance, art, science and more, from across the private, public and third sectors; all with delicious free cocktails provided by our Official Cocktail Partner Diageo. Join us for an evening of inspirational and radical speakers to build your network, recharge your impact batteries and reimagine our future.
TICKETS
In true CCC style, the event is open to all, but the space is limited, so buy your tickets early to ensure you have a spot.
EVENT SCHEDULE
1730 - Doors open (cocktails and networking)
1815 - Welcome by Chapter Lead: Aisling McCaffrey + kick off by host: Nick Nuttall
1825 - Call to action - the urgent need for radical collaboration and leadership at all levels: Mary Robinson
1845 - Keynote and fireside chat: John Elkington
1915 - Creative futurist: Brave Poets present Louis VI
1945 - Nature reimagined: Matt Smith
1955 - Panel of radicals: Lisa Merrick-Lawless, Edzard van der Wyck, Julien Vassieries, Siobhan Clarke
2040 - Call to action "Make Science Great Again": Ingmar Rentzhog
2055 - Close: Simon Brown and Aisling McCaffrey
2100 - Cocktails and networking
Late - Doors close
SPEAKERS
Nick Nuttall, Communications Director, We Don't Have Time; and former spokesperson for UNFCCC (HOST)
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and Co-founder of Project Dandelion
John Elkington, Founder and Chief Pollinator, Volans
Brave Poets, Curate live music jazz jams with conscious hip hop, grime and spoken word poets
Louis VI, Rapper, Zoologist, Musician, Presenter, BBC Creator in Residence
Matt Smith, CEO, Hometree
Lisa Merrick-Lawless, Co-Founder, Purpose Disruptors
Edzard van der Wyck, CEO and Co-Founder, Sheep Inc.
Julien Vassieries, CEO and Founder, Batch.Works
Siobhan Clarke, Fellow, Sustainable Ventures; and Portfolio NED
Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO and Founder, We Don't Have Time
Aisling McCaffrey, London Chapter Lead, Climate Cocktail Club; and Just Transition Programme Lead, Impact Investing Institute
Simon Brown, Partner, Corporate Innovation, Sustainable Ventures
PARTNERS
OFFICIAL HOST
Sustainable Ventures helps climate startups and entrepreneurs across the UK scale through investment, workspaces and venture support: from beermat to exit. With more than 850 companies in its ecosystem and on a mission to develop 1,000 climate tech businesses by 2025, it is Europe’s leading climate tech hub.
OFFICIAL COCKTAIL PARTNER - LONDON & IRELAND
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB and Buchanan’s whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Spirit of Progress, is Diageo’s ongoing ESG action plan to create a more inclusive and sustainable world. Diageo’s Spirit of Progress ambitions have three priorities: to promote positive drinking, champion inclusion and diversity and pioneer grain-to-glass sustainability. Doing business the right way underpins everything Diageo does.
Visit Diageo’s global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives and ways to share best practice.
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
A women-led global campaign for climate justice. We call on leaders, NGOs, movements, and individuals around the world to unite in action for a climate-safe world. Project Dandelion is women-led, but not women-only. To reimagine leadership, we invite all people to participate in a new story.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME - MAKE SCIENCE GREAT AGAIN
Make Science Great Again🧠 When Truth Becomes a Threat, Science Becomes Resistance. We’re at a turning point. Scientists are being silenced. Research labs are under threat. Disinformation is spreading faster than truth—risking a future where science is sidelined just when we need it most: to face the climate crisis, pandemics, biodiversity loss, and the challenges ahead. That’s why We Don't Have Time is launching Make Science Great Again—a bold, global campaign to defend truth, empower scientists, and counter denial with evidence-based solutions.
Learn how you can get involved and support us here.
INDEPENDENT ADVISORY FOR CLIMATE, NATURE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. We unleash changemakers with the insights, solutions and partnerships they need to reach set goals. We supercharge purpose-driven brands, organisations and social enterprises across the world. We are honest, transparent and fiercely independent. We strive for a just, equitable and thriving planet.
BRAND PARTNER
THINKHOUSE is one of the world’s leading independent agencies. Powered by youth culture, its digital-first, future-fit marketing is for progressive brands that care about people and planet. The company transforms and empowers organisations and teams by helping shift mindsets and adopt new ways of looking at the world - through the lens of the next generation. THINKHOUSE’s innovative, creative work is a vehicle for change, born out of its mission to have a positive impact on the lives of younger generations, now and into the future. www.thinkhousehq.com
BECOME A PARTNER
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