About

From our base in Chatham House, we work with a broad range of stakeholders across government, business and civil society. We create spaces for conversation, incubate ambitious pilots and projects, and bring new horizons of possibility into productive exchange with the perspectives of major national and international institutions.

Advancing the transition during a time of change.

During the first years of the 2020s, the ten-year period to 2030 was often framed as “the decisive decade” for climate and environmental action. And yet, as we enter the second half of that decade, the victories and frustrations of this mission have increasingly felt like footnotes in a broader narrative. Concerns of climate and environment have become entangled and often overwhelmed in broader processes of tension and transformation in the global order.

The major contours of this story are familiar: the decline of a rules-based international system, a rebalancing of power towards the global south and the exponentially increasing influence of multinational business and finance. All set against a backdrop of increasingly severe climate impacts, economic headwinds and febrile national politics.

At the same time, the technologies and practices of a more sustainable and happier world are also growing. The energy transition continues to gather pace. Technological innovations enable materials and structures that combine efficiency and often remarkable beauty. From the bioeconomy to citizen assemblies, new forms of social and economic organisation are emerging that actively regenerate the fundamentals of human society and the natural world.

Our mission is to help decision-makers to inhabit both the complexity and possibility of this unique moment of history. To establish the foundations for large leaps of change. To uncover and celebrate pathways that lead to an equitable and sustainable future, and to accelerate their adoption at scale. A better future is not only possible – it is right in front of us. Let’s get moving.

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Our work is made possible with the generous support of the MAVA Foundation.