A UK initiative focused on climate change and nature to help businesses across the North West regions and beyond is being hosted at The Cotton Exchange, Liverpool this summer.
Climate Impact Week devised by locally based the2030hub.com takes place from 2nd-8th June 2025 and will include an innovative series of events connecting climate change and nature to social issues for commerce, the consumer and future generations.
Co-founder of the 2030hub, Stephen Sykes FRSA (pictured above with fellow co-founder David Connor – at front) insisted the week-long event will be a very positive take on all the opportunities for multi-sector companies and organisations to get involved. “The messaging that many of us see about climate change is often based around catastrophising. On the contrary, Climate Impact Week will require composed, coordinated conversations about climate and nature that will effectively engage the private sector.
“The event focuses on the actions needed nationally and locally to mitigate the worst impacts of global climate change. Climate Impact Week in Liverpool provides the much needed accessible platform and focal point for in excess of 80,000 businesses in the Liverpool City Region. Many businesses struggle with the complexity of climate and nature across their value chains, especially in such uncertain economic times and need a community for support more than ever.”
Sykes maintains the Week has been built on the ethos of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and helps connect abstract climate and nature issue to social issues closer to home to provide relevance..
He added: “Whilst Climate Impact Week is business-oriented, we feel that Liverpool has huge potential to be more inter-connected. We’re especially keen to provide the strongest platform for young people too, given the future challenges created by climate change and biodiversity loss.
Indeed, from an education perspective, Sykes maintains that many people across generations are confused and disaffected by the issues far removed from daily lives. “The science and data are clear, regardless of opinion. We particularly need to ensure that businesses stay competitive, resilient and fulfilling, as the whole of society navigates a fair transition to a low-carbon economy. But, we can’t have a thriving economy without a thriving society, and we can’t have a thriving society without a thriving ecosphere.”
2030hub Founder David Connor believes the Week connects to the company’s core mission which is to accelerate sustainability at city-scale. “We can be the foundation of connective-tissue locally to national to global, across private, public and third sector, big to small and city to city and all themes.”
2030hub were awarded UN Local2030 Coalition responsibilities by the United Nations back in 2018 and Connor concluded by pointing to the potential legacies from Climate Impact Week, which is a forerunner to their highly successful Global Goals Week that returns in September.
“Better connected local communities of practice, putting Liverpool City Region on the map alongside New York City and London climate events, targeted working groups to continue the debate and facilitate between events are real opportunities to grab and nurture for the target audiences being invited,” insists Connor.
http://www.climateimpactweek.com
