London Climate Action Week was cancelled after the Met Office issued a red extreme‑heat warning, forcing organizers to postpone the event. The cancelled programme would have opened with the Adeline Stuart‑Watt Award announcement, honoring a respected LSE colleague and spotlighting climate‑adaptation research.

The award, backed by the Z Zurich Foundation, recognises postgraduate work that shapes policy. Candice Howarth detailed the selection process before Professor Lord Nicholas Stern named the winner, who would have presented the winning study.

The second session, led by Swenja Suminski, aimed to dissect global governance gaps in extreme‑heat response. Partners such as Mercy Corps, Practical Action and the IFRC were set to share data on resilience progress in Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance regions.

With the cancellation, stakeholders lose a platform to debate actionable governance reforms, delaying the exchange of best practices that could sharpen national heat‑response frameworks.