If the global Establishment has a heart, it’s not Klosters with those nouveau riche types. It’s really Chatham House on St. James’s Square in London. You might know it best from “the rule” - the Fight Club type edict that while you can quote things said in session, you can’t mention where it was, what the topic was, or who said it. That rule allowed the world’s great and good to engage in real talk within its friendly confines for more than 100 years, why topics like climate and energy have featured prominently in the discussions they host, and partly why it’s become even more relevant as an alternative to a 21st century public culture dominated by kayfabe, kabuki, and kakistocracy.
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We’re glad they do keep providing that essential global public good. But I’m still scratching my head about how I managed to sneak in and chair the final session of their Climate and Energy Summit 2025. The Chatham House team assembled an outstanding set of climate tech innovators to present their solution, ranging from AI-enabled adaptation data platforms to enhanced grid resilience to graphene from captured carbon to the deepest geothermal project in the UK:
Julia Kumari Drapkin, CEO & founder, ISEECHANGE
Taco Engelaar, SVP & Managing Director UK & Europe, Neara
John Hartley, CEO, Levidian
Gus Grand, Chief Executive Officer, and Lucy Cotton, Principal Geologist, Eden Geothermal
And asking them properly smart questions:
Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Fiona Harvey, Environment Editor, Guardian
Peter Hirsch, Head of Sustainability and Policy, 2150
And the best part is that this year the Rule was lifted - which means we get to bring you inside Chatham House for the discussion.
Enjoy!
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