ClimateMind at LCAW 2026

Climate and biodiversity action fails not because of a lack of solutions — but because of implementation.

ClimateMind builds the psychological infrastructure for climate and biodiversity governance — strengthening decision-making, cooperation, and implementation under real-world conditions.

Janna Hoppmann | Founder, ClimateMind

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The Psychology of the Paris Agreement

At The Sidebar, I’ll co-host an interactive dialogue with Paul Watkinson, former French chief climate negotiator and key architect of the Paris Agreement.

Together, we’ll explore the often invisible human infrastructure behind one of the most important diplomatic breakthroughs in climate history — from trust-building and coalition dynamics to legitimacy, emotional resilience, and strategic facilitation.

A space for honest reflection, diplomatic lessons, and practical insights for negotiators, Presidencies, funders, and climate leaders.

Tuesday, 23 June, 12.00-13.00 BST

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The Psychology of Climate Adaptation

Together with Katy Harris (SEI), I’ll host an intimate breakfast dialogue on the often overlooked psychological dimensions of climate adaptation.

We’ll explore how mental health, psychosocial resilience, trust, agency, and human behavior shape adaptation policy, frontline realities, and international cooperation — and why psychological resilience should be treated as a core pillar of adaptation.

A space for deep exchange, practical reflection, and new connections across adaptation policy, research, and practice.

Friday, 26 June, 7.45-8.45 BST

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Global Launch Week | The Psychology of Climate & Biodiversity Transformation

This summer, we are launching the ClimateMind Framework for Psychological Infrastructure globally — a practical framework to better understand why climate and biodiversity action succeeds, stalls, or gets stuck.

Across several sessions with different regional audiences, we’ll explore the key psychological challenges, domains, and mechanisms shaping cooperation, trust, implementation, resilience, and systems change.

A space to connect across sectors, deepen understanding, and explore how psychology can strengthen transformation in practice.

Week of 29 June to 3 July

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Why implementation breaks down

Across climate and biodiversity work, a consistent pattern emerges:

Strategies exist — but are not implemented
Funding is available — but does not translate into impact
Negotiations progress — but cooperation remains fragile
Leaders are committed — but face overload, resistance, and complexity

The challenge is not primarily technical or financial. It is a human systems problem.

What we do

We work at the level of decision-making, cooperation, and implementation systems.

We support funders, governments, international organizations and corporates to:

Diagnose where implementation breaks down in complex systems
Improve decision-making under uncertainty and competing interests
Design governance and organizational structures that enable action
Strengthen trust, legitimacy, and cooperation across actors

Where this matters in practice

International climate policy & diplomacy
Advising the COP30 Presidency on integrating psychological insights into negotiation strategy and cooperation design.

Climate finance & national implementation systems
Collaboration with the Government of Dominica to integrate psychosocial resilience into national climate and disaster planning.

Communities, resilience & influence
Work in Fiji and the Pacific on climate-induced relocation, focusing on non-economic loss and damage (NELD).

Organizations & transformation
Supporting organizations and networks in overcoming implementation barriers and embedding long-term change.