The Wild Cities Coalition
London is already living with the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, from extreme heat and flooding to growing pressure on communities, infrastructure and the natural systems that support them.
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The city does not lack what it takes to respond.
It lacks the coordination to plan, fund and deliver nature as essential infrastructure — a connected system that builds resilience and liveability at the pace and scale now required.
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Wild Cities is building that coordination as a neutral backbone — connecting opportunities, resources and expertise, and bringing together the partners needed to deliver nature recovery at scale through The Wild Cities Coalition.Â
Wild Cities provides the connective infrastructure through three core functions:
Convene partners &
aggregate demand
Turn shared priorities into an investible pipeline
acting as a neutral convenor bringing organisations together around shared priorities and identifying where collective action can add value.
developing viable opportunities on the ground and connecting them to the funding, expertise and support they need.
Measure, report & share learnings
building the evidence of what works, strengthening accountability and informing future investment.
Join the Coalition
No single sector holds all the assets, relationships or capabilities needed to deliver nature recovery at the scale and pace required to build resilience in cities.
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The Coalition brings together four domains — government & place, business & finance, community & culture, and science & expertise — aligning the capabilities needed to move from individual projects to coordinated delivery.
Land, permissions, planning levers, maintenance regimes, local convening power, funding
Government & Place
Capital; land and assets; expertise and networks where relevant
Business & Finance
Community & Culture
Local knowledge, relationships, participation, stewardship, cultural reach and public engagement
Science & Expertise
Ecological evidence, mapping, data, monitoring, technical expertise and methods
Community gardens and greenspaces · allotments and orchards · resident-managed spaces · churchyards and cemeteries · cultural institutions · private gardens, balconies and window boxes · sports grounds
Community & Culture
Development sites · commercial and industrial land · buildings and rooftops · car parks · other underused or overlooked spaces
Business & Built Environment
​Parks, verges and street trees · roads and transport corridors · schools and civic spaces · housing estates · canals, waterways and wetlands
Government & Place
