Superconnecting: ChangemakerXchange
Service: Superconnecting
Role: Delegation Curator & Superconnector (3 months)
Location: London
ChangemakerXchange is a global community of young social entrepreneurs, activists and changemakers. Opening doors and connections for 15 leading youth climate leaders so they could maximise their impact during London Climate Action Week.
The Context
ChangemakerXchange is a global community of 1,600 young social entrepreneurs, activists and changemakers working across 130+ countries. Its climate strand, Changemakers for the Planet, brings cohorts together made up of individuals who are at an important inflection point in their work. The 2026 delegation to London Climate Action Week was fifteen strong. It included the Director of World's Youth for Climate Justice, a driving force behind the ICJ climate ruling, the coordinator of YOUNGO's Global Youth Statement, The Gambia's Lead Gender Negotiator, a global coordinator of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, founders working on seaweed biomaterials, advocacy leads for clean energy and water resilience across Latin America and climate litigation in Austria. CXC covered travel, accommodation and the cohort experience, and runs many programmes like this from their HQ base in Berlin.
The Challenge
CXC had funded places and a cohort. What it didn't have was strong access to the London ecosystem. Its team is Berlin-based, and LCAW happens over nine days, with 1300+ events, scattered across the city, where the rooms that really matter tend to be invite-only or operate by word of mouth. One delegate described previous climate weeks as “an absolute jungle without support”. The goal was to ensure every cohort member got what they personally needed from attending LCAW while encouraging a sense of belonging and peer-based support as a result of the network effect.
The Work
Fifteen one-to-one calls, 30 to 45 minutes each, completed within four weeks, to meet and discover everyone’s individual story, motivations and goals for LCAW 2026. This is where empathy, heart and humour comes in because building trust and understanding for a globally diverse group of very exceptional Gen Z leaders was critical.
DisCom mapped what each delegate was working on, what they needed from the week, who they were hoping to meet and what they were worried about, then built their programme, including personalised suggestions of who they should meet.
Cohort delegate pack were created to support both their professional experience of LCAW and their personal experience of London. Over half of the cohort had never been to London let alone LCAW.
The aim was to facilitate at least one exceptional connection per person. In the event, around 25 warm introductions were made across the cohort, along with shared invitations into flagship LCAW moments that aren't publicly bookable. Delegates gained access to eight closed-door events including the E3G State of Climate Politics Forum, Climate Governance Forum and the UN’s Information Integrity Forum.
A project management page was created and maintained, with all programme documentation completed. As with most event‑related projects, the work was structured into three phases: pre‑LCAW activities, LCAW 2026 itself, and the debrief, which is often overlooked but is where much of the impact becomes visible. This structure also opened up opportunities for further relevant one‑to‑one introductions.
Liz is a door-opener in a world of gatekeepers! After meeting at ChangeNOW, we realised some exciting overlaps around London Climate Action Week and Liz jumped in to support our cohort of young climate leaders there. She is incredibly generous with her network and connections, and does everything with heart, care and humour! What could have been an overwhelming week for everyone became a fun, productive and impactful experience!
Nick McGirl, Co-Founder & MD, ChangemakerXchange
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