Blue Finance 2026
About this event
Blue Finance 2026 is the second edition of Ocean and Coastal Futures’ finance conference, following an inaugural 2025 event that drew over 200 people from finance, government, industry and ocean sustainability. Where 2025 made the macro case that the ocean attracts a fraction of the investment its recovery requires, 2026 addresses why that capital is not moving, tracing the route money has to travel from institutional capital markets to the coast itself and to the businesses and communities whose decisions determine what happens in the water.
The programme runs across four tracks: scaling the market, covering marine net gain, blue carbon and whether a marine credit withstands investor diligence; blended finance and catalytic capital, covering first-loss structures, guarantees and why so many structures never reach close; the last mile, on getting finance to communities, SMEs and the coast; and pressure reduction and supply chains, financing the prevention of damage through procurement rather than investment. The day runs across three rooms for around 200 people, with keynotes and plenary panels in the lecture theatre alongside parallel tracks, practitioner-led workshops and roundtables.
What to expect
- Keynotes and plenary panels in the lecture theatre
- Four parallel tracks covering market scaling, blended finance, last-mile delivery, and pressure reduction and supply chains
- Practitioner-led workshops and roundtables
- An investor and developer lounge open through the afternoon
- Meet the Projects, with coastal and marine ventures pitching directly to funders before lunch
- Evening reception
Date and time
11 November 2026
Location and format
One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, UK.
Registration
More information: https://coastal-futures.net/blue-finance-26