⭐ Check-out this year's top sustainability events and the full NY Climate Week agenda!

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Climate Week NYC 2024 is significant in both scale and impact, hosting over 400 events with global leaders from business, government, and civil society. Past events attracted over 100,000 participants from 160 countries, making it a key moment for driving sustainability innovation​.

To ensure you are in the right place at the right time, our editorial team has curated an exclusive insiders’ guide to the top in-person and online events to attend, from September 22-29 (all times in ET). 

Note: Event timings may change, but we'll keep the calendar as updated as possible. Look for the  🌱 symbol to find the events our team would recommend most!

Top extended programs

• 20-23 Sept (UN Headquarters) Summit of the Future 🌱
• 23-24 Sept (660 12th Avenue) | The Hub Live 🌱
• 23-25 Sept (Online / 525 West 24th Street) Solutions House 🌱
• 23-27 Sept ( 315 W. 35th Street) REGEN House
• 24-25 Sept (1301 6th Ave, New York) The Economist Impact 🌱
• 24-26 Sept (429 11th Ave, New York) The Nest Climate Campus
• 25-26 Sept (Online / 429 11th Ave) Ceres
• 26-27 Sept (Judson Memorial Church) Ancient Future Lab
• 27-28 Sept (159 West 48th Street) Blue Planet Alliance: Climate Talks

Saturday, 21 September 2024

•  15:00-17:00 (Millennium Hilton Hotel) | Digital Climate Tech Innovation Networking Reception 🌱
•  16:00-21:00 (shared upon registration) | Light Dao Salon: Investing in Democracy's Future (NYC)

Sunday, 22 September 2024

•  9:00-21:00 (601 W 125th St) | Climate Justice Summit: People Deliver 🌱
• 10:00-12:00 (40 Washington Sq. South) | COP 29: The State of Play and Road to Belém 🌱
• 13:00-18:00 (242 W 41st Street)  | The Opening Ceremony 🌱

Monday, 23 September 2024

• 09:30-10:30 (Online) | Financing nature-positive climate action in emerging markets
• 07:00-20:00 (One Manhattan West, 395 Ninth Avenue) | WBCSD Council Meeting 2024 🌱
• 07:00-08:00 (Online) | Hydrogen: The Key to Unlocking Green Energy Microgrids
• 08:00-19:00 (450 E 29th St) | Solve Challenge Finals 🌱
• 09:00-21:00 (Multiple addresses in New York City) | Sustainability Summit NYC
• 09:00-12:00 (Deutsche Bank, 1 Columbus Circle) | PCAF at New York Climate Week 2024
• 09:00-11:30 (300 Lafayette Street) | Advancing offshore wind ports in the tri-state region
• 09:00-19:00 (675 Hudson St Floor 5) | Innovating and Investing For People and Planet 🌱
• 09:00-19:00 (Convene One Liberty Plaza: 1 Liberty St) | CarbonSmart Summit
• 09:00-12:00 (42 W 44th St) | Accelerating R&D for Responsible Marine CDR 
• 10:00-20:00 (63 Flushing Ave Building 212, Ste 305, 11205, Brooklyn) | NYC AgTech Week 2024 
  
• 10:00-16:00 (437 Madison Square) | Global Renewables Summit 🌱
• 10:00-17:00 (300 7th Avenue) | Fusion Fashion Tech Summit 🌱
• 10:00-13:00 (570 Lexington Ave) | 2024 Sustainability in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Roundtable
• 10:00-17:00 (570 Lexington Ave 12th floor) | 8th NYC Green School Conference 2024
• 10:00-12:00 (17 State St 25th floor unit 2500) | Green Supply Chains: Brazil 
• 10:00-12:00 (038 Nostrand Ave, 11225, Brooklyn) | Environmental Justice x Climate Tech
• 10:00-10:45 (Online) | Value in the Loop: Making Circularity Pay Off
• 10:30-12:00 (12 East 41st Str., 7th Floor) | Where Ending the Climate Crisis & Decolonization Meet 🌱
• 11:00-13:00 (Consulate of Colombia, 10 E 46th St) | Indigenous driven protection: Colombia
• 11:00-12:45 (Online) | Connecting Climate Change and Health: Closing the Action Gap
• 11:00-15:00 (Jay Suites – Chelsea 159 W 25th St) | Nature Finance in the Global South
• 11:00-12:00 (Online) | The challenge of greening the humanitarian response
• 11:00-18:00 (19 Morris Avenue, 11205, Brooklyn) | For ClimateTech Innovation Showcase 🌱
• 11:00-13:30 PM (The loft, Virgin Hotels) | Kickstart Sustainability
• 11:30-13:00 (Avenue of the Americas) | Sustainable Construction Talk
• 12:00-14:00 (Tishman Auditorium, 63 5th Ave) | Realizing Our Brighter Climate Futures
• 12:40-13:30 (525 West 24th Street) | Neurospicy Solutionists Gathering
• 13:00-14:45 (9-03 44th Road, 2nd floor) | Strategies to Grow the Clean Energy Workforce
• 13:30-19:00 (The Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street) | Climate Tipping Points and The Arctic
• 13:30-17:00 (Chelsea, New York) | Meet Load Growth: Modernizing the Grid and Markets
• 14:00-15:30 (315 W 35th St) | Scaling Regenerative Agriculture: Executives at the Kitchen Table
• 14:00-17:30 (Online) | This is Climate: The Global Stakes 🌱
• 14:00-18:00 (520 Madison Ave, 10th Floor) | Scaling Fusion Energy: NYC Climate Week 2024
• 14:00-17:00 (530 W 120th Street) | Climate Week - Sustainable Cloud Computing and AI
• 14:00-16:30 (12 East 41st Street, 7th Floor) | Using Art to Support Climate Activism
• 14:00-17:00 (Online) | Insetting & Offsetting: Corporate Transition 
• 14:30-17:00 (545 W 25th Street, Floor 21) | AI for Climate Action: From Data to Impact
• 14:30-18:00 (113 West 60th Street) | Change Risk Models Landscape for Financial Institutions
• 16:00-18:00 (1301 Avenue of the Americas) | Seizing the Moment for the Energy Transition
• 16:00-20:00 (One World Trade Center) | Solutions for a Just and Regenerative Transition
• 16:00-18:00 (1271 Avenue of the Americas) | Enlisting Sunlight in the Fight Against Climate Change
• 17:30-20:00 (Adjacent to Grand Central Station) | Networking Reception for the CEBA Community
• 17:30-19:00 (The Winslow, 243 E 14th St) | Circular Supply Chain Happy Hour
• 17:30-19:00 (Online) | Global and Local Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition
• 17:30-18:20 (525 West 24th Street) | Enabling Professional Services to evaluate their portfolio
• 18:00-22:00 (One World Trade Center) | Futur/io CSO Awards North America/24
• 18:00-19:3 (West Village) | Progress on water & nature (Networking Reception & Salon Dinner)
• 18:00-19:30 (42 W 44th St) | The Professional Duty of Lawyers and Bar Associations
• 18:00-19:00 (7 Rivington St) | Progress No Matter What: Continued Climate Action In The States
• 18:00-20:00 (Kimpton Hotel Eventi, 851 6th Ave) | Business Travel in the Climate Era
• 18:30-19:00 (1 Vanderbilt) | Nature Unleashed: Delivering for people, planet, and the bottom line
• 20:30-22:30 (Online) | Just Transition and Economic Diversification Strategies for Coal-Production 

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