NY Climate Tech: Climate Month Guide!

100+ events this month, our next meetups (with Climatebase & WeWork), machine learning, fashion, skyscrapers, and more!

What a month! We’ve gathered 136 events so far, and there are still more out there to add. It’s all pretty overwhelming, so we’re turning to you for help! Have something you’re excited for? Recommend it here, and we’ll include it in the newsletter next week!

In the meantime, we have a few recommendations of our own. On Sunday the 18th, we’re holding our monthly meetup in collaboration with Climatebase! Then on Tuesday the 20th, we’re planning on a coworking day with WeWork at their Brooklyn Navy Yard location — we’ll have a lunch & learn, lighting talks, and of course a place to work and connect with others in the climate community. Later that night, we’ll be at the Women & Climate Celebration. On Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll swing by the Javits Center for the Nest Summit one of Climate Week’s anchor events. Then on Friday we’ll head to Chelsea for the Marketplace of the Future. And of course, we’ll be trying to do much more and sending out more recommendations soon!

A Few Places We’ll Be:

• Sunday, Sep 18: NY Climate Tech x Climatebase September Meetup

• Tuesday, Sep 20: NY Climate Tech x WeWork Coworking Day

• Tuesday, Sep 20: Women & Climate Celebration

• Wednesday, Sep 21: Nest Summit

• Friday, Sep 23: Marketplace of the Future

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✨ Something New! Barometer.eco ✨

Hi all, Alec here 👋! I’m cooking up a new project: the Barometer Fellowship.

It’s a cohort-based program that’s 10-weeks long for working professionals in all roles who want to bring sustainability to their current company.

We’re still getting off the ground, but I wanted to share it here first — I’d love your feedback and support as we grow. If you’re interested in joining, being a mentor, or learning more, reach out!

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Hot Take: Coming Soon!

Sonam’s out West and ready to report on the heatwaves up and down the Pacific Coast. She’ll be sending out a hot take later this week, in the meantime, follow her on Twitter for updates!

Sonam Velani @sonamvelani

A slice of blue ice spilling out of #Alaska's #ExitGlacier at @KenaiFjordsNPS marks the epicenter of #climatechange like no other. How it started vs How it’s going → Not in meme form, but rather the IRL casualty of humanity’s impact on the natural beauty that surrounds us. 🧵

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This Week

Just because Climate Week is coming doesn’t mean there’s nothing this week! On Thursday swing by the Columbia Innovation Hub for a session on Machine Learning & Climate Change, head to the Upper East for an XR led event on Fashion and Climate, or stop by the UN for a summit on Digital Innovation and Youth Climate Action. Start Friday off with a sustainable fashion market in Times Square, then head to Skylight in Chelsea for Future Meets Party. On Saturday, join up with artist Nancy Nowacek to imagine future relationships to flooding and water in Gowanus, take kids to the skyscraper museum to learn about sustainable buildings, or head over to SoHo for a sustainable fashion showcase.

Thursday, September 8

• Machine Learning in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

• Think Tank on Fashion and the Climate Crisis

• Digital Innovation for Youth Climate Action - UN HQ NY Conference & Exhibit

Friday, September 9

• DJ Pop Up: Future Meets Party

• SUSTAINABLE MARKET AT BAR MOXY

Saturday, September 10

• "Encounter at Farpoint" A Workshop Exploring Climate Change & the Future

• Turn a New York Skyscraper Green! (Family Program)

• NYFW | Designing Sustainably Fashion Exhibit

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Next Week

Tuesday, September 13

• For ClimateTech Summit

• The Evolution of Sustainability: A Case Study of LEED + WELL

• The Future of Our Material World

Wednesday, September 14

• For ClimateTech Summit

• Above Water - Being in the World Festival

• Berlin meets NYC: Sustainable Nightlife - Let's talk green!

• Berlin Startups in New York: Pitch-Event

• SJC Green Drinks

• DER Taskforce HH

Thursday, September 15

• For ClimateTech Summit

• The Amazon We Want: Science Based Pathways for a Sustainable, Inclusive, and resilient Amazon

• Exhibition opening: AR Interactive Exhibition SDGs

• Colors of the Earth :: A night of sustainable fashion with NY Textile Month

Friday, September 16

• The International Research Institute for Climate and Society turns 25!

• The Amazon as a Bioeconomy Superpower

Saturday, September 17

• What does "Climate Change" mean?

• Climate Week Neighborhood Community Activation

• IMPACT NYFW Show 2022

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Climate Week

Sunday, September 18

• NY Climate Tech x Climatebase September Meetup

Monday, September 19

In-Person

• Cooper Union x Climate Week: Climate, Labor, and Policy

• Up2Us2022—Strategies & Solutions to Save the Coolest Planet in the Universe

• GARI Working Group Meeting (Climate Week NY)

• Faith-Based Solutions to Create Climate Resilient Food Systems

• Lost in the Woods: Grief and the “Ennuipocalypse”

• Dialogue with Youth Environmental Leaders: Creating Transformative Change

• Revolutionary Strategies of Food Sovereignty for Communities of Color

• Intergenerational Dialogue: Youth Solutions & Priorities for Food Systems

• Unlocking the SDGs for Clean Cooking

• Explore our Circular City of the Future

• WORLD WOMAN FUTURE FORUM @ UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEEK

• Session 3: Green Jobs & Renewable Energy: Low Carbon, High Employment

Hybrid

• Climate Week 2022 at NYBG

• ClimateWeek Colombia & Mexico

• #PoweringJobs: Building the workforce of the future to accelerate universal energy access

• Forest Progress from the Ground Up: Perspectives from Indigenous Peoples, civil society, and governments

• We need to talk about methane: How satellites can bring transparency to the fight against climate change

• Doconomy Arrivals Day: NYC Edition

• The ESG Leadership Forum

• The Carbon Impact Inside: How Interior Designers Can Fight Climate Change

Tuesday

In-Person

• Women & Climate Celebration at NYC Climate Week

• Nature X Carbon: Mixer at the intersection of Nature, Climate and Carbon

• Partnering with Industry and Finance to Accelerate the Deployment of CCUS

• Climate Week Meetup for Advertising and PR Pros, with Clean Creatives

• Leveraging Circularity: Science, Business, and Community

• September Town Hall: Art and Climate

• Queers in Climate: event for LGBTQ+ professionals working in climate

• Responding to the Food Crisis: Future-Proofing Local Food Systems

• Earth4All:Five extraordinary turnarounds for prosperity on a healthy planet

• How Global Solutions are Failing Local Communitie

• Pioneering the possible: co-creation for New York and beyond

• Sip & SAF: Conversation on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Procurement

• How You Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis: A Climate Week NYC Event

• Global Solutions From Your Home

Hybrid

• Making Paris Work for the People: Adaptation at scale in climate-vulnerable nations: 

• Banking on cities: How to boost private investment in green urban infrastructure?: 

• Amazon as a Climate Solution: Challenges and Opportunities for Brazil

• The Health+Wealth of Our Planet

• IETA North America Climate Summit (NACS 2022)

• Towards Net Zero – Cement and Concrete Industry Action and Progress 2050 Roadmap ‘1 year on’:

• Intergenerational Equity and Climate Justice: Reimagining Commonwealth Youth Participation in Climate Action

• Facing the Climate Emergency on the Road to COP27: Solutions and Perspectives from Global Women and Gender Diverse Leaders

• APCO Worldwide Climate Panels

• Addressing Climate in Our Nation's Service: Insights from America's Service Corps

• See the Transformation: Renewable Rikers & How to Power a City

Wednesday

In-Person

• WECAN Climate Justice Forum - In Person Events

• The Nest Summit Campus, the Official Event Partner of Climate Week NYC

• Unlocking private sector action to deliver co-benefits for climate & health

• Project Drawdown presents: Climate Solutions in Action

• Public Voices on the Climate Crisis Presents: EXPANSION

• Climate Week NYC 2022: Disrupting Climate Finance by Health In Harmony

• Explorations of the Climate Security Nexus

• Highlighting Interfaith Responses to Climate Anxiety

• Rewrite the Future

• SUSTAINABLE SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND PLANETARY HEALTH

• The Building Blocks of Mutual Aid for Disaster Resilience

• Green Innovation Forum: Spotlight on U.S. and Scandinavian Solutions

• New York Climate Mobilization Happy Hour:

• Restoring our Connection with Nature

• Climate Week NYC: The Recipe for Equitable, Climate-friendly Buildings

• Green Drinks Brooklyn

• Climate Justice in NYC 10 Years After Sandy

• Climate Tech Cocktails

Hybrid

• Rainforests, Climate, and You: Disrupting Climate Finance

• Convención Internacional de Emergencia Climática

• World Biodiversity Summit – New York

• Beyond net zero – to grow your climate impact by maximizing your carbon handprint

• Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance (SFBA) Members & Partners meeting

• Transform to Net Zero: What Makes an Effective Climate Transition Action Plan?

• Efficiency + Electrification + Affordability: The Recipe for Equitable, Climate-Friendly Buildings

• Growing food in a climate-impacted world

• Critical decade - why action from now to 2030 matters for 1.5°C

Thursday

In-Person

• Combating Climate Change Through Electrification

• Meet the Fixers: Hopeful Visions for our Climate Future

• Green Leadership Trust Sessions @ Nest Summit

• The State of Green Roofs 2022

• Beyond Carbon: Calculating the Value of Next-Gen Sustainability Criteria

• Amtrak at Climate Week NYC: Modal Shift to Lower Carbon Transport Systems

• LESS CONVERSATION, MORE ACTION

• YPE NYC Hosts: Energy in Cryptocurrency Panel

• Closing Ceremony & Climate Week

• EcoWomen In-Person Event

• Climate Week NYC | Africa’s opportunity for a climate-smart future

• HolonIQ Global Summit

Hybrid

• The ABCs of Net Zero Real Estate: Strategies for Investors

• Forest Positive Coalition of Action: Driving Forest Positive Change Throughout the Value Chain

• Setting a New Climate Finance Goal: What’s Next for the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) Process?

• Protecting the northern forest: Why the Boreal is critical to saving the planet

• In a global food crisis, Africa’s opportunity for a climate-smart future

• Decarbonizing Maritime Shipping: How Cargo Owners are Pushing Ambition and Accelerating The Pace of Shipping Decarbonization

• Plastic Credits: A New Mechanism to Mitigate Your Waste Footprint

• Public Transportation: Modal Shift to Lower Carbon Transport Systems

• The Road to Resilience: Realizing the benefits of the energy transition

• Beyond Zero Series: Burn Ban – The Benefits of Induction Cooking

Friday

• [IN-PERSON] Climate, Hope & Science

• Natural Climate Solutions: the role of nature and people

• The 2022 Marketplace of the Future

• Farrebique, or The Four Seasons - Being in the World Festival

• Natural Climate Solutions: the role of nature and people

Saturday

• Celo Connect Salon ~ NYC | Refi Day

• 6th NYC GREEN SCHOOL CONFERENCE 2022

Sunday

• Words from the Land

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Final Week

Thursday, September 29

• Mongolian Climate and History: An Experiment in Collaboration

• Women in Cleantech Part II: What's Next in Energy Infrastructure Investing

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