— Written by Lyle Jarvis

New York Climate Week is Back 🗽 

Despite the growing buzz around the U.S. becoming less and less of a climate leader on the world stage, NYCW is well-primed to be a catalyst for change this year.

We’re stoked to be back in New York, collaborating on an event with our friends at Google (details below!). But let’s be real: the climate movement has a bit of an echo-chamber problem, and NYCW is no exception.

The good news? With so many mission-oriented people, ideas, and events, Climate Week is the perfect place to break out of your bubble. Instead of doubling down in your usual lane, try crossing into new spaces, hearing perspectives you don’t normally encounter, and broadening your view of the movement.

Here are a few tips as we approach perhaps the most important climate week yet.

See the Guides Through Fresh Eyes 📑 

Use the best guides to help you craft your calendar. A few to get you started:

• Official Climate Week NYC search tool
  

• Curated Airtables (Here’s an AirTable of events collected by CTVC, Sightline
  Climate and Planeteer Capital), and another Airtable here to help fill up your calendar 
  

• Roundups like ClimateTechList or Climate Cities NY ultimate guide.
  

• Specific hubs around the city, like Solutions House

As you dig through the lists, challenge yourself to go beyond your usual circuit. If you’re in climate finance, spend an evening at a grassroots or climate justice event.

If you’re in government, explore early-stage climate tech. If you’re a communicator, try sitting in on an industry or UNGA session. The cross-pollination will spark new connections, and you're likely to leave with some unique ideas you might not otherwise find in your silo.

Key resource: Why cross-sector collaboration is key to building more resilient communities (World Economic Forum)

We’re on record as big believers in the power of storytelling toward climate progress. The conversations about how we talk about climate are just as important as what we build and finance. For a fresh lens of impactful climate narratives, here’s a running list of climate comms events worth bookmarking.

Spotlight rec for one of our long-time favorite themes (destroying doom):
F*CK DOOM: Glow Up for Solutionists

Keep the Bigger Picture in Mind 🌎️ 

With so many people flying in for Climate Week, questions about impact are getting louder (and it’s not just climate week, criticism is growing around other climate events, like COP).

We loved a recent LinkedIn post from Leah Thomas (an alum of our Climate Creators to Watch List) suggesting that everyone flying into New York should be on the hook to donate to grassroots climate orgs.

If you’re looking for where to start, check out the Intersectional Environmentalist database for frontline groups doing great work across the climate space!

Starting the Week off Hot 🌞 

While Climate Week doesn’t officially begin until Monday, September 22, the celebration starts early with Sun Day on September 21.

The new tradition, hoping to recreate the magic of Earth Day (which began in 1970), spotlights solar energy and the communities driving a renewable future. Noted by the New York Times, Sun Day is as much about culture and connection as it is about the actual solar technology, which we covered in last week’s edition of the newsletter. 

(Read the full New York Times story here).

Think of it as Climate Week’s opening act, and a timely reminder that solutions are already here (and very much worth celebrating).

Come Hang With Us! 🫂 

We’re back at Climate Week with something special. Join us for a storytelling experience that takes you inside Google’s data centers, featuring our award-winning Where The Internet Lives series.

Hosted by journalist Derek Thompson (The Atlantic, Abundance), Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt, and other all-star experts, we’ll explore how AI is powering the next wave of climate solutions.

📍 The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W 42nd St, New York
⏰ September 23, 2025 | 4–7 PM EDT

👉 Request to attend here

👀 Some Stories You Might Have Missed This Week 🗞️📺:

1. States, companies sue Trump administration over wind farm stop-work order (Politico)

2. Spain Makes Carbon Reporting Mandatory in New Climate Emergency Plan (ESG News)

3. The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind, by Bill McKibben (The Guardian)