Climate Week 2024

Climate Week NYC

The Climate Group has once again selected the Columbia Climate School as its University Partner for Climate Week NYC. Running September 22-29, Climate Week NYC convenes the most influential climate leaders in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York to drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change.

Climate Week NYC has been instrumental in creating global momentum toward climate action. It is a key time of year for businesses, governments, civil society, and the wider global audience to gather to showcase leading climate solutions and discuss how to do more. This year's theme "It's Time" reflects the urgency to act fast as we see the effects of climate change all around us.

Check back here for details and updates on our Climate Week NYC events.

Featured Events

Jessica Fanzo speaks with a farmer in Malawi. Photo courtesy of Jessica Fanzo
Bollinger Convening: Food for Humanity - September 21, 2024
Collage of colorful geometric shapes with organization logos and the text Climate Justice Summit: People Deliver
Climate Justice Summit: People Deliver - September 22 & 23, 2024
Water background with text 5th Annual Rethinking Water Conference, Forum at Columbia University, September 24, 2024, America's Water Infrastructure: Stakeholder Perspectives for Action
Rethinking Water 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives for Action - September 24, 2024
Collage of climate-related images with text Climate School Showcase
Climate School Showcase - September 25, 2024
Collage of food and fashion images with text Climate Week NYC - Forward Food & Fashion hosted by Clim-Eat, Columbia Climate School, and Barnard College - September 26, 2024 9am-5:30pm EST - Columbia University
Forward Food and Fashion - September 26, 2024
Clothing on a table with text NYC Climate Week - Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy September 27, 2024 10am-12pm ET - 420 West 118th Street, NYC
Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy - September 27, 2024
Ice sheet and wildfire with text Climate Week NYC 2024 Campus as Lab Workshop
Campus as Lab Workshop - September 27, 2024

All Events

September 20, 2024
NY-Brazil Climate and Energy Forum - Part 1

September 21, 2024
Bollinger Convening: Food for Humanity - Unlocking the Potential of Universities to End Hunger and Malnutrition

September 22 & 23, 2024
Climate Justice Summit: People Deliver

September 23, 2024
Accelerating Research, Development and Demonstration for Responsible Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal – Where Are We on the Road Map to 2030?

September 23, 2024
Combating Myths and Misinformation about Renewable Energy

September 23, 2024
Climate Action Is a Team Sport: Winning with Sustainability

September 23, 2024
NY-Brazil Climate and Energy Forum - Part 2

September 23-27, 2024
Climate Week at Columbia Engineering

September 23-27, 2024
Center on Global Energy Policy at Climate Week 2024

September 24, 2024
Rethinking Water 2024: Stakeholder Perspectives for Action

September 24, 2024
Greenhouse Gas in Cities: Innovations in GHG Data for Decision Makers

September 24, 2024
Accelerating Commercial Fusion: The Role of Industry and Academia

September 24, 2024
Climate and Leadership: Green Jobs for Africa

September 25, 2024
Climate School Showcase

September 25, 2024
Climate, Comedy & Cocktails

September 26, 2024
Forward Food and Fashion

September 26, 2024
Sustainability Mindsets: It’s time to look inside. What is your mindset for sustainability?

September 27, 2024
Towards Sustainable Cities: Clean Air and Energy

September 27, 2024
Campus as Lab Workshop

September 27, 2024
Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy

September 27, 2024
Future of Computational Sciences: Learning from the AI Revolution

September 28, 2024
Saturday Science: Sensing a Climate Change

September 30, 2024
Building Resilient Food Systems

Stay tuned for additions!

2023 Highlights

Event attendees modeling sustainable fashion, including some of Yan’s designs.
Using Recycled Materials, Designer Jianhui Yan Is Creating Sustainable Fashion

An interview with fashion designer Jianhui Yan, who’s been making beautiful and eco-friendly apparel for almost two decades.

INNOV-EAT Expedition on September 21, 2023 during Climate Week NYC.
Charting the Course for Innovations in Food Systems

A multi-session Climate Week event at Columbia included presentations, interactive activities, and panels on the most challenging and hopeful avenues for the future of food.

Quiz: Climate Week 2023 - Test your knowledge of the latest climate news.
Quiz: Climate Week 2023

Test your knowledge of the latest climate news.

Taken together, transportation, electricity production, and indoor climate control account for well over half of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
Bringing Down Emissions in Three Carbon-intensive Sectors

Three Columbia experts explain what it will take for some of the country's biggest carbon-producing industries to reduce their emissions.

Upmanu Lall
Addressing the Global Water Crisis Requires Radical New Thinking

We need to raise our expectations of what water services should be in the 21st century, says leading expert Upmanu Lall.

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Climate Week 2023 at Columbia Climate School

As the official university partner of this year’s Climate Week NYC, the Climate School has an exciting lineup of events planned for September 17-24.

Wet Bulb Temperatures Map by Jeremy Hinsdale; adapted from Raymond et al., Science Advances, 2020
Putting This Summer's Record Global Heat Into Context

A roundup of articles aimed at explaining what is happening, and why.

50 Shades of Green - Climate Group Podcast
50 Shades of Green: Climate Change & Human Health

Conversation with Columbia Climate School interim dean Jeffrey Shaman and Youth Climate Justice Fund strategy director Joshua Amponsem about the impacts of climate change on human health.

Columbia Climate School Climate Week NYC 2023 University Partner
Columbia Climate School Named University Partner for Climate Week NYC 2023

The week will see over 400 events and activities across the city designed to push the world to put their climate plans into action.

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