Climate Week NYC 2026

Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together business leaders, political change-makers, local decision-makers and civil society representatives to drive the clean energy transition, speed up progress, and champion change that is already happening.

This year, Climate Week NYC is being held from 20 to 27 September. The event takes place in partnership with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and is run in coordination with the UN and the City of New York.

Over 1,000 events and activities will take place throughout the week, on topics from green growth to environmental justice.

Events related to just energy transition:

21 September, 4:30pm – 5:30pm ET

Worker Powered Climate Action: How Can Labor and Environmental Movements Join Forces? (private event)

Organiser: Climate Group

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22 September, 8:30 am to 10:00am ET

DEI in the Green Work Era: Reshaping Net-Zero Industries for Gender Equality

Organisers: Taiwan Green Energy for Charity Association (TGECA) and Out for Sustainability (Out4S)

Location: Virtual

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22 September,  9:00am – 11:00am ET

Powering a Just Transition: How Worker Inclusion in Climate Implementation, Governance and Finance Accelerates Climate Action

Organisers: Solidarity Center, WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment, Globalizing and Organizing), Working Horizons, Global Fund for a New Economy, Avina Foundation

Location: Middle Collegiate Church, 50 E. 7th Street, East Village, Manhattan

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22 September, 12:00pm – 2:30pm ET

Resilience Action Lab: Building an Integrated Just Transition for Our Communities – private event

Organiser: Dartmouth Climate Collaborative

Location: Cornell Club 6 E 44th St, Manhattan

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23 September, 2:00pm – 4:00pm ET

Frontline Defenders: Health, Worker Rights, and Care in a Changing Climate

Organisers: Solidarity Center and Fundación Avina

Location: New York, Midtown

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