Climate Week: tonight and tomorrow
Mike Iacovella
September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026 · All times Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Choose a plan for Monday evening and Tuesday across three interests: Build & Back, Put It to Work, and Change the System. Registration status reflects the checks stated below and can change; saving an event in PIQUE does not register you with its organizer.
Build & Back
For people building climate solutions—and those deciding what to fund or support. This briefing connects relevant events into a practical plan for meeting founders, investors, and potential partners. PIQUE brings events, sessions, speakers, and registration links together so you can find the right conversations and plan your time.
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Tonight, sharpen how you explain a climate solution. Tomorrow, consider a climate-finance lunch or apply for a focused water-technology gathering. An open RSVP and an application are different steps; check the entry label before planning your trip.
Tonight — Monday, September 21
The Live Edit: Startups x Storytellers
Monday, September 21 · 5:50–6:40 p.m.
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street · Chelsea
Entry: Free; direct registration open when checked at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Arrive by 5:35 p.m.
Four climate founders work live with professional storytellers to explain their products more clearly. A useful room for founders refining a customer or investor narrative, and backers assessing how a complex solution reaches a market. Watch for what changes between the technical explanation and the story people remember.
Tomorrow — Tuesday, September 22
Moving Capital at Scale for Climate and Care
Tuesday, September 22 · noon–3 p.m.
Jay Conference Chelsea, 159 West 25th Street, 2nd and 3rd floors · Chelsea
Entry: RSVP open. Price not stated.
Human Planet brings funding and implementation into the same conversation: a networking lunch at noon, followed at 1 p.m. by examples of finance connecting climate, care and community outcomes. A useful choice for founders and funders exploring carbon, biodiversity and blended-finance models, and for policy practitioners asking how those models reach communities. Attendance is not a promise of investor introductions.
The separately listed 3 p.m. black-carbon convening is closed-door; this recommendation covers the noon–3 p.m. program only.
WaterTech Futures 2.0: Unlocking Critical Minerals From Industrial Water
Tuesday, September 22 · 5–7 p.m. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; seated programming starts at 5:30 p.m.
New York City · exact address is withheld on the public page until registration.
Entry: Apply — organizer approval required; admission not guaranteed. Price not stated.
A focused room for investors, founders and industrial partners considering mineral recovery from wastewater. Burnt Island Ventures’ Tom Ferguson opens the program, followed by a discussion of project economics and scaling, and ten startup pitches. ClimateHaven’s collaborators include Xylem, Echo River Capital and XPV Water Partners. Worth applying if water technology, resource recovery or industrial deployment is central to your work.
Wait for approval and the exact address before building your evening around this event.
A practical sequence
Monday, September 21: Go directly to SVA Theatre for The Live Edit. Aim to arrive at 5:35 p.m. for the 5:50–6:40 p.m. session. This is one stop, with no cross-town connection to make.
Tuesday, September 22: Make Moving Capital your noon–3 p.m. anchor in Chelsea; aim to arrive at 11:45 a.m. Do not count the separate closed-door 3 p.m. session as part of your registration. Leave 3–4:30 p.m. unbooked for a break and travel.
Conditional evening: WaterTech lists 4:30 p.m. doors, 5:30 p.m. seated programming and a 7 p.m. finish. Its address is hidden until approval, so this is an application option, not a confirmed route from Chelsea. Only add it once approved and after checking the actual journey. Aim for at least 30 minutes of arrival margin before seated programming; skip the connection if the disclosed location makes it impractical.
Budget: Monday is free. Tuesday’s two organizers do not publish a price on the checked pages; confirm any cost before committing. No guaranteed investor introduction is implied.
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Put It to Work
For people turning climate commitments into action inside companies, cities, and organizations. This briefing helps you find useful approaches, practitioners, and potential collaborators, with an event sequence you can realistically follow. Use PIQUE to explore the details, check the organizer’s registration requirements, and save your plan.
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Tonight offers a practical look at communicating climate solutions. Tomorrow, choose an anchor around cooling, AI in sustainability work, or community policy. These daytime programs overlap, so choose the one most relevant to your work.
Tonight — Monday, September 21
The Live Edit: Startups x Storytellers
Monday, September 21 · 5:50–6:40 p.m.
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street · Chelsea
Entry: Free; direct registration open when checked at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Arrive by 5:35 p.m.
Four climate founders work live with professional storytellers to explain their products more clearly. A useful room for founders refining a customer or investor narrative, and backers assessing how a complex solution reaches a market. Watch for what changes between the technical explanation and the story people remember.
Tomorrow — Tuesday, September 22
The Cool House
Tuesday, September 22 · 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
OASIS by Workville, 315 West 35th Street · Midtown
Entry: RSVP open. Price not stated.
REEF’s cooling program connects building owners, engineers, manufacturers and policymakers with demonstrations and practical case studies. Choose the sessions closest to your work: cooling data centers at 1 p.m., refrigerants at 1:45 p.m., measurement at 2:30 p.m. or the business case at 3:15 p.m. A useful anchor for turning cooling and refrigerant commitments into purchasing, operating and investment decisions.
This recommendation covers the main program. Private breakfast and rooftop roundtables are separate; lunch has its own RSVP.
Register with the organizer · See REEF’s program
Beyond Reporting: How AI Lets Sustainability Focus on Impact Again
Tuesday, September 22 · 1:30–4 p.m.
307 West 38th Street, Studio 1401 · Midtown
Entry: Apply — organizer approval required; admission not guaranteed. Price not stated.
For sustainability teams trying to spend less time compiling reports and more time making decisions. Pulsora’s program brings together perspectives from Workday, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and sustainability leadership, followed by a product demonstration and networking. Coffee begins at 1:30 p.m., the panel at 2 p.m., the demo at 3 p.m. and networking at 3:30 p.m. Useful for assessing where AI can help operational work, with the context that Pulsora is the hosting vendor.
The live form requests a place; the organizer says it will email applicants with a decision.
Give one room your attention: WE ACT's Climate Week Convening
Registration and breakfast from 8:30 a.m.; opening remarks at 9 a.m.; sessions through 5 p.m.; reception 5:30–7:30 p.m. The event listing starts at 8 a.m. The Forum at Columbia University, 601 West 125th Street · Manhattanville.
Tuesday, September 22 · Free daytime anchor. A full day on environmental justice, with a practical thread running through the program: community resilience at 11 a.m., climate policy at 1:30 p.m., permitting and public health at 2:45 p.m., and a choice between housing and data-center campaigns at 4 p.m. Useful for public-sector teams, community organizations and practitioners trying to understand the people and policy behind implementation.
Free General Admission tickets available when checked at 2:13 p.m. EDT. The suggested $40 donation is optional. Register and check in at the atrium desk through the 125th Street entrance before proceeding through security. Sessions are part of one convening; concurrent sessions are alternatives.
End with an idea: Carlos Moreno on the future of cities
6–7:30 p.m. · Great Hall, Shepard Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue · Hamilton Heights.
Tuesday, September 22 · Free evening option. The originator of the 15-Minute City concept explores how proximity can shape housing, mobility, emissions and everyday quality of life. A useful evening for people working on the built environment, urban policy and community resilience.
Free; Eventbrite reservations were open when checked at 2:15 p.m. EDT. Reserve a place rather than relying on the catalogue's older no-registration description.
A practical sequence
Monday, September 21: The Live Edit is one evening stop at SVA Theatre. Arrive by 5:35 p.m. for 5:50–6:40 p.m.
Tuesday — practical Midtown route: Start at Cool House, 315 W 35th Street, with arrival around 8:45 a.m. for the 9 a.m. opening. If approved for Pulsora, leave Cool House by 12:15 p.m. Allow 12:15–1 p.m. for lunch and the move to 307 W 38th Street, then keep 1–1:30 p.m. as arrival buffer before Pulsora’s 1:30–4 p.m. program. These nearby addresses make a morning/afternoon split plausible; this intentionally gives up Cool House’s afternoon sessions. Neither event publishes a price on the checked page.
Alternative: stay at Cool House. If cooling is your priority or Pulsora has not approved you, stay for the 1 p.m. data-center, 1:45 p.m. refrigerant, 2:30 p.m. measurement and 3:15 p.m. business-case sessions. There is no reason to rush elsewhere. Private sessions and separately booked lunch are not included by assumption.
Free alternative: keep Tuesday uptown. Choose WE ACT instead of both Midtown events. Check in at 8:30 a.m., follow its program through 5 p.m., then reserve 5–5:45 p.m. for the move from 601 W 125th Street to 160 Convent Avenue and 5:45–6 p.m. for arrival at the Carlos Moreno lecture. The lecture runs 6–7:30 p.m. Both are free with advance registration. This means skipping WE ACT’s 5:30–7:30 p.m. reception.
Travel blocks are conservative planning allowances, not live journey estimates; check your route and accessibility needs on the day.
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Change the System
For people working on the policies, institutions, and public choices that shape climate progress. This briefing connects conversations across policy, finance, research, and community action into a manageable itinerary. PIQUE helps you see who is involved, discover related sessions, and decide where to spend your time.
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Tonight offers a gathering of local climate practitioners. Tomorrow, choose between environmental justice and climate finance, with an evening lecture on the future of cities.
Tonight — Monday, September 21
Climate Week 2026 Welcome Reception
Monday, September 21 · 5–8 p.m.
Gotham Park, 1 Rose Street · Civic Center, under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge
Entry: Free; advance Eventbrite registration required. Reservations were open when checked at 2:02 p.m. EDT.
Urban Data Response and Clean Mobility Collective convene climate, mobility and environmental-justice organizers. Useful for comparing implementation challenges and finding local collaborators in a less formal setting. The organizer lists light bites and boba, including vegan options.
Tomorrow — Tuesday, September 22
Moving Capital at Scale for Climate and Care
Tuesday, September 22 · noon–3 p.m.
Jay Conference Chelsea, 159 West 25th Street, 2nd and 3rd floors · Chelsea
Entry: RSVP open. Price not stated.
Human Planet brings funding and implementation into the same conversation: a networking lunch at noon, followed at 1 p.m. by examples of finance connecting climate, care and community outcomes. A useful choice for founders and funders exploring carbon, biodiversity and blended-finance models, and for policy practitioners asking how those models reach communities. Attendance is not a promise of investor introductions.
The separately listed 3 p.m. black-carbon convening is closed-door; this recommendation covers the noon–3 p.m. program only.
Give one room your attention: WE ACT's Climate Week Convening
Registration and breakfast from 8:30 a.m.; opening remarks at 9 a.m.; sessions through 5 p.m.; reception 5:30–7:30 p.m. The event listing starts at 8 a.m. The Forum at Columbia University, 601 West 125th Street · Manhattanville.
Tuesday, September 22 · Free daytime anchor. A full day on environmental justice, with a practical thread running through the program: community resilience at 11 a.m., climate policy at 1:30 p.m., permitting and public health at 2:45 p.m., and a choice between housing and data-center campaigns at 4 p.m. Useful for public-sector teams, community organizations and practitioners trying to understand the people and policy behind implementation.
Free General Admission tickets available when checked at 2:13 p.m. EDT. The suggested $40 donation is optional. Register and check in at the atrium desk through the 125th Street entrance before proceeding through security. Sessions are part of one convening; concurrent sessions are alternatives.
End with an idea: Carlos Moreno on the future of cities
6–7:30 p.m. · Great Hall, Shepard Hall, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue · Hamilton Heights.
Tuesday, September 22 · Free evening option. The originator of the 15-Minute City concept explores how proximity can shape housing, mobility, emissions and everyday quality of life. A useful evening for people working on the built environment, urban policy and community resilience.
Free; Eventbrite reservations were open when checked at 2:15 p.m. EDT. Reserve a place rather than relying on the catalogue's older no-registration description.
A practical sequence
Monday, September 21: Register for the 5–8 p.m. Gotham Park reception at 1 Rose Street. Aim to arrive around 4:45 p.m. This is a single evening stop; park access does not replace event registration.
Tuesday — free uptown route: Check in at WE ACT, 601 W 125th Street, at 8:30 a.m. for the 9 a.m. opening. Choose the 11 a.m. community-resilience discussion, 1:30 p.m. policy session, 2:45 p.m. permitting/public-health discussion, then either 4–5 p.m. housing or data-center campaigns. Parallel sessions are choices, not consecutive stops.
After 5 p.m., allow 45 minutes to travel to City College, 160 Convent Avenue, and 15 minutes to arrive before Carlos Moreno’s 6–7:30 p.m. lecture. These are planning buffers, not verified live travel times. Check the journey for your needs. Register for both events in advance.
Evening alternative: Stay at WE ACT’s 5:30–7:30 p.m. reception instead of the lecture; do not try to do both.
Finance alternative: If climate funding is closer to your work, choose Moving Capital’s noon–3 p.m. program at 159 W 25th Street instead of WE ACT’s daytime itinerary. The price is not stated. You have a substantial afternoon gap before the 6 p.m. uptown lecture; begin the transfer by 4:45 p.m., allowing an hour plus arrival time. Confirm live transit rather than filling that gap with another event. The closed-door 3 p.m. finance session is excluded.
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Availability checked September 21: Monday evening events at 2:01–2:02 p.m.; Tuesday events at 2:13–2:15 p.m. EDT. Travel buffers are planning allowances, not live journey estimates.