Climate Week NYC 2025 to Host Four Finance Programs Focused on Climate Change Solutions
The city of New York will once again play host to the global event, Climate Week NYC, from September 21 to 28, 2025. The theme for this year's meeting is "Power On," and the programming is divided into ten categories: Built Environment, Energy, Environmental Justice, Finance, Food, Health, Industry, Nature, Policy, and Sustainable Living.
In the realm of Finance, several enlightening sessions are scheduled that delve into the intricacies of climate finance and resilience. Here's a sneak peek at some of the most anticipated events:
- Climate finance for market transformation in hard to abate sectors (September 24, 9:00 am - 10:30 am) Hosted by MIT Sustainability Initiative, S3 Markets, and Quantum Alliance, this session will critically examine issues around additionality, market integrity, and potential unintended consequences, considering both the Global North and South. Speakers for this session include Evan Kodra, Ph.D., Head of R&D of Sustainable Finance at ICE, Jennifer M. Chang, VP - Senior Credit Officer, Global Lead for Physical Climate Risk at Moody's Investor Services, and Joyce Coffee, Founder, President of Climate Resilience Consulting.
- Resilience as an asset class: The role of local climate finance to close the resilience investment gap (September 23, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm) Organised by Montgomery County Green Bank, this session explores how local green banks and CDFIs can bridge the gap between community needs and private capital to address insufficient federal resilience funding.
- Fair finance: Unlocking revenue from the world's heavy polluters (September 23, 9:00 am - 10:00 am) This session, hosted by an unspecified entity, will focus on the potential of generating revenue from heavy polluters to fund climate mitigation efforts.
- Scaling up financing for adaptation investments in the USA due to climate change & related risks (September 22, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm) The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force is hosting this session, which aims to discuss strategies for increasing financing for adaptation investments in the USA due to climate change and related risks.
- The theme of the session "Climate finance for market transformation" is the presentation of an analytical perspective on the potential and limitations of indirect mitigation strategies in driving market transformation, with a focus on lessons from the evolution of renewable energy markets. This session is hosted by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force.
- The theme of the session "Resilience as an asset class" is the exploration of how local green banks and CDFIs can bridge the gap between community needs and private capital to address insufficient federal resilience funding. This session is hosted by the Fixed Income Analysts Society, Inc.
The main sponsor of the Climate Finance event during Climate Week NYC 2025 is not explicitly stated. However, Ceres, a prominent organisation involved as an organizer and main stage presenter at Climate Week NYC 2025, focusing on corporate action and investment in the clean economy, may be a key sponsor or lead organization related to climate finance topics at the event.
These sessions promise to provide valuable insights into the world of climate finance and resilience, offering a platform for experts to discuss, debate, and propose solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing our planet. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a part of the conversation and help shape the future of climate action.
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