Climate Week NYC 2024: Just transition events round-up
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together business leaders, political change-makers, local decision-takers 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 September 22-29, 2024. The event takes place in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and is run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York.
Over 600 events and activities will take place throughout the week on topics from green growth to energy transition.
Here’s our round-up of key just transition events at Climate Week NYC 2024:
23 September
Just Transition and Economic Diversification Strategies for Coal-Producing Regions in the U.S. and China
Time: 08:30 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
Location: online
Organization: Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs
Climate and Digital Ambitions, from green jobs to AI : What impacts for the workforce circa 2035?
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Location: 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY 10018, United States
Organization: Quebec Government Office in New York
Kickstart Sustainability: Start Small, Be profitable, Strengthen Reporting
Time: 11:00 AM – 01:30 PM EDT
Location: The loft, Virgin Hotels New York City
Organisation: Green My Experience
More than a Job: Strategies to Grow the Clean Energy Workforce
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM EDT
Location: 9-03 44th Road, second floor, 11101, Long Island City, NY
Organisation: The Interstate Renewable Energy Council & Solar One
Sharing Benefits of an Inclusive Renewable Energy Transition
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM EDT
Location: New York City
Organisation: Global Renewable Energy Alliance in partnership with ILO
Global and Local Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition
24 September
Building a sustainable climate workforce in the urgency for a Green Economy
Time: 08:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
Location: Horizon Media office, 75 Varick Street, 10013, New York, New York State
Organization: Makesense x We Don’t Need Roads
Moving Faster Without Breaking Things (Pt. 2): Accelerating Renewables Deployment with Meaningful Benefits for Communities and Ecosystems
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Location: The NEST Climate Campus at the Javits Center, 429 11th Ave. New York, NY 10001 United States
Organization: World Wildlife Fund
2nd Annual Climate Justice Forum: Building the Green Energy Future with Frontline Communities
Time: 01:00 PM – 06:30 PM EDT
Location: MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY 11101, United States
Organization: City & State
25 September
Climate Week NYC 2024: Engaging Communities in a Just Transition
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM EDT
Location: New York City
Organisation: EITI and Ford Foundation
From Inequity to Impact: Solutions to Elevate Women’s Climate Action
Time: 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
Location: The NEST Climate Campus at the Javits Center, 429 11th Ave. New York, NY 10001 United States
Organisation: World Wildlife Fund
Global Perspectives: Energy Justice and the Future of Climate
Time: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Location: 3 E. 28th Street, Floor 11, 10016, New York, New York
Organisation: Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Community Colleges: Keys to Climate Workforce and Adaptation
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Location: 525 W 120th St, Teachers College, Columbia University, Grace Dodge Hall Room 179 New York, NY 10027, United States
Organisation: Foundation for California Community Colleges
Powering a Fast & Fair Transition to Renewable Energy
Time: 04:00 PM – 07:00 PM EDT
Location: in person, New York
Organisation: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment, World Benchmarking Alliance
Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions
Time: 04:45 PM – 08:00 PM EDT
Location: 777 United Nations Plaza, 10017, New York, NY
Organisation: Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Indigenous Frontlines: Rising for Climate Justice
Time: 06:00 PM – 12:00 AM EDT
Location: 87 Lafayette St. , 10013, New York, NY
Organisation: Weaving Worlds & Voices of Amerikua
26 September
Mobilising finance for regional just transitions from coal
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 EDT
Location: Online
Organisation: European Commission
Drivers for a New Industrial and Trade Policy in Sense of Just Transition and Decarbonization
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Location: 224 W 57th St., 10019, New York, NY
Organisation: E+ Energy Transition Institute and Open Society Foundations
Pathways to a Credible Just Energy Transition
Time: 12:00-1:15 PM EDT
Location: CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, 25 W 43rd St, 18th floor, New York, NY 10036
Organisation: Open Government Partnership
Accelerating the just energy transition through corporate energy procurement
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM EDT
Location: Boston Consulting Group, 10 Hudson Yards, 10001, New York, NY
Organisation: Sustainable Energy for All and Boston Consulting Group
Vietnam’s Unjust Energy Transition
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM EDT
Location: Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, 10012, New York, NY
Organisation: Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition and 350.org
Clean energy career pathways for youth in the Global South
Time: 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM EDT
Location: 730 3rd Avenue, #2nd floor New York, NY 10017, United States
Organisation: New Energy Nexus
27 September
Navigating the Green Revolution: Policies and Financing for a Successful Energy
Time: 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM EDT
Location: Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY
Organisation: Global Climate Innovation Center (GCIC)
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