New York Climate Week 2024
Our team will be on the ground at New York Climate Week, both on stage and across the city attending events and digging into hard problems with partners and friends.
Partnering with Emerson Collective x The High Line:
Emerson Collective presents Climate Science Fair
September 21 – 23 | 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Open to the public
Emerson Collective’s Climate Science Fair is back on The High Line. You will find some of our portfolio companies from Elemental and Earthshot Ventures and beyond sharing their work and their impact.
Hosting:
Evening Reception to kick off NY Climate Week
September 22 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Invite only
Elemental and Earthshot Ventures will be celebrating momentum and the people driving progress with special guests and friends from across our ecosystem.
Co-hosting with LinkedIn:
Green Jobs Tour
September 23 | 3 – 5 p.m.
Invite only
In collaboration with LinkedIn, our interns, donors and workforce development partners will gather for a guided tour of Emerson Collective’s Climate Science Fair with The High Line, where companies are coming together to share big, bold, and optimistic climate ideas and the exciting jobs powering that progress.
Partnering with CTVC & Sightline:
SightLive Climate
September 23 | 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Invite only
SightLive brings together the best of CTVC and Sightline combining years of research, content, and community – for the first time, in-person at NY Climate Week. Elemental has been investing in and convening funders around the Scale Gap and is joining SightLive as its Scale Up Partner. Dawn Lippert will also be taking the stage.
Co-Hosting with Microsoft, Capgemini, and Bouygues:
Embodied Carbon Panel
September 24 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Invite only
In support of the new Build Better Innovation Challenge, Microsoft, Elemental, Capgemini, and Bouygues will be coming together to host a panel on market gaps related to the decarbonization of steel and concrete, building energy optimization, and CCUS within the built environment.
The panel will kick off with welcoming remarks from Melanie Nakagawa, Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer, and Dawn Lippert, and be moderated by Mark Chambers with panelists including senior leaders from Microsoft, Capgemini, and Bouygues.
Partnering with Green Jobs:
Green Jobs Pavilion on the Nest Climate Campus
September 24 – 26 | 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily
Open to the public
This three-day pavilion, located in the Climate Collective space at the Nest Climate Campus, fosters pathways for climate action careers through education, resources, and networking opportunities. A few features include a BIPOC Green Career Summit, LinkedIn career coaching, collaborations with industry leaders, and an EDICT Information Session on Tuesday to inspire & empower individuals to pursue green jobs and contribute to a sustainable future.
Partnering with Planeteer:
Female Founders & Funders Lunch
September 24 | 12 – 2:30 p.m.
Request to join
Earthshot Ventures and Planeteer, in partnership with Elemental, are hosting a lunch with curated networking for women building and investing in climate technologies.
Partnering with Newlab:
New Climate Futures
September 26 | 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Open to the public – Registration required
Newlab’s flagship annual event convenes over 1,000 of the most innovative entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, and policymakers. Elemental is a community partner and the event will feature a few of our portfolio companies.
Team Members Attending Climate Week
Dawn Lippert
Avra van der Zee
Mike Jackson
Ramsay Siegal
Gabriel Scheer
Mary Gifford
Mitch Rubin
Amir Chireh Mehr
Christina Angelides
Mark Chambers
Sam Grassle
Kim Karris
Antoinette West
On Stage:
Our team will be fanning out across NYC to share our latest learnings on investing in catalytic ways, deploying climate projects, and designing meaningful community partnerships. Here’s a selection of venues where you can find us:
Monday, September 23
- Dawn Lippert, Elemental CEO and Founder and Earthshot Ventures Founding Partner, and Avra van der Zee, Elemental COO, will be attending the Nasdaq Opening Bell Ceremony leading into the Building the Future Summit.
- Mark Chambers, Elemental VP of Partnerships, will be speaking at Integrating Resilience into the Built Environment by Solutions House.
Tuesday, September 24
- Dawn will be speaking at Forbes Sustainability Leaders’ Summit, as well as the NYCW Climate Tech Summit hosted by Google and X, the moonshot factory.
- Mitch Rubin, Elemental Sr. Director of Innovation, will be speaking at NY Climate Week CDR Summit.
- Mark will be speaking at The Executive Series 2024 – Building resilience: Putting people first using holistic approaches to renovation.
- Antoinette West, Senior Career Pathways Manager, will be speaking at the Green Jobs Pavilion for an EDICT Information Session starting at noon.
- Gabriel Scheer, Elemental Sr. Director of Innovation, will be speaking at Funding & Scaling ClimateTech Startups in the US & Europe by Impact Hustlers
- Dawn and Mark will be on stage with Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer of Microsoft at their Build Better Challenge Embodied Carbon Panel.
Wednesday, September 25
- Gabriel Scheer, Elemental Sr. Director of Innovation, will be speaking at Non-Dilutive Grant Capital for Clean Economy Deployments, Expansion and Impact and also be participating in a roundtable on retrofitting cities as a social imperative at Goals House.
- Mark will be speaking at The NY Climate Exchange Climate Tech Showcase and the Climate Mayors, C40, USDN Roundtable: GGRF Opportunities for Cities.
- Dawn will be speaking at Is Climate Action Job Creation? Presented by LinkedIn.
Thursday, September 26
- Gabriel will be speaking at Financing the Geothermal Transition.
- Mark will be speaking at CDP-Climate Mayors-C40.
Weʻll also be attending:
Monday, September 23
- For ClimateTech Innovation Showcase | Sept. 23
- ReGen Ventures Climate Week Kickoff | Sept. 23
- Time 100 Climate Leadership Forum | Sept. 23
- Flowcarbon’s CarbonSmart Summit | Sept. 23
- Solutions House | Sept. 23-25
- ClimateImpact Clubhouse | Sept. 23-25
- CDR Community Happy Hour: Climate Week NYC Edition | Sept. 23
- The Mission to Net Zero: Accelerating Innovation and Short-Term Action hosted by British Airways at Goals House| Sept. 23
Tuesday, September 24
- Ag Land + Climate + Coffee at NYCW | Sept. 24
- Meeting the Moment: Practical Steps for Making the Most of the GGRF | Sept. 24
- FOAK Forward: Scaling Climate Innovation & Infrastructure | Sept. 24
- ClimateImpact Clubhouse | Sept. 23-25
- Making Markets: How Corporates & Climate Startups Can Partner | Sept. 24
- Educating for Climate Action Summit by Climate Group | Sept. 24
- The Sword of Damocles: US Presidential Politics & Climate Tech | Sept. 24
- Hard Tech Showcase | Sept. 24
- AWS Climate Tech & AI Forum | Sept. 24
Wednesday, September 25
- ClimateImpact Clubhouse | Sept. 23-25
- Climate Capital Summit | Sept. 25
- Power to the prosumer: Decentralising energy grids | Sept. 25
- Capitalizing on clean energy: Navigating investment opps and challenges | Sept. 25
- Scaling Building Retrofits with AI and Technology at Goals House | Sept. 25
- Retrofitting Cities as a Social Imperative at Goals House | Sept. 25
- Climate and AI Summit | Sept. 25
- Nightcap by CIV |Sept. 25 | 9:00pm-12:30am
Thursday, September 26
- The Nature Data Breakfast | Sept 26
- Milken Institute’s Recalibrating Climate Finance: The Next Decade of Deployment | Sept 26
- Mind the Gaps – Insights from tracking climate capital flows with Vibrant Data Labs | Sept. 26
- GARI Climate Week VIP Investor Salon and Cocktail Reception | Sept. 26
- Venture Climate Alliance Rooftop Social | Sept. 26
- New Climate Futures | Sept. 26 | 10am-7pm
- Climate Karaoke by SNØCAP & gener8tor | Sept. 26