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Climate Finance Networking Event
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025
GOVERNORS ISLAND
SOLD OUT
The Exchange is convening young leaders to build meaningful connections with peers and professionals in the field, exchange knowledge and insights to support professional development, while exploring the intersection of climate change and the financial sector.
City of Water Day
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025
NEW YORK, NY
Now in its 18th year, City of Water Day — taking place this year on Saturday, July 12 — is a region-wide day organized by Waterfront Alliance and New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey harbor.
Queer Ecology Meets Film
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025
5:00pm – 8:30pm BST, GOVERNORS ISLAND
A Queer, Environmental Meditation on Oysters Presented by Billion Oyster Project and Holding Back the Tide.
Greening Finance Amidst Shifting Global Trends
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025
6:00pm – 8:30pm BST, LONDON
Join us at London Climate Action Week for the first meeting of the Global Climate Forum for Young Finance Professionals! The Exchange and Duke University are hosting with Bloomberg a high-impact panel discussion and reception to explore the future of global climate finance in a time of rising geopolitical and market uncertainty. Panelists will spotlight innovative financial tools, policy shifts, and cross-border collaborations aimed at unlocking private capital for climate action, despite today’s complex global landscape.
Project Closed Circuit: Making Cities Hubs of Battery Circularity - World Sustainability Leadership Forum
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025
10:50 am - 11:00 am EDT, One World Trade Center
Extreme Heat: Adapting Cities to Rising Temperatures
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
9:00 - 11:00 AM EDT, Pratt Institute
The link between climate change and our health and safety is clear and extends beyond New York City across cities globally. Unprecedented collaboration with urban designers is needed, and solutions are emerging and scaling to promote smart growth, cool buildings, and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Join The Exchange, The Municipal Art Society, & Pratt Institute for a pre-summer networking breakfast and action-focused panel discussion on design innovations that we can all rally around.
Communities for Ocean Resilience: Bridging Science, Policy, and Action through Collaborative Partnerships
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025
2:15 PM CET, NICE, FRANCE
The Exchange is thrilled to host this UNOC side event in the Medusa Room at ‘La Baleine’ Green Zone. The event, co-organized with the American Geophysical Union, Waterfront Alliance, and Stony Brook University, will explore how inclusive partnerships can inform global policy frameworks, accelerate implementation, and build capacity across scales of our network.
To attend in person, please select “June 7, 2025" and Slot 3 when you register here.
Urban Future Forum: Building Blueprints for Advanced Energy Implementation
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
9:00 AM EDT
This year’s Urban Future Forum: Building Blueprints for Advanced Energy Implementation will feature interactive workshops focused on closing key development gaps. Through hands-on sessions, innovators will gain the tools to develop and implement energy projects and a blueprint for working with communities, workforce organizations and other nonprofits. Community stakeholder groups, workforce organizations and nonprofits will learn from others' pre-development activities and project evaluation criteria, in addition to having the opportunity to refine their own.
Youth Climate Summit
WED, MAY 21 - THURS, MAY 22
GOVERNORS ISLAND
We are excited to participate in New York City Public Schools’ upcoming Youth Climate Summit on May 22 on Governors Island! Exchange staff will lead a career panel that will introduce high school students to a wide range of “green jobs” or careers in climate. The event is open to all NYC public schools.
A Conversation with the Novara One Planet Project
FRIDAY, MAY 16
3:30 pm EDT
Novara, a 60-foot, aluminum vessel, has sailed to some of the world's most remote coastlines to document the state of climate impacts on communities. Join us at Brooklyn Bridge Park to meet Nigel Jollands and Veronica Lysaght, discuss their climate action work, and learn about their upcoming Arctic expedition!
2025 Waterfront Conference
TUESDAY, MAY 13 –
THURSDAY, MAY 15
The Waterfront Alliance's 2025 Waterfront Conference will focus on strategies to address future challenges, featuring discussions and collaborations. Over 600 participants from various sectors, including policymakers and environmental advocates, will attend.
The New Resource Race
TUESDAY, APRIL 29
1pm – 3pm EDT
Join The Exchange and Georgetown University Earth Commons Institute for a conversation with leaders spanning policy, research, engineering, and deployment on how circular policy and technology interplay in the stewardship of the critical mineral commons.
SBU's Collaborative for the Earth: Nuclear Debate
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
2:00pm EDT
Join Stony Brook University's Collaborative for the Earth as a panelist of experts from SBU and Georgia Tech debate the role of nuclear energy in meeting our climate change targets.
Art as a Catalyst: Shaping Climate Action & Economic Change
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
4:00 – 5:00 pm EDT
How does the work of artists influence the personal and collective shifts that drive economic and financial systems toward climate action? Moderated by LMCC President & CEO Moe Yousuf, this panel brings together artists Jean Shin and Mary Mattingly, climate finance expert Bruce Usher, and Anna Raginskaya, a financial advisor to cultural clients, to explore how creative practices shape public consciousness, influence corporate sustainability, and shift investment trends. From material innovation to impact investing, we’ll discuss how art inspires individual action, to drive economic changes for a more sustainable future.
New York State of Charge
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
5:30pm – 8pm EDT
Join The Exchange and Stony Brook University for a discussion featuring New Yorkers who are leading on sustainable battery innovation and deployment. This event will explore the current state of battery deployment in NYC and ways the city can advance sustainable solutions to reduce the lifecycle emissions of batteries.
The NYC Community Climate Data Forum
MONDAY, APRIL 21
9:30am – 12pm EDT
Cities are critical drivers of climate action. This Earth Week, the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice and The Exchange are showcasing the city’s publicly accessible climate and greenhouse gas data. The question is: How can we get data into the right hands to lower emissions in our city?