"We've learned that small actions like the choice to hop on two wheels can have far-reaching implications. We have a unique opportunity at Lime to bring riders and the public along on our decarbonization journey, hopefully inspiring others to join us and create an impact that extends far beyond our service itself. Forums like the Carbon Newbie Summit, with its fun and relaxed setting, accomplish just that for the masses, with a great potential for acceleration and scale."
VP of Sustainability & Founding Team, Lime
Climate Week NYC Summit Speaker
Andrew Savage
"When you think of the NBA – or any other sports entity for that matter – the biggest impact that we can have is being able to inspire and educate the fans, that's where we have scale."
Director, Social Responsibility, NBA
NYC Climate Week ‘23 Speaker
Annie Horn
Brands that speak at the summit
2026 Schedule
Climate Week NYC: Weds, Sept 23, 2026
📍Debevoise & Plimpton Offices | Hudson Yards
Request to attend or sign up for the free livestream
Speakers
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Priyanka Naik
Chef, Author, Creator, TV Personality
Chef Priyanka/The Spicy Mango Foodies, LLC. -

Ralph Chami
Co-Founder and CEO
Blue Green Future, LLC -

Jacobo Calderon
Director Responsible Investing
Mubadala Investment Company -

Claire Dorrian
Head of Sustainable Finance
London Stock Exchange Group -

Jing Liao
Chairwoman, Solera Foundation and Chief Administration Officer, Solera
Solera -

Catherine Stephanou
AI Ethics & Responsible Innovation Leader
BrainBox AI -

Emmy Swift
Director of Sustainable Business Framework and Partnerships
American Family Insurance -

Al Iannuzzi
President
Iannuzzi Sustainability Solutions -

Catarina Carvalho
Adjunct Professor
Columbia University -

Emer Clarke
Director, Environmental Sustainability
ServiceNow -

Ulysses Smith
ESG Senior Advisor
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP -

Koray Aysin
Leader of Corporate Sustainability
Perkins Eastman -

Steve Siger
Cofounder & COO
CNaught -

James George
Founder and Principle
Provocative Human Ltd. -

Tola St. Matthew-Daniel
Founder and CEO
Kairos and Tola, Inc. -

Grace Saba
Associate Professor
Rutgers University -

Mansoor Barati
Professor, and Director of Center of Metallurgical Processing and Sustainability
University of Toronto -

Michelle Li
Founder
Clever Carbon, Carbon Newbie Summit -

Cuizhu Chloe Ma
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Columbia University -

Terra Rogers
Director, Superhot Rock Geothermal Energy
Clean Air Task Force -

Rachael Weisman
Systems Account Manager and Client Services Team Leader
Trane Commercial -
Riya Osti
Dual Degree Masters Program, MPP (Munk School), MIA (Columbia University)
University of Toronto and Columbia University -

Ethan Agena
PhD Candidate; Founder
University of Toronto; SymBL Innovations Inc.
Summit Program
🚪 8:45 am EST | Doors Open and Breakfast
🌟 9:15 am - 10:00 am | PART 1
🎤 MC Opening Remarks
Steve Siger with CNaught
🎤 Founder Remarks
Michelle Li with Clever Carbon and Carbon Newbie Summit
🎤 Show Me the Money: Making the Value of Living Nature Visible | Fireside Chat
Ralph Chami with Blue Green Futures, Tola St. Matthew-Daniels with Kairos and Tola, Inc. (Moderator)
🎤 The Ocean’s Carbon Movers: How Krill and Fish Help Regulate Our Climate | Presentation
Grace Saba with Rutgers University
🎤 El Niño 101: How a Warming Pacific Disrupts Weather Around the World | Presentation
Coming soon
🎤 Risk, Resilience & Reinvention: How Insurance Is Adapting to Climate Change | Panel
Emmy Swift with American Family Insurance, Jing Liao with Solera, Adriel Lubarsky with Beehive (Moderator)
☕️ 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break
⭐️ 10:15 am - 11:10 am | Part 2
🎤 From Data to Dinner: How Food and Pop Culture Can Inspire Change | Fireside Chat
Priyanka Naik, Michelle Li with Clever Carbon (Moderator)
🎤 Tiny Plastics, Real Effects? Exploring the Impact on Health and Behavior | Presentation
Cuizhu Chloe Ma with Columbia University
🎤 From Raw Materials to Reality: Understanding Supply Chain Impact
Al Iannuzzi with Iannuzzi Sustainability Solutions, Catarina Carvalho with Arup, James George with Provocative Human Ltd. (Moderator)
🎤 Coming soon | Presentation
🎤 Smarter Buildings, Smarter Supply Chains: AI’s Decarbonization Potential | Panel
Catherine Stephanou with BrainBox AI, Emer Clarke with ServiceNow, Michelle Li with Clever Carbon (Moderator)
🍩 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Coffee Break
⭐️ 11:25 am - 12:15 pm | Part 3
🎤 Responsible Investing at Scale: Lessons in Long-Term Value Creation | Fireside Chat
Jacobo Calderon with Mubadala, Michelle Li with Clever Carbon (Moderator)
🎤 Climate Research in Action: Inside the Lawson Climate Institute | Presentation
Ethan Agena and Riya Osti with the University of Toronto Lawson Climate Institute
🎤 Unlocking Dometic Nickel: Cleaner Pathways to Critical Minerals | Presentation
Mansoor Barati with the University of Toronto
🎤 From Footprint to Purchase: A Carbon Credit Buyer’s Journey | Fireside Chat
Koray Aysin with Perkins Eastman, Steve Siger with CNaught
🎤 From Heat to Grid: How Geothermal Energy Works | Presentation
Terra Rogers with Clean Air Task Force
🎤 From Capital to Climate Action: The Power of Financial Markets | Fireside Chat
Claire Dorrian with the London Stock Exchange Group, Ulysses Smith with Debevoise & Plimpton (Moderator)
🥂 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch
Co-Hosts
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Trusted by buyers like Asana, Medium, and Tiger Global, CNaught makes it easy to drive real climate impact through high-quality carbon credit portfolios. We deliver access to sophisticated buying strategies, previously available only to the largest buyers, enabling companies of any size to take meaningful climate action.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently. We have particularly deep experience in the broad range of issues that arise as environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and requirements become increasingly important. The firm brings together sophisticated, multidisciplinary and multinational teams to provide tailored and practical guidance across the evolving ESG and business integrity spectrum by counseling on trends and prudential issues, delivering concrete legal advice on evolving sustainability regulations and policies, and helping clients prepare for the legal, financial and reputational risks arising in this rapidly changing landscape.
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Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King®, and our portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and transportation. Visit tranetechnologies.com.
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Through a multidisciplinary approach, the Lawson Climate Institute is ramping up U of T’s capacity to advance the technologies and policies needed for Canada to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. As one of U of T’s most wide-ranging, comprehensive initiatives, the institute is unique in its aim to ensure students in every discipline across three campuses have an opportunity to gain the tools needed to take concrete steps toward implementing practical climate solutions. The institute is named in honour of Brian Lawson and Joannah Lawson in recognition of their transformative $60-million donation to help establish the institute.
We’re proud to be verified through Oceanic Global’s Blue Standard for our efforts to protect our blue planet.
Past Events
SF Climate Week ‘24
CO-HOSTS:
📍 Allbirds Offices
NYC Climate Week ‘23
HOST and SPONSORS:
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"Getting started in climate can be intimidating. The Carbon Newbie Summit aims to create a welcoming space for those new to climate and provide a strong foundation of knowledge and skills for accelerated and impactful climate action."
Founder, Carbon Newbie Summit, Clever Carbon, Women and Climate
SUMMIT SPEAKER AND ORGANIZER
Michelle Li