2025 schedule now available!

SF Climate Week
Weds, April 23 | 1pm to 5pm
📍SVB Offices

CO-HOSTS:

NYC Climate Week
Weds, September 24, 1pm to 5pm
📍IndieBio

A casual conference for carbon newbies interested in getting the 101, 201, and maybe 301 on all things carbon!

The Carbon Newbie Summit is an initiative of:

Inquire about sponsorship opportunities here

Brands that speak at the summit

"The Carbon Newbie Summit is an opportunity for folks from all backgrounds to establish a foundation of climate knowledge and to explore their role in this movement — because shifting to a low carbon future will take all of us, from scientists and technical experts, to artists and entrepreneurs and everyone in between.""

Sustainability Senior Manager, Allbirds
SF Climate Week ‘24 and NYC Climate Week ‘23 Speaker

Aileen Lerch

"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

SF Climate Week

Weds, April 23 | 1pm to 5pm

📍Silicon Valley Bank Offices, SF

Co-Hosts

  • 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.

  • Gigablue offers a deep science-based marine carbon dioxide removal solution that helps companies achieve their net-zero goals by exporting CO2 to the deep ocean for long-term sequestration.

  • Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 2013 to engage Republican policymakers and the public about responsible, conservative solutions to address our nation’s energy, economic, and environmental security while increasing America’s competitive edge.

Announcing the first ever

Climate Demo Jam

at SF Climate Week!

Grab your team and submit a 5 min recorded demo for a climate use case with an impeccable story for a chance to demo live at the summit! Join our virtual Office Hours on Feb 25th to learn more!

See the Judges:

  • Brendan Molony

    Sustainability Manager
    Docusign

  • Jack Cochran

    General Manager
    PreSales Collective

  • John B. Lough

    Director, Product Management
    ServiceNow

  • Kristen Jackson

    Senior Manager, Solutions Architect
    Docusign

  • Rachel K Lo

    Head of Solutions Engineering, Americas
    Shopify

  • Mark Chen

    CEO
    CNaught

  • Meirav Koren Beeri

    Director of Growth
    Gigablue

  • Michelle Li

    Founder
    Clever Carbon & Carbon Newbie Summit

  • Morgan Campbell

    SF Climate Week Director
    Climatebase

  • Sarabeth Brockley

    Former Head of Carbon Strategy and Lead ESG Advisor
    Nasdaq

  • Sean McPhillips

    Head of ESG
    Asana

  • Yassine Hamdouni

    Founding Engineer
    Climatebase

Past Events

Climate Week NYC ‘24

The SF Climate Week Carbon Newbie Summit was a fan favorite with over 400 registrations.

Speakers included carbon experts and professionals from the Golden State Warriors, Allbirds, Clever Carbon, Carbon Better, DocuSign, Asana, Catona Climate, Atmos Financial, Mitsubishi Corporation, BeZero Carbon, and more!

HOST and SPONSORS:

SF Climate Week ‘24

The SF Climate Week Carbon Newbie Summit was a fan favorite with over 400 registrations.

Speakers included carbon experts and professionals from the Golden State Warriors, Allbirds, Clever Carbon, Carbon Better, DocuSign, Asana, Catona Climate, Atmos Financial, Mitsubishi Corporation, BeZero Carbon, and more!

HOST and SPONSORS:

NYC Climate Week ‘23

Our inaugural summit at NYC Climate Week 2023 featured speakers from the NBA, United Nations, Allbirds, Mastercard, Bloomberg, Nasdaq, and more.

Over 80 in-person attendees plus numerous watch parties through livestream tuned in to catch our dynamic programming!

HOST and SPONSORS:

Past Speakers

  • Michelle Li

    Clever Carbon

  • Aileen Lerch

    Allbirds

  • Jackie Ventura

    Golden State Warriors

  • Martina Donlon

    United Nations

  • Annie Horn

    NBA

  • Jackie Moore

    Mastercard

  • Sarabeth Brockley

    Carbonetter

  • Kathy Kearns

    CEEZER

  • Fiona Morgan

    SailGP

  • Eduardo Carriles

    Mubadala Investment Company

  • Natsuru Toda

    Mitsubishi Corporation

  • Ted Christie-Miller

    BeZero Carbon

  • Andrea Bouch

    DocuSign

  • Sean McPhillips

    Asana

  • Andrew Savage

    Lime

Apply to Speak

Have something to share with carbon newbies? From climate science to individual actions and corporate applications, we’re always looking for engaging speakers for our newbies!

Know an organization that would like to co-host? They can reach us through our Contact page!

"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