Join MIT and the MIT Climate Project at Climate Week NYC, one of the largest global gatherings of the energy and climate community.
This year, the Climate Project and more than 10 other programs at MIT are hosting sessions on a number of critical topics on Tuesday, Sept. 22, and Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Browse the events below and follow us on LinkedIn for regular news and updates.
Venue
Dream Downtown Hotel
355 West 16 Street
New York City, NY 10011
All sessions are held at the Dream Downtown Hotel, unless otherwise specified.
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Tuesday, September 22
Next-Generation Super Pollutant Solutions: Challenges and Opportunities
Host: MIT Climate Project
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Event: 8:00-10:00 AM
Networking: 10:00-11:00 AM
Join us for breakfast session with a presentation on a hard-to-abate super pollutants and a panel discussion. The event will be from 8-10 AM followed by time for networking from 10-11 AM.
Mobilizing Climate Knowledge for Action
Host: MIT Open Learning (web)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
Location: Gallery East
You may have heard the saying that “all jobs are climate jobs,” but what do people need to know and be able to do in order to act on climate solutions, and how do they learn it? This session explores the essential role of climate literacy and capacity-building as an accelerator of climate action. Through an expert panel and small-group discussions, participants will dive into how we can mobilize knowledge and build agency across ages, geographies, and industries.
This session is convened by the team behind Universal Climate and Energy, MIT Open Learning’s forthcoming self-paced, online, learning experience for people of all backgrounds interested in learning the tools and frameworks to implement climate solutions across fields.
The Future of Food & Agricultural Systems in a Changing Climate
Host: MIT Climate Project and the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Location: Gallery East
Invitation only
Description:
A roundtable-lunch for leaders across the sector.
Trading for Food Security in a Changing Climate
Host: MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Main Space
Registration coming soon
Description:
International food trade is essential for global food security, yet the interconnected networks that move food also transmit climatic, economic, and geopolitical shocks. This panel examines food trade and food security through the lens of healthy diets and introduces MIT's Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability, which maps vulnerabilities across more than 180 countries.
The Index reveals a paradox: while most of the world's population lives in low-vulnerability countries, climate projections show that nearly every region will increasingly rely on food imports by 2050. As demand grows faster than production in low- and middle-income regions, roughly 450 million people remain at risk of hunger under current trajectories. The panel will explore how targeted investment in local productivity, infrastructure, and R&D can build resilience and help vulnerable regions achieve food security and nutrition goals under climate change.
Climate Communication Panel
Host: MIT Climate Portal (web) (AskMIT Podcast)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Gallery East
Description: Coming soon
Industrial Decarbonization Panel
Host: MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning (DUSP)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 3:30-4:45 PM
Location: Main Space
Description: Coming soon
Capital Orchestration
Host: MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative (SSI)
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 3:00-4:45 PM
Location: Gallery West
Description: Coming soon
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Wednesday, September 23
Building Flood Resilience with MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Host: MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 9:30 AM-10:30 PM
Location: Gallery East
Description:
Floods are the costliest, most frequent disaster in the United States. The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates flood damage to homes and businesses topped $8.8 billion nationwide in 2024. But long before floodwaters rise, response depends on modeling and mapping tools that predict where and how flooding will happen, and current tools have real limitations.
This panel brings together state and local officials, engineering firms, researchers, and investors to discuss the limits of current flood modeling, how challenges differ between coastal and inland flooding, and where necessary investment in flood research and resilience is—and isn’t— happening today.
Confirmed participants include:
- Heather Roiter, Deputy Commissioner, Planning & Resiliency, NYC Office of Emergency Management
- Doug Farnham, Chief Recovery Officer, the State of Vermont
- Clara Decerbo, Director, Providence Emergency Management Agency
- Derrick Hiebert, Infrastructure Resilience Practice Leader, AECOM
- Haythem Shata, Senior Engineer, Arup
- Julia Hopkins, Technical Staff, MIT - Lincoln Laboratory
- Zach Iscol, Venture Partner, Lux Capital
2026 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report Launch
Host: MIT Center of Transportation + Logistics (CTL)
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Main Space
Description:
The 2026 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report examines a paradox at the heart of corporate sustainability today: commitment is rising, even as the ability to deliver is becoming more difficult. The report explores how companies are responding to geopolitical disruption, governance gaps, fragmented sustainability data, rapid advances in Industrial and Agentic AI, and the broader challenge of embedding sustainability more deeply into supply chain decisions and operations.
Produced by the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and sponsored by C.H. Robinson Foundation, Breakthrough, and CO2 AI with Dassault Systèmes, the report reveals where progress is real, where the constraints are tightening, and why greater efficiency and intelligence do not automatically translate into greater sustainability.
Join us for a panel discussion with the research team exploring the major themes from this year's findings. Further details in our teaser video and on the registration page.
Simulating the Future: The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Workshop
Host: MIT Climate Policy Center (CPC)
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Location: Gallery East
Speakers: Bethany Patten, Andrew (Drew) Jones
Description:
The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Workshop is an interactive group experience that uses the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator—a free, easy-to-use, system dynamics model co-developed by Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan School of Management. En-ROADS gives users the opportunity to test out different climate change solutions, en route to creating a future that limits global warming to well below 2°C from pre-industrial levels, in line with the Paris Agreement.
In this 90-minute session, you will get a tour of the En-ROADS simulator, work together to test out your own solutions, build a collective scenario of success, and explore the future you’ve created.
Request an invitation to attend.
The Future of Data Centers:
Technologies to Change the Paradigm
Host: MIT Climate Project
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Location: Main Space
Description: Coming soon
MIT Climate Impact Founder & Funder Connect
Host: MIT Priscilla King Gray Center for Social Impact (PKG)
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Gallery West
Description:
Join the MIT PKG Center for a small gathering of climate founders, impact investors, philanthropists, family offices, and ecosystem leaders during NYC Climate Week.
This gathering focuses on the practical relationship-building needed to move capital toward MIT-affiliated climate ventures primed for long-term systems change. Founders will explore how mission-aligned capital partners—from philanthropy, angels, and family offices to impact-focused investors—can be partners in achieving long-term systems change. Funders will meet MIT-affiliated early-stage climate founders.
The gathering will convene ~30 climate-focused capital partners, including investors, foundations, family offices, and angels, alongside MIT-affiliated student and alumni founders. It is intentionally designed as a small-format space where participants can get to know one another, identify shared interests, and create paths to follow-up conversations.
Educating Tomorrow's Climate Leaders: An MIT Perspective
Host: MIT Office of Experiential Learning (ELO)
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
Location: Gallery West
Description: Coming soon