Organizers: Science Based Targets Network, in collaboration with UN Global Compact and Accountability Accelerator

Location: Marriott Marquis (Playwright Ballroom)

Science Based Targets Network’s (SBTN) flagship event will bring together stakeholders from across business, finance, civil society, funders and media to:

• Announce the latest corporate progress – from validated targets and milestones to companies signaling their ambition through our Step Up for Nature initiative.
• Share corporate insights & highlight corporate leadership via a panel of senior leaders implementing science-based targets for nature at their companies.
• Build momentum toward the launch of SBTN’s 2026 release of updated methods and guidance, which expands the scope of available targets and enhances feasibility, making the target-setting journey clearer and more accessible for companies.

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Organizers: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Future Earth, We Don’t Have Time, Planetary Guardians, Global Commons Alliance, UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change (YAG) and The Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Location: Online

Join the international launch of the Planetary Communications, a new framework and handbook for sustainability communication, developed in collaboration with Johan Rockström and 100 other researchers and experts from across the globe. Participants will meet contributors to the handbook and discuss how we can communicate sustainability science more impactfully in a polarized world of mis- and disinformation.

Organizers: WWF, the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, and Science Based Targets Network

Location: WWF’s Panda House

Join WWF, the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, and the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), for the launch of the Freshwater Basin Threshold Tool, a new resource designed to help companies translate water commitments into meaningful action across their supply chains. Speakers from WWF, SBTN, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the private sector will discuss the future of science-based water stewardship and the partnerships, data, and tools needed to drive action at scale.

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Organizers: We Don’t Have Time

In Santa Marta, Colombia, 59 countries and the European Union came together to advance a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. 5 months have passed; how can we take this process forward? How can we engage society and anchor it beyond governments? At Climate Week NYC, We Don’t Have Time brings together leading scientists, policymakers, and civil society organizations for an open discussion on what needs to happen to take this process to the next level.

Organizers: Climate Governance Commission

Focused on enhancing the science-policy interface and early warning systems for the planet, in the face of grave Earth system disruptions across planetary boundaries, with particular attention to the role youth and civil society can play in developing pathways to strengthening the role of science in global policymaking. By invitation only. Please express interest to Emma Broholm ([email protected]).

Organizers: Planetary Health Alliance and The Educated Choices Program

Location: Online

From the food on our plates to the health of the whole planet, this live, classroom-friendly session explores Planetary Health through the story of modern agriculture. The Educated Choices Program, in partnership with the Planetary Health Alliance, opens with a short introduction, screens the 18-minute film Planetary Health: Agriculture in the Anthropocene, and closes with a live Q&A. Designed to fit a single class period, it connects climate, biodiversity, water, and human health to everyday choices students make – and ends where Planetary Health does: on solutions and the power of every meal. Built for secondary and post-secondary classrooms, educators are welcome to tune in with their students.

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Organizers: Planetary Guardians

Location: 15 E 40th Street, New York, NY 10016

The Planetary Health Club is an immersive pop-up experience designed to make the connection between planetary health and human health tangible. Through a series of visceral installations, we want visitors to experience how pressures on Earth’s systems, from rising temperatures and air pollution to biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, directly affect our bodies and well-being. The space will also spotlight solutions already underway and give visitors clear ways to support action for a healthier planet and healthier people.

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Organizers: Planetary Guardians in partnership with The New School’s Office of University Initiatives, and President’s Office

Location: Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 63 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003

The Planetary Health Check is an annual scientific assessment of Earth’s vital signs based on the Planetary Boundaries framework. First launched during Climate Week NYC in 2024 by the Planetary Guardians and Earth system scientists, the report tracks indicators across nine global processes to evaluate planetary stability and risk.

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Organizers: Project Basecamp, Count Us In, and the University of Exeter’s Nature and Climate Impact Team

Location: American Australian Association 600 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10016

When climate starts changing something people love, the stakes get harder to ignore. Sport lovers are already feeling the heat. Climate is changing soccer. From hydration breaks at the World Cup, to changing grassroots pitches, lovers of the game everywhere are feeling the pressure. Extreme weather has never felt closer, more visible and harder to ignore.

Join Project Basecamp, Count Us In, and the University of Exeter’s Nature and Climate Impact Team for a provocative, interactive discussion on what climate is doing to soccer, and what industry experts can share about how we respond. Special guest remarks from actor and advocate, Rainn Wilson.

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