Glocal Climate Action Summit
Tuesday, September 11th
Climate-Resilient Communities
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 555 Market Street
This event will focus on how researchers and communities can develop integrated community resilience strategies. Breakout sessions on cooling, water, distributed energy and rebuilding communities. This event is organized by UC Davis, Larence Berkeley Lab, Raimi+Associates & Meeting of the Minds.
Building Community and Economic Resilience
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Arup, 560 Mission Street, Suite 700
This event will feature two panels focused on public and private resilience-building both in California and abroad, with speakers representing financial institutions, corporations, local governments and development agencies. This event is organized by Four Twenty Seven.
Science to Action Day
8:45 AM – 5:00 PM | Exploratorium, Pier 15, The Embarcadero
This event will highlight how research is advancing climate action, bringing together researchers, businesses and governments to foster continued action. This event is organized by The American Geophysical Union and California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Building Resilience Today for a Sustainable Tomorrrow
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | PG&E Energy Center, 851 Howard St
This full day event on resilience will include sessions on redefining sustainable business, building energy system resilience and investing in resilience This event is organized by BSR, ICF & Stockholm Resilience Center.
From Puerto Rico to Hawaii: How US Island Jurisdictions are Confronting Climate Change
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM | The Ecocenter at Heron’s Head Park, 32 Jennings Street
This event will feature a cross-sector conversation on how island communities have begun responding to climate change and can continue to do so. This event is organized by The New York Community Trust. Email mdl@nyct-cfi.org to RSVP.
Wednesday, September 12th
Global Climate and Health Forum
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | UCSF Mission Bay Byers Hall, 1600 16th St.
This full day event aims to reframe climate change as public health issue, raise awareness of global health initiatives, etc. This event is organized by Healthcare Without Harm, UCSF, U.S. Global Climate and Health Alliances Healthcare Without Harm, UCSF, U.S. Global Climate and Health Alliances
Forests, Food & Land Day: Meeting the 30×30 Challenge
8:30 AM – 5:15 PM | 401 Van Ness Avenue
Forests, Food and Land Day at the Global Climate Action Summit will bring together farmers and ranchers, foresters, chefs, Indigenous Peoples, business leaders, elected officials, investors, artists, citizens and more who are working to fight climate change. Together, we will showcase our progress and ambition toward meeting the 30×30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge and the goals of the Paris Agreement. This event is organized by the Forests, Food, and Land Coalition.
Finance, Business & Climate Resilience: Physical Climate Risks and Opportunities
9:30 AM – 11:45 AM | 555 California St, San Francisco
Building on the conference in London, “Advancing TCFD guidance on physical climate risk and opportunities,” this event will cover recent developments in corporate and financial reporting of physical climate risks and opportunities. This event is organized by EBRD and Bank of America.
Climate Journeys: Tales of Displacement Across a Changing Planet
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM & 4:00 – 5:15 PM | Goldman Hall, Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St
This interactive event will share information about the increasing numbers of climate refugees and those involved in the responding to these climate-driven conflicts. This event is organized and hosted by Oxfam.
From Shifting the Trillions to Funding Local Climate Actions: How to Address the Global-Local Disconnect in Climate Finance Discourses and Approaches
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Goethe-Institut, 530 Bush Street
This event will feature a panel discussion on investment and financing vehicles and priorities that can be used to propel local low-carbon and resilient community development and what role various stakeholders can play. This event is organized by The Heinrich Boll Foundation North America and Goeth-Institute San Francisco.
Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: Can L.A. Model Sustainability for the World’s Megacities, and What Can It Learn from Others?
5:00 PM – 8:00 | Paul Hastings, 101 California Street, Forty-Eighth Floor
Experts in energy, environmental science, law and urban planning will address the challenges of creating sustainable and resilient megacities through innovative science, technology and law and policy solutions, drawing lessons from UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge that can be applied around the world, and asking what lessons we can draw from other cities’ experiences. This event is organized by UCLA and the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action & Sustainability.
Zero Carbon in California: Building for the Future
5:00 PM – 8:00 | The American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina Street
This event will showcase a meaningful conversation between the California Energy Commission, FivePoint, Latham & Watkins, and Southern California Edison — firms that are leading the zero carbon efforts in California — to discuss how their efforts encourage the State of California to reach its climate goals. This event is organized by CEC, FivePoint, Latham & Watkins, SCE, and Climate Resolve.
Bringing Together Research, Large-scale Investment, Community Resilience Policy, and Public Education
6:00 PM – 10:30 PM | Exploratorium, Pier 15, The Embarcadero
This event will feature an interdisciplinary panel of Bay Area experts will share approaches to climate change adaptation and engagement that are helping to create a better future for the Bay and its communities.RSVP required. This event is organized by SCC, SFEI, and SPUR. Email reserve@exploratorium.edu, or call 415.528.4444, and choose option 5.
Thursday, September 13th
GRESB Climate & Resilience Preview
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | 555 California St
This event will feature a preview of GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure climate and resilience results, followed by two panels of industry leaders. This event is organized by GRESB.
Climate Resilience and Adaptation Investment
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM | Clyde & Co. 101 Second Street
This event will include presentations on climate resilience investment opportunities and climate risk metrics. This event is organized by Lightsmith Group and Willis Tower Watson.
A Unique Pairing: Fire, Water & Wine
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM | Pick-up and drop-off in Downtown San Francisco
This event is a wine country tour on innovation in wine growing and water management in Sonoma County. This event is organized by Sonoma Water, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission and Sonoma Clean Power.
Why Smart Investors Care About Forests, Food, and Land
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Marine’s Memorial Club & Hotel, 609 Sutter St
This event will feature a discussion on the impacts of deforestation on investors. This event is organized by CFA.
Innovating Finance for Climate, Resilience, and Energy Access
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Moscone Center South, 747 Howard Street (for official attendees)
In this session, innovative financiers will highlight new actions they are taking to ensure that resources are available for climate investments, resilience, and energy access. They will highlight new commitments to fill key low carbon capital markets gaps and mobilize public-private partnerships to accelerate and scale private sector investment in the low carbon economy transition. This event is organized by Global Climate Action Summit.
Friday, September 14th
Towards a Zero-Emission, Efficient, and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector: Local Government Action from Around the World
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market St #200
This event will showcase amibitious local govnerment action towards a zero-emission, effcient and resilient building sector. This event is organized by Global Aliiance for Buildings and Construction.
Friday Finance Roundup: drinks, networking and speakers
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM | San Francisco Marriott Marquis
This event is a casual gathering with speakers focussed on scaling up climate finance; will include release of new climate finance playbook. This event is organized by PRI and Global Climate Action Summit, with support from Ceres.
Prepared for the Future We Create: Designing, Building, and Financing Resilient Communities
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Moscone Center South, 747 Howard Street (for official attendees)
In this session, hear from scientists, policymakers, elected officials and business leaders working to ensure that their communities are prepared for these impacts and unlocking new financing for these common-sense solutions, particularly in communities that have traditionally lacked access to capital and are being hit hardest today. This event is organized by Global Climate Action Summit.