Yale Climate Week NYC – Planetary Solutions

The magnitude and urgency of global climate challenges demand bold action and ambitious solutions. Yale @ Climate Week NYC will bring together thought leaders, activists, scholars, students, and innovators to drive new pathways toward impact.

Sea level rise. Biodiversity loss. Water availability. Food insecurity. These issues, among many global climate challenges, are central to our planet’s future and to a sustainable way of life. They require focused and committed attention—especially from those capable of generating knowledge and translating discovery into action across communities. As an institution committed to research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice, Yale is catalyzing and realizing planetary solutions, guided by its mission to “improve the world today and for future generations.”

In September 2024, Yale Planetary Solutions in collaboration with the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies will host a four-day program to spotlight and drive forward scalable and transformative climate solutions. Events will take place at The Yale Club of New York City during Climate Week NYC, an international summit to drive climate action, held in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly. The Yale Club offers the ideal nucleating site for this program, bringing together those interested in harnessing collective knowledge for the greatest impact.

Yale @ Climate Week NYC will convene thought-leaders, activists, and innovators along with Yale faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends from across the university’s schools and disciplines. Through a series of panels, workshops, symposia, performances, and events, participants will challenge the status quo and make progress on planetary solutions – through inquiry and innovation, policy and action, and community engagement and empowerment. Climate Week NYC’s global stage offers an opportunity to strengthen existing collaborations and foster new partnerships between the university and national and international governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations.

Yale @ Climate Week NYC is but one piece of our work to catalyze all that Yale is, and all that Yale does in pursuit of planetary solutions.