Official Climate Week NYC events calendar

PITCH PERFECT LUNCH & LEARN: URBAN CLIMATE LAB – PITCHING THE FUTURE OF CITIES

Rachel Lamb
Kathleen Schmid
Basil Seggos
Anushree Sreedhar
Yuri Mytko
Nathanael Occenad
François Boutin-Dufresne
Nicole Hurtubise
Event by: Québec Government Office in New York
Event format
In-person
Event duration
2 hours
Language
English
Climate change is increasingly experienced at the local level, where cities serve as both frontline responders and laboratories for innovation. This panel, Climate Sister Cities – When Urban Challenges Meet Innovative Green Solutions, brings together municipal leaders and practitioners from Québec, New York, and the greater US, to explore how cross-border collaboration is accelerating urban climate action. Through concrete case studies, panelists will highlight successful initiatives ranging from clean energy integration and resilient infrastructure to sustainable mobility 2 expansion, and community-based adaptation strategies. By examining what has worked—and why—this discussion will underscore the tangible environmental gains achieved through shared expertise and coordinated local action. The conversation will also address persistent challenges, including regulatory misalignment, financing constraints, and scaling pilot projects into long-term solutions. Emphasizing the value of knowledge exchange, the panel will identify opportunities for deeper cooperation and replication of best practices across jurisdictions. At a time when cities are under increasing pressure to deliver measurable climate outcomes, this session will demonstrate how “sister city” partnerships can move beyond symbolic ties to become engines of practical, results-driven climate solutions.