Highlights: 25 September 2026

08.00am ET

Two days left, and the city is still going. We'll be covering selected events here throughout the day.

Find your own with the events map and the full calendar.

A few to look out for today

• Preparing for the Future: At the Water's Edge — Battery Park City Authority | 8.30am ET | What's at risk in Lower Manhattan, and what's being done to protect the subways, jobs and infrastructure behind 8% of the city's economy
• Brunch and Learn: How AI Can Help Investors Navigate Interconnected Sustainability Risks — US SIF | 9.00am ET| A first look at SAIL, an AI platform built to help investors see systemic risk rather than company-by-company performance
• Climate Comedy and Methane Myth-busting — Methane Mitigation Council | 10.00am ET | Comedian Stuart Goldsmith and methane experts on why cutting methane is the fastest way to slow warming. Thirty seats only
• Shakes and Cakes with Climate Friends — Streetlife Ventures and Climate Tech Cities | 12.00pm ET | No panels, no speeches. Milkshakes in Madison Square Park with people who have spent a week in conference rooms
• Big Oil, the Law, and the Fight for a Just Transition — Law Students for Climate Accountability | 3.00pm ET | Steven Donziger and climate journalist Amy Westervelt on litigation, retaliation and what a just transition demands

Joining from home?

Two hybrid events you can catch wherever you are:

• Powering Our Future: Young People Shaping North America's Energy Transition — Agora and the UN SDG7 Youth Constituency | 10.30am ET | A youth-led forum in the Bronx working toward a short list of energy priorities, with young people in the majority and doing the asking
• Circular Economy and Green Finance — STUF United Fund | 1.30pm ET | How circular economy solutions get financed, and what it takes to scale Asia-US net-zero partnerships