Speakers
Each year, hundreds of expert speakers take to the stage at Climate Week NYC to unpack the most pressing challenges of our time and shape practical solutions for action. High profile speakers from previous years include Ursula von der Leyen, H.E. Gaston Browne, Gavin Newsom and Mark Ruffalo.
If you're interested in speaking at Climate Week NYC 2026, please fill out this form.
Mark Ruffalo
Actor and Co-Founder, The Solutions Project
H.E. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda
Hon. Ralph Regenvanu
Minister of Climate Change, Republic of Vanuatu
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) / Bonn, Germany
Sabine Mauderer
First Deputy Governor, Deutsche Bundesbank
Dr. Beverly Wright
Founder and Executive Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Gloria Walton
President & CEO, The Solutions Project
Hyoeun Jenny Kim
CEO, Global Industry Hub
Helen Clarkson
CEO, Climate Group
Stuart Haselden
CEO, Arc'teryx
Jon Creyts
CEO, RMI
Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen
President and CEO, Global Center on Adaptation
Dominic Phinn
Head of Transport, Climate Group
Emmanuel Normant
VP for Sustainable Development at Saint-Gobain
Malaika Vaz
Co-founder and CEO, Untamed Planet
Benjamin Backer
Founder and CEO, Nature is Nonpartisan
Nancy Sutley
Deputy Mayor of Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles
Michael E. Roberts
President and CEO, First Nations Development Institute
Grant Hauber
Strategic Energy Finance Advisor, Asia, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Ramón Méndez Galain
Executive Director, Fundación IVY
Kate Williams
CEO, 1% for the Planet
Brandon Spencer
President, Motion Business Area, ABB
Katherine Tjandra
Energy Transition Director, AirTrunk
Jasmijn de Boo
Global CEO, ProVeg International
Kanika Chawla
COS and Director of External Programmes, Sustainable Energy for All
Anacláudia Rossbach
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Zay Harding
TV Host and Producer, Hearst Media Production Group
Racquel Moses
Global Ambassador of Race to Zero and Race to Resilience Campaigns, CEO of Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator
Emily Knight
CEO & President, The Engine
Adam Weiss
Chief Programmes and Impact Officer, ClientEarth
Laurence Tubiana
CEO, European Climate Foundation
Morten Wierod
President and CEO, ABB
Stacy Pyett
Program Manager Proteins for Life, Wageningen University & Research
Prof. Dan Esty
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University
Angela Barranco
Executive Director for North America, Climate Group
Governor Bill Ritter Jr
President and Chair of the Board (North America), Climate Group
Champa Patel
Executive Director for Governments and Policy, Climate Group
Carine Smith Ihenacho
Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, Norges Bank Investment Management
David Widawsky
Director, WRI US, World Resources Institute
Faustine Delasalle
CEO, Mission Possible Partnership
Ezgi Barcenas
CCRO, L'Oréal Groupe
Albert Gore
Executive Director, Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA)
Holly Paeper
President, Commercial HVAC, Trane Technologies
Maeve Campbell
Climate Journalist, Freelance
Damilola Ogunbiyi
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (UN SRSG), Co-Chair of UN-Energy and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All
Bob Mitchell
CEO, Global Electronics Council
Dr. Tzeporah Berman
Founder and Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Peter Prengaman
Global Climate and Environment News Director, The Associated Press
Mike Peirce
Executive Director of Systems Change, Climate Group
Christopher Wellise
VP, Sustainability, Equinix
Jeroen Gerlag
Director, Climate Group Europe
Liane Randolph
Chair, California Air Resources Board
Fredrika Klarén
Head of Sustainability, Polestar
Aria McLauchlan
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Land Core
Donny Simmons
Group President, Americas Region, Trane Technologies
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of Freetown, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc
Ginger Zee
Chief Meteorologist and Chief Climate Correspondent, ABC News
Dan Delurey
Senior Fellow for Climate & Energy, Vermont Law and Graduate School
Hon. David Eby
Premier, Province of British Columbia
Ieva Baršauskaitė
Lead, Trade and Green Transition, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Ditte Maria Juul Jørgensen
Director General for Energy, European Commission, DG Energy and Housing
Meghan Ryan
Director, Natural Climate Solutions Strategy, National Audubon Society
Alex Piper
Head of US Policy and Markets, EnergyTag
Katherine Tjandra
Energy Transition Director, AirTrunk
Carla J. Peterman
Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Angie Lassman
Broadcast Meterologist, NBC News
Daniella Vega
Senior Vice President Health & Sustainability, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V
Evan Harrison
CEO, Kiss the Ground
Simon Nicholas
Lead Analyst, Global Steel, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Noémie Bauer
CSO, Pernod Ricard
H.E. Hashim Djojohadikusumo
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Energy & Environment, Republic of Indonesia
Jonathan Pershing
Program Director, Hewlett Foundation
Patrick Herhold
Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG
Shaun Seow
CEO, Philanthropy Asia Alliance
Ana Amélia Campos Toni
CEO of COP30, Presidency of the Republic
Serena McIlwain
Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
Priscilla Sims Brown
President and CEO, Amalgamated Bank
Henry Rich
Managing Partner, The Oberon Group
Pedro J. Pizarro
CEO, Edison International
John McCalla-Leacy
Head of Global ESG, KPMG
Adam Gardner
Co-Founder/Co-Executive Director, REVERB
Matt Maier
Owner and Chief Regenerative Renegade, Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed
Prabodha Acharya
CSO, JSW Group
Jeff Young
Environment & Sustainability Editor, Newsweek
Teresa Ribera
Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
Dan Ioschpe
Climate High-Level Champion, COP 30
Nancy Mahon
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies
Dr. Andrew Forrest AO
Executive Chairman and Founder, Fortescue
Sarah Lake
CEO, Tilt Collective
Mark McKenna
Global Sustainability Director, Arcadis
Nontokozo Yvonne Hadebe
Group Executive: Strategy & Sustainability, Eskom Holdings
Paula Glover
President & CEO, Alliance to Save Energy
Jens Tuider
Director, Germany, Tilt Collective
Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas
Program Director, COP30 Presidency
Jigar Shah
Managing Partner, Multiplier
Al Subbloie
CEO, Budderfly
Kate Gallego
Mayor, City of Phoenix
Pablo Andrés Gabutti
Secretary of Energy Transition, Province of Córdoba
Rebecca Brooks
Director, Agriculture & Food Systems, Ambition Loop
Diego Ibarra
Senior Partner, Roland Berger
Shyla Raghav
COO, TIME
Minh Anh Nguyen (Mia)
Associate Director, Engagement, Asia Clean Energy Coalition
Scott Schneider
Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Sam Hersh
North America E-Mobility Solution Lead, Arcadis
Karen Sack
Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
Benjamin Bellegy
Executive Director, WINGS
Shameela Soobramoney
CEO, NBI-National Business Initiative
Josh Green
CEO & Founder, Inspiration Mobility
Sandeep Nijhawan
CEO and Co-Founder, Electra
John O'Brien
Managing Director, Sustainability & Climate, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Sheldon Whitehouse
US Senator from Rhode Island; Ranking Member of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, US Senate
Paulette Frank
CSO, Johnson & Johnson
Rachel Sossoman
President and CEO, Mercy Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine
Dr. Julie Varughese
SVP of Programs and Chief Medical Officer, Americares
Kim Masone
Cloud Logistics General Manager, Microsoft
Nico de Golia
Director of Sustainability & Innovation, Microsoft
Mete Coban
Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy, Greater London Authority"
Sujata Sullivan (Suji)
CCO, Lovink
Trisha Miller
Vice President - Policy and Market Development, Aeroseal, LLC
Chethan Sarabu
Director of Clinical Innovation, Cornell Tech
Mike Richter
President, Brightcore Energy
John Marshall
CEO and Founder, Potential Energy Coalition
James Fletcher
Climate Envoy, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Miguel Sossa-Mardomingo
VP, Deputy Americas Sustainability Lead, Capgemini
Samed Ağırbaş
President, Zero Waste Foundation
Lars Aagaard
Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, � Denmark
Hon. Chris Bowen MP
Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Australian Government
Jane Fonda
Actor & activist, JanePAC
Rob Bonta
California Attorney General, California Department of Justice
Steven M. Rothstein
Chief Program Officer, Ceres
Doreen M. Harris
President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Jenny Kwan
Director, Climate Action, WBCSD
Christine Weydig
Strategic Advisor, Schneider Electric
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh
CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Ricken Patel
Principal, Climate Hub
Dion Harris
Senior Director of Accelerated Data Center Solutions, NVIDIA
Margaret Kim
CEO, Gold Standard Foundation
Gina McCarthy
Former White House National Climate Advisor, 13th U.S. EPA Administrator, Managing Co-Chair, America Is All In
Natasha Healey
CEO, Bantam Communications
Heather Reams
President and CEO, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions
Thomas Steyer
Co-Executive Chair, Galvanize Climate Solutions
Bob Keefe
Executive Director, E2
Tim Profeta
Executive in Residence, Nicholas Institute at Duke University
Carol Browner
Senior Of Counsel, former EPA Administrator, and former Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy as Advisor to President Obama, Covington & Burling LLP
Chrystal Cornelius
President & CEO, Oweesta Corporation
Mario Cordero
CEO, � Port of Long Beach
Ernest J. Moniz
Founder and CEO, EFI Foundation
Rich Powell
CEO, Clean Energy Buyers Association
Jordan Diamond
President, Environmental Law Institute
Sid Singh
CEO, Verifi
Naghma Mulla
CEO, EdelGive Foundation
Mindy Lubber
CEO and President, Ceres
Mike McGuire
President pro Tempore, California State Senate
Mauro J. Atalla
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, Trane Technologies
Mark Patel
Senior Partner. McKinsey & Company
Katie Becker
CCO, Arc'teryx
Jules Lennon
Fashion Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Cecilia Sorensen
Director, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
Sophia Li
Impact Editor, Family Style
Farmer Lee Jones
Brand Ambassador / Co-Owner, The Chef�?Ts Garden
Avra van der Zee
COO, Elemental Impact
Nicole Steele
Director of Climate Policy, Amalgamated Bank
Robbie Fowler
LFC Legend, Liverpool Football Club
Rishi Jain
Director of Impact, Liverpool Football Club
Chase Cain
Meteorologist, Climate Reporter, NBC News
Nigar Arpadarai
Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP29 Azerbaijan
Kara Hurst
CSO, Amazon
Dr. Genevieve Guenther
Founding Director, End Climate Silence
Sophie Lambin
CEO, Kite Insights Limited
Gary Iocco
Mayor, City of Red Wing
Maria Mendiluce
CEO, We Mean Business Coalition
Fiona McRaith
Director, The Climate Pledge, Global Optimism
J. English Cook
Co-Founder, Artistic Director, Climate Film Festival
Hon Mike Rann AC CNZM
Chair of the UK Board, Climate Group
Tom Rivett-Carnac
Founding Partner, Global Optimism
Rt. Hon Ed Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom
Lindsay Levin
Founder and CEO, Blue Dot Collective, LLC
Friederike Röder
Director, Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
Alyson Wess
VP Charitable Solutions, Johnson & Johnson
Daniele Violetti
Senior Director, UNFCCC
Sigrid Vasconez Davidsson
Executive Director, Fundación �'eque
Marcelo Behar
Special Envoy for Bioeconomy, COP30
Heeta Lakhani
Founder & Managing Director, The ClimAct Initiative
Helen Mountford
President & CEO, ClimateWorks Foundation
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Adam Met
Founder and Executive Director, Planet Reimagined
Mukhtar Babayev
President, COP29
Valerie Hickey
Global Director for Climate Change, World Bank Group
Seema Wadhwa
Founder, Health in Climate
Melisa R. Logan
Mayor, City of Blytheville
Ann Davlin
CEO, Cleantech Leaders Roundtable
André Aranha Corrêa do Lago
COP30 President-Designate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mohamed Gouled
VP, Global Industries, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Catherine McKenna
CEO, Climate and Nature Solutions
Michael Sheldrick
Co-Founder & Chief Policy, Impact & Government Affairs Officer, Global Citizen
Benoît Faraco
Climate Ambassador, France
Rebecca Henderson
John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University
Andrew Forth
Head of Policy and Advocacy, Climate Group
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Honorary President, The Club of Rome
Farid Al Awlaqi
CEO, Generation, TAQA
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)