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Climate Week NYC
Founded2009
TypeEnvironmental Charity
FocusClimate change
Location
Area served
International
Websitewww.climateweeknyc.org

Climate Week NYC is an annual event that has taken place every year in New York City since 2008. The summit takes place alongside the UN General Assembly and brings together international leaders from business, government and civil society to showcase global climate action. Climate Week NYC is run by The Climate Group.

History

The first Climate Week took place in 2009 and in 2018 celebrated its tenth year in the city.[1] Climate Week NYC takes place while the United Nations General Assembly is in session, allowing heads of state and other senior governmental figures to attend and participate. In 2018 several heads of state took part in the Opening Ceremony including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as well as the Presidents of Haiti, Peru and the Marshall Islands. [2]

In 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted the UN Climate Summit and joined the Opening Ceremony with John Kerry, US Secretary of State, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC.[3]

Format

10 Things campaign

In 2018 to mark the ten day countdown to Climate Week NYC a ten things campaign was launched to raise awareness of how the public can engage in tackling climate action.[4] The campaign included a city wide marketing drive across the city, with over 3,000 sites across five boroughs of New York City taking part.

Climate Week NYC events

Each year Climate Week NYC hosts a number of events throughout the week. In 2018 over 150 events registered as part of the week, with many other taking place in an unofficial capacity.[5]

Opening Ceremony

Each year is typically launched with an Opening Ceremony where announcements are made by world leaders from government and business. In 2018 this included a $300 million announcement of support for Pacific Islands affected by climate change from the Prime Minister of New Zealand.[6] Other major participants have included Tim Cook[7], Richard Branson[8] and John Kerry[9].

The Hub

In 2018 Climate Week NYC hosted The Hub, a series of events held throughout the second day of the week with talks and debates with people from the climate world.

References

  1. ^ "At Climate Week NYC, the Focus is on Maintaining Momentum".
  2. ^ "New York City Skyline Goes Green for 10th Climate Week NYC". Climate Week.
  3. ^ "Join us in celebrating 10 years of Climate Week NYC". Climate Week.
  4. ^ "New Yorkers plan talks, screenings and tours for Climate Week".
  5. ^ "Events listing - Climate Week". Climate Week NYC.
  6. ^ Trevett, Claire (24 September 2018). "PM Jacinda Ardern's challenges other world leaders on climate change". nzherald.co.nz.
  7. ^ Gunther, Marc (23 September 2014). "Apple CEO Tim Cook at Climate Week: 'the time for inaction has passed'". the Guardian.
  8. ^ "Our Panel at Climate Week NYC - The B Team". 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ Holden, Emily; Milman, Oliver (14 September 2018). "California to launch its 'own damn satellite' to track greenhouse gases". the Guardian.
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