Session 1: Are We Building for the Past or Future? Green Financing in Hotel Development and Investment Session 2: How Can the Travel and Tourism Industry Catalyze a More Sustainable and Resilient Food & Beverage Supply Chain? Session 3: Climate Action Needs to Drive Destination Planning: Why Isn’t It? Co-hosts: Cornell University's Center for Hospitality Research and Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Session 4: Creating Positive Feedback Loops: How Can Travel Business Models Accelerate Nature-Based Finance and Solutions? Session 5: Step Up to Meet the Moment: Driving the Generational Change in Training and Education in a Climate-Constrained World Session 6: Panel – From Ideas to Action: Future Directions in Sustainable Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality Co-hosts: Cornell University's Center for Hospitality Research and Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
This session explores effectiveness of supply chain-linked interventions, the methods for measuring their impact, and the potential of coffee as a force for good. Nespresso and PUR have been leaders in large-scale coffee agroforestry projects, aiming to rejuvenate ecosystems in key coffee-growing regions through carbon and biodiversity initiatives. Recent studies by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology confirm the success of these interventions. The three organizations will delve into the workings of supply chain-linked interventions, impact measurement, and more. Nespresso has been working with PUR to revive ecosystems in important coffee-growing communities through carbon and biodiversity initiatives. Find out how supply chain-linked interventions work, how impact can be measured, and how coffee can be a force for good.
Moderated by staff from the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, the goals of this session are to: 1) Understand ways in which researchers and decision makers can work together more effectively; 2) Improve coordination across researchers and disciplines to support NYC’s food policy-making; and 3) Discuss what we know about the ability of food policies to meet NYC’s climate goals and where gaps remain.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), in partnership with Cornell University, will be hosting a special half-day event at New York Climate Week this year titled “From Ambition to Action: Solutions for Lower-Methane Livestock.” This event will bring together innovators, scientists, and policymakers to discuss solutions for further reducing methane emissions from animal agriculture, focusing on the need for collaborative research and innovation across the agriculture sector, effective policy levers for supporting implementation at the farm level, and elevating animal health as a pathway for securing a triple win for farmers, food security, and the climate.
Nuclear New York is collaborating with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Generation Atomic to advance conversations around nuclear energy and sustainable development at our Nuclear Symposium 2024: Uplifting Humanity. This in-person event on Roosevelt Island will be simulcast globally as part of the UNGA Science Summit. This year’s nuclear symposium will bring together a) economic development organizations, b) energy and technology investors, c) delegations of emerging economies, and d) international climate/environment groups.
The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG) and The International Center for Future Generations (ICFG) will host an event during New York Climate Week to bring together complementary experts and stakeholders to discuss their perspectives on climate intervention governance. The event aims to shift the narrative around Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) beyond polarization and foster a more nuanced, human-centered discussion. Participants will learn why experts feel compelled to explore the need for SRM—recognizing that while this is not a solution on its own and should never be proposed as such, it may offer a potential additional response to the escalating challenges posed by climate change. The event will focus on the need for well-governed research on SRM, highlighting the importance of inclusivity and democratic consideration in its exploration. Experts will underscore the need for transparency, public engagement, and collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including communities most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Join Cornell alumni and industry leaders for an exclusive roundtable event on Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) and the voluntary carbon market. This event offers a platform for executives to engage directly with experts and peers on integrating NCS into corporate net-zero strategies, followed by networking with drinks and light snacks.
While livestock production has a significant impact on the earth’s land, water, and climate, it also is an essential part of a food system that does and will continue to nourish and support billions every day. Livestock production systems are extraordinarily diverse, yet to address urgent global challenges—climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as biodiversity protection, food security, and improved livelihoods—we need significant, coordinated, and strategic investment across the Global North and South. Diverse livestock production systems—from pastoralism on natural grasslands, smallholder mixed farming, and semi-intensive systems to commercial production on converted land—can and must play a role in tackling climate change. Fortunately, many livestock producers are aware of their environmental impact, and many are—or want to—evolve and adapt their operations to keep producing good food in ways that avoid or mitigate emissions. The challenge is how we can meet the demand for accessible, healthy, and sustainable food while moving toward sustainable and low-emissions livestock systems.
Join us to celebrate a decade of declining deforestation in Indonesia - a discussion on how the international community can support these achievements going forward; and on how these successes might read across to the other two great global rainforests. With keynote speakers from the Government of Indonesia, local NGOs and international partners, and analysis on how the international community can support Indonesia’s continued success to 2030 and beyond. The welcome address will be delivered by Razan al Mubarak, President IUCN and UN Climate Change High Level Champion, and the event will be chaired by Zac Goldsmith, Senior Fellow, Bezos Earth Fund.
The proliferation of sensing technologies that advance climate adaptation must produce data that are usable and useful for communities, agencies, and other stakeholders. In this workshop, participants will participate in a FloodNet workshop on Data and Storytelling using data from flood sensors installed across New York City. Learn how to read and interpret data while connecting it to your lived experiences with flooding in New York City.
This event is for everyone who experiences flooding in their neighborhoods or works on climate adapatation solutions driven by technology. Co-hosted by the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, New York Sea Grant, the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice and FloodNet, in partnership with the New York Climate Exchange.
“Remember Ida” will mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Ida, which hit New York City in September 2021 and caused severe inland flooding, particularly in low-lying areas and basement-level dwellings. The program will include a listening session, using an episode from the third season of the Queens Memory Podcast called “Invisible Homeless,” about a family in Flushing, Queens who drowned in their basement home and the Chinese community that rallied to help identify the deceased. This will be followed by eflections led by the panelists.
