Sea level rise. Biodiversity loss. Water availability. Food insecurity. These issues, among many global climate challenges, are central to our planet’s future and to a sustainable way of life.
They require focused and committed attention—especially from those capable of generating knowledge and translating discovery into action across communities. As an institution committed to research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice, Yale is catalyzing and realizing planetary solutions, guided by its mission to “improve the world today and for future generations.”
Each year during Climate Week NYC, an international summit to drive climate action, Yale Planetary Solutions showcases and catalyzes scalable and transformative climate solutions.
Events organized by Yale Planetary Solutions take place at The Yale Club of New York City, which offers the ideal nucleating site for this program, bringing together those interested in harnessing collective knowledge for the greatest impact. In addition to YPS-hosted events, Yale collaborates with other climate leaders on exciting events throughout the week.
Yale @ Climate Week NYC consistently convenes thought-leaders, activists, and innovators along with Yale faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends from across the university’s schools and disciplines––and from across the world.
Through panels, workshops, symposia, performances, and events, participants challenge the status quo and make progress on planetary solutions – through inquiry and innovation, policy and action, and community engagement and empowerment.
Climate Week NYC’s global stage offers an opportunity to strengthen existing collaborations and foster new partnerships between the university and national and international governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations.
Yale @ Climate Week NYC is but one piece of our work to catalyze all that Yale is, and all that Yale does, in pursuit of planetary solutions.
Yale University President Maurie McInnis at Yale @ Climate Week 2024.