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Climate Forward
In September 2023, we gathered at the Times Center to explore where the solutions to the climate crisis stand today and what might come next.
From world leaders and activists to business innovators and scientists, we brought together some of climate’s most vital newsmakers — both onstage and in the audience — to share ideas, work through problems and answer tough questions. Together, in real time.
The impacts of climate change stretch across borders and continents, touching every facet of our life. Watch all of the day's sessions, see our changing world from a truly global perspective.
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New Technology and Smarter Policy
Financing a Just Transition
Food in a Time of Crisis
What’s Standing in the Way of Climate Progress?
Opinion: Paddling Against the Wind
Can a Tidy House Save the World?
Living in the Age of Extreme Heat
Green Growth v. Conservation
Norway’s Paradox: Climate Champion and Major Gas Exporter?
Greening the Grid
A New Recipe for Food Systems
Carnivores and Climate Change
Africa’s Climate Potential
Sponsored Sessions
The Conscious Consumption Conundrum
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Bill Gates
Founder of Breakthrough Energy and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Al Gore
Former vice president of the United States
Marie Kondo
Tidying expert and founder of KonMari Media Inc.
José Andrés
Chef and humanitarian
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Author and scientist
Michael R. Bloomberg
U.N. special envoy on climate ambition and solutions, founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies and former mayor of New York City
Ebony Twilley Martin
Executive director of Greenpeace USA
Jim Andrew
Executive vice president and chief sustainability officer of PepsiCo
Ajay Banga
14th president of the World Bank Group
Calvin Butler
President and C.E.O. of Exelon
Jason Grumet
C.E.O. of the American Clean Power Association
Gina McCarthy
Former national White House climate adviser and administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Anthony Myint
Executive director of Zero Foodprint and co-founder of Mission Chinese Food
Eleni Myrivili
Global chief heat officer of the UN-Habitat and Arsht-Rock Resilience Center
Reema Nanavaty
Director of rural organizing and economic development at Self-Employed Women’s Association
Pedro J. Pizarro
President and C.E.O. of Edison International
William Ruto
President of Kenya
Jonas Gahr Støre
Prime Minister of Norway
Gilberto Tomazoni
Global C.E.O. of JBS
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
President and C.E.O. of the Hip Hop Caucus
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