A casual conference for carbon newbies interested in getting the 101, 201, and maybe 301 on all things carbon!

Climate Week NYC

Tues, September 23, 2025 | Afternoon

📍Debevoise & Plimpton Offices, Hudson Yards

CO-HOSTS:

The Carbon Newbie Summit is an initiative of:

"The Carbon Newbie Summit is an opportunity for folks from all backgrounds to establish a foundation of climate knowledge and to explore their role in this movement — because shifting to a low carbon future will take all of us, from scientists and technical experts, to artists and entrepreneurs and everyone in between.""

Sustainability Senior Manager, Allbirds
SF Climate Week ‘24 and NYC Climate Week ‘23 Speaker

Aileen Lerch

"When you think of the NBA – or any other sports entity for that matter – the biggest impact that we can have is being able to inspire and educate the fans, that's where we have scale."

Director, Social Responsibility, NBA
NYC Climate Week ‘23 Speaker

Annie Horn

Brands that speak at the summit

Climate Week NYC

Tues, Sept 23, 2025 | Afternoon

📍Debevoise & Plimpton Offices | Hudson Yards

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Co-Hosts

  • Trusted by buyers like Asana, Medium, and Tiger Global, CNaught makes it easy to drive real climate impact through high-quality carbon credit portfolios. We deliver access to sophisticated buying strategies, previously available only to the largest buyers, enabling companies of any size to take meaningful climate action.

  • Gigablue offers a deep science-based marine carbon dioxide removal solution that helps companies achieve their net-zero goals by exporting CO2 to the deep ocean for long-term sequestration.

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently. We have particularly deep experience in the broad range of issues that arise as environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and requirements become increasingly important. The firm brings together sophisticated, multidisciplinary and multinational teams to provide tailored and practical guidance across the evolving ESG and business integrity spectrum by counseling on trends and prudential issues, delivering concrete legal advice on evolving sustainability regulations and policies, and helping clients prepare for the legal, financial and reputational risks arising in this rapidly changing landscape.

Past Events

SF Climate Week ‘25

CO-HOSTS:

📍 Silicon Valley Bank Offices

Climate Week NYC ‘24

CO-HOSTS:

📍 Indie Bio Offices

SF Climate Week ‘24

CO-HOSTS:

📍 Allbirds Offices

NYC Climate Week ‘23

HOST and SPONSORS:

Past Speakers

  • Michelle Li

    Clever Carbon

  • Aileen Lerch

    Allbirds

  • Jackie Ventura

    Golden State Warriors

  • Martina Donlon

    United Nations

  • Annie Horn

    NBA

  • Jackie Moore

    Mastercard

  • Sarabeth Brockley

    Carbonetter

  • Kathy Kearns

    CEEZER

  • Fiona Morgan

    SailGP

  • Eduardo Carriles

    Mubadala Investment Company

  • Natsuru Toda

    Mitsubishi Corporation

  • Ted Christie-Miller

    BeZero Carbon

  • Andrea Bouch

    DocuSign

  • Sean McPhillips

    Asana

  • Andrew Savage

    Lime

Apply to Speak

Have something to share with carbon newbies? From climate science to individual actions and corporate applications, we’re always looking for engaging speakers for our newbies!

Know an organization that would like to co-host? They can reach us through our Contact page!

Summit Friends

"Getting started in climate can be intimidating. The Carbon Newbie Summit aims to create a welcoming space for those new to climate and provide a strong foundation of knowledge and skills for accelerated and impactful climate action."

Founder, Carbon Newbie Summit, Clever Carbon, Women and Climate
SUMMIT SPEAKER AND ORGANIZER

Michelle Li