2024 Schedule

Hard-to-abate sectors—from maritime and aviation to hydrogen and steel—are proving to be some of the biggest innovators for a net-zero future. Forced to think outside of the box, explore unexpected partnerships, and invest in catalytic pathways, these first movers show that we shouldn’t always just grab the low hanging fruit.

Transforming the energy system will involve building new transmission lines and power generating assets on a massive scale, and these projects offer a huge financial opportunity for the communities where they’re built. Hear from leaders who are developing mechanisms for sharing this wealth, offering communities and project developers a shared sense of success, fairness, and ownership.

The industrial sector—think steel, cement, chemicals, heat and cooling—accounts for approximately 30% of emissions in the United States, making industry our biggest emissions problem. Learn about how emerging scalable solutions in technology, finance, and policy promise to decarbonize the sector.

Storms are inundating coastlines, groundwater is drying up, and the world is beset by unprecedented floods and droughts. There are creative technologies—both high- and low-tech—that can lessen the devastation, but large scale projects are hard to deploy for political and economic reasons. Hear about promising approaches to our interconnected water crises.

The climate crisis is a health crisis. But even as climate change contributes to the global burden of disease, killing roughly 4 million people globally since the turn of the century, the health care sector is responsible for 8.5% of US greenhouse gas emissions. With healing as their mission, health professionals and organizations can use their ethical, economic, and political influence to lead a...