The fastest lever we have for curbing near-term warming
Tackling superpollutants is the fastest lever we have for curbing near-term warming — and the investment, science, and policy attention behind such efforts keep growing for good reason.
During Climate Week NYC, this is where that momentum converges: 150+ leaders from business, government, science, philanthropy, and civil society, in one room, for one day, driving concrete action on methane, black carbon, HFCs, and nitrous oxide.
Expect substantive panels, sharp conversation, and real commitments — the flagship gathering for anyone serious about scaling superpollutant action.
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Breakfast and Registration
Coffee, badges, and the room filling up with the people who can actually move this agenda.
Welcome remarks from Beyond, alongside a leading science voice, to set the stakes for the day.
- Jonathan Foley, Project Drawdown
- María Mendiluce, We Mean Business Coalition
Superpollutants: The Opportunities with the Fastest Path to Impact
Where science, policy, and capital meet — and what it takes to bend the curve before mid-century.
Unveiling the roadmap that turns urgency into action. The Carbon Containment Lab launches the Corporate Roadmap for Superpollutant Action, with responses from leading representatives across government, business, and philanthropy.
- Dr. Anastasia O'Rourke, Carbon Containment Lab
Financing the Emergency Brake: Show Me the Money
Where's the leverage to move billions in public and philanthropic capital into gigatons of avoided near-term warming?
A panel on how to unlock more private-sector action through philanthropy and government funding — and where the real leverage lies.
- Francisca Toledo, Minister of the Environment, Chile
Practical conversations about what's needed from public-private collaboration to scale results this year, and this decade. Pick your lever.
Concurrent thematic breakouts, each co-led by one private-sector, one government or multilateral, and one philanthropic voice. The ask: identify a shared bottleneck and one concrete ask of the other two sectors to overcome it.
Lunch on the Floor: Meet the Moment
Grab lunch, mingle, and meet the buyers, funders, public sector leaders, and innovators who are shaping what comes next.
The innovators turning the math into real reductions.
Perspectives from buyers in the Beyond network, followed by a panel with leading innovators, project developers, and implementation partners. The key question the panel will tackle: what is needed — from policymakers, philanthropy, and the private sector — to bring your solution to scale?
- Tim Chrisophersen, Salesforce
- Erik Hansen, Workday
- Brad Khan, ACR
- Donna Lee, Calyx Global
- Kirsten Love, Tradewater
- Tommy Ricketts, BeZero Carbon
- Staci Taruscio, Rebellion Energy Solutions
- Fritz Troller, Therm
Innovative private-sector announcements for Scope 3 superpollutant action. Featuring the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, lower upstream emission oil & gas supply, and the Beyond Scope 3 refrigerants initiative, among others.
- Elizabeth Sturcken, Environmental Defense Fund
- Devon Lake, Meta
- TJ Conway, RMI
- Zoe Dawson, effectera
Synthesis, announcements, and closing remarks
Networking and cocktail reception to celebrate an ambitious and growing community of practice on the road to COP31 and beyond
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