The Alliance at New York Climate Week 2026
NYC Climate Week is back in New York City from September 20-27, 2026. This year’s theme, Energy. Impact. Action., reflects the energy we bring to climate solutions, the impact we can achieve together, and the action needed to accelerate progress.
Organised by The Climate Group and taking place alongside the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), NYC Climate Week brings together decision-makers, business leaders, policymakers, investors, scientists, innovators, and civil society from around the world. It is a unique platform for connecting the ideas, partnerships, policies, and investments shaping a low-carbon economy and a more resilient and secure future.
For the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, climate action is inseparable from transforming the food, land, and agricultural systems on which people and nature depend.
At NYCW, we will bring science, innovation, and evidence from our global research portfolio to highlight solutions that connect climate action with tangible benefits for people and ecosystems, including climate-resilient crops, regenerative agriculture and landscapes, women-led climate adaptation, and low-emission livestock systems and forages.
Explore more about Climate Week NYC – its mission, partners and global agenda – on the official website.
Alliance participation in NYC Climate Week 2026
September 21, 2026
Public-private partnerships - From policy to projects: Delivering climate solutions together
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Director General, and Trustee, Bioversity International UK/USAOrganized by: Opal Group
Science summit - Meeting the moment: Financing low-emission livestock and grazing systems to sustainably address growing demand
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Director General, and Trustee, Bioversity International UK/USA
Chiara Villani
Manager - Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement (PSE)Jacobo Arango
Program Leader, Tropical Forages
Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal ScientistHow can we meet growing demand for nutritious food while cutting emissions, restoring land and strengthening livelihoods? Join global leaders to connect science, innovation and finance to accelerate investment in low-emission livestock and grazing systems and turn proven solutions into impact at scale.
Organized by: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF), Bezos Earth Fund, Global Dairy Platform, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
September 22, 2026
From innovation to implementation: Scaling biosolutions for resilient agrifood systems through public–private partnerships
Marcela Quintero
Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and InnovationHigh-level roundtable exploring how public–private partnerships can accelerate biotechnology and biosolutions, unlocking the investment, policies, markets and partnerships needed to move promising innovations from pilot to scale and build more resilient, productive and sustainable agrifood systems.
Organized by: Bayer, Alfa Laval, Consulate General of Denmark in New York
September 23, 2026
Roundtable: “Scaling climate finance for nature: What works in practice”
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Director General, and Trustee, Bioversity International UK/USAAn investor roundtable exploring how catalytic capital, innovative finance and public policy can unlock private investment in nature-based solutions, particularly in emerging markets.
Organized by: Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
September 24, 2026
Resilient Women, Resilient Futures: A shared agenda for climate, health and economic opportunity
Chiara Villani
Manager - Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement (PSE)
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Managing Director, Africa, and Trustee, Bioversity International USAA high-level convening exploring how integrated action across climate, health, nutrition and economic opportunity can strengthen women’s resilience, advance gender equality, and drive smarter, more impactful investment.
Organized by: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, PAI
From evidence to investment: What works to build regenerative landscapes that bolster climate resilience
Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal ScientistAn interactive breakfast connecting evidence, implementation and investment to explore what it takes to finance and scale regenerative landscape approaches.
Data: The new cash crop
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Managing Director, Africa, and Trustee, Bioversity International USAExploring how farmer-owned data can become a fairer, more valuable resource for food systems, this event brings together farmers, businesses and data experts to examine how data can be governed, licensed and valued, so those who generate it can share in its benefits.
Organized by: World Farmers' Organisation
4th Climate Mobility Summit 2026 – Panel: “Enabling local planning and anticipatory action through data & knowledge”
Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal ScientistBuilding on the Berlin Climate Mobility Forum and the Global Principles for Climate Mobility, endorsed by more than 57 Member States, the discussion will advance dignified, rights-based adaptation and mobility as part of a shared Climate Mobility Adaptation Agenda.
BEANS DAY – Biodiversity bites: Reimagining the future through beans
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Managing Director, Africa, and Trustee, Bioversity International USAAn immersive reception putting beans at the heart of the climate, biodiversity and food conversation. Bringing together scientists, chefs, policymakers and food innovators, the event will showcase how beans can nourish people, regenerate soils, strengthen biodiversity and build more resilient food systems through the power of science, food and culinary creativity.
Organized by: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Culinary Institute of America, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, BUSH’S BEANS
September 25, 2026
Crop Diversity Day 2026 - Celebrating food diversity for healthy diets
Jenny J. Gallo
Postdoctoral FellowExploring how crop diversity can transform the future of food, Crop Diversity Day 2026 will showcase new data, innovations and the World Food Map to unlock the power of diverse crops for people and planet.
Organized by: Crop Trust, the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI), and Wageningen University & Research (WUR).
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