SF Climate Week — Yerba Buena Gardens Kickoff
- Outdoor kickoff session with panels and activities this afternoon, Monday Apr 20, 2:00–6:00 PM. - Part of SF Climate Week running Apr 18–26 with hundreds of events and speakers including Al Gore and city leaders. - Details, schedule, and venue info at sfclimateweek.org.
SF Climate Week’s Yerba Buena Gardens kickoff already happened — the official welcome event was held Saturday, April 18, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 750 Howard St. in San Francisco. (sfclimateweek.org) (sfenvironment.org) The event was billed as the “SF Climate Week 2026 Official Welcome Day,” with a Green Business Expo and Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy Earth Day Festival hosted by the San Francisco Green Business Program, Bunny McFadden, and SF Climate Week. (sfclimateweek.org) City listings said the free outdoor program included sustainable business booths, live music, local food and drinks, a tree-planting demo on the living roof, free carousel rides, a mobile skate park, and a planetarium exhibit. (sfenvironment.org) (garysguide.com) SF Climate Week itself is still underway Monday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, April 26, as a decentralized Bay Area conference with in-person events focused on climate, environmentalism, and sustainability. (sfclimateweek.org) (explore.sfclimateweek.org) Organizers describe the week as community-run and spread across hundreds of hosts rather than centered in a single convention hall, with Climatebase behind the broader initiative. (explore.sfclimateweek.org 1) (explore.sfclimateweek.org 2) The week’s public schedule shows how broad that format has become: Project Drawdown is hosting a Climate Solutions Summit on April 23, while Commons and ThredUp scheduled an Earth Summit Circularity Fair for Monday, April 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (sfclimateweek.org) Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to speak at the welcome ceremony on April 21, according to SF Climate Week’s announcements page. (explore.sfclimateweek.org) San Francisco’s civic presence is also built into the week. The official calendar lists a Climate Week kickoff with Mayor Daniel Lurie on April 16, hosted by Yes SF and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. (sfclimateweek.org) So if you are heading to Yerba Buena Gardens this afternoon for the “kickoff,” the date to know is Saturday, April 18. What remains today is the rest of SF Climate Week’s citywide schedule through April 26. (sfclimateweek.org)
