SF Climate Week — Yerba Buena Gardens Day

SF Climate Week is turning Yerba Buena Gardens into a free public climate fair on Thursday, April 23, with programming running from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (sfclimateweek.org) The event is scheduled at Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard St. in San Francisco, and the official SF Climate Week calendar lists it as a flagship gathering. (sfclimateweek.org; sfcw.climate-week.org) SF Climate Week says its 2026 program spans April 18 to April 26 and includes hundreds of events across the Bay Area, with most of them held in person. The organizers describe the week as a decentralized conference rather than a single convention. (explore.sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) That format helps explain why a gardens fair sits alongside policy talks, startup showcases and community events on the same calendar. The week’s listings range from energy and housing panels to arts, food and family-oriented programming. (sfcw.climate-week.org; sfclimateweek.org) The organizers behind SF Climate Week are Climatebase and partner groups working with the City of San Francisco and other local organizations. The public-facing goal is to connect climate action, business, policy and neighborhood participation in the same week. (explore.sfclimateweek.org; explore.sfclimateweek.org) Yerba Buena Gardens has already been used once this week as an SF Climate Week venue. On Saturday, April 18, the site hosted the official welcome day, billed as a Green Business Expo and Earth Day festival with the San Francisco Environment Department, Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy and Climatebase. (sfclimateweek.org; sfenvironment.org; yerbabuena.org) That earlier kickoff was promoted as free and family-friendly, with exhibitors, demonstrations and live activities. Thursday’s Yerba Buena Gardens day extends that use of the space as a public-facing hub inside a week otherwise spread across offices, conference venues and private event spaces. (sfenvironment.org; yerbabuena.org; explore.sfclimateweek.org) The practical pitch is simple: people can walk into a downtown park and see climate groups, companies and community organizations in one place without buying a ticket. For SF Climate Week, that makes Yerba Buena Gardens less like a backdrop and more like the week’s street-level front door. (sfclimateweek.org; sfcw.climate-week.org)