SF Climate Week Citywide Summit Apr 18–26
- Weeklong festival of 650+ events, talks, and panels running Apr 18–26 across San Francisco. - Speakers include Al Gore, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Alex Honnold and hundreds of experts and exhibitors. - Full program, venues, and tickets at the organizer's announcement: prnewswire.com
San Francisco Climate Week opened Saturday, April 18, with organizers projecting more than 60,000 attendees across nine days of events through April 26. (prnewswire.com) The gathering is spread across more than 650 events and more than 1,000 speakers in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area, according to SF Climate Week organizers and the event calendar. (prnewswire.com) (climateweeknetwork.org) Scheduled speakers this year include former Vice President Al Gore, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, climber Alex Honnold, investor John Doerr, former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and financier Tom Steyer. (sfclimateweek.org) (prnewswire.com) SF Climate Week is not a single convention in one hall. The organizers describe it as a decentralized, community-run format in which hundreds of groups host their own talks, workshops, cleanups, hikes, startup showcases and policy panels. (sfclimateweek.org) (futureoffood.org) That structure has turned the week into a citywide calendar rather than a ticketed summit with one agenda. The public schedule for April 18 alone listed events at Yerba Buena Gardens, UC Law San Francisco, Ocean Beach, Chinatown and Oakland. (climateweeknetwork.org) (luma.com) The program spans clean energy, transportation, food systems, finance, adaptation, biodiversity and entrepreneurship, reflecting how climate policy now reaches utilities, housing, investing and public health as well as emissions cuts. (sfclimateweek.org) (marketwatch.com) Climatebase, the organization hosting SF Climate Week, said attendance could top 70,000 if more events and registrations are added during the week. The group announced the 2026 dates in December after saying the 2025 edition drew more than 25,000 people. (prnewswire.com) (stories.climatebase.org) This year’s official events include a welcome day and green business expo on April 18, an energy summit on April 23, and a mix of free and paid sessions throughout the week. Individual listings on the public calendar show some events require registration, some are sold out, and others remain open. (climateweeknetwork.org) (luma.com) The week runs through Sunday, April 26, with the full schedule continuing to update online as organizers add events and venues. (prnewswire.com) (sfclimateweek.org)
