SF Climate Week — Summit and Speaker Series
- Multi-day climate summit with panels, workshops, and high-profile speakers including Al Gore and Alex Honnold. - Runs Apr 18–26 across San Francisco with hundreds of sessions, networking, and city- and community-backed programming. - Full schedule, venues, and registration information at sfclimateweek.org.
SF Climate Week is underway in San Francisco, with events running from Friday, April 18, through Sunday, April 26. (sfclimateweek.org) Organizers say more than 1,000 speakers are scheduled across hundreds of events during the nine-day program. SF Climate Week is organized by Climatebase with city support and a network of partner groups. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) Former Vice President Al Gore is set to deliver the keynote at the welcome ceremony on April 21. Organizers also list climber Alex Honnold among the featured speakers in this year’s lineup. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) The event is built as a decentralized conference, with most sessions held in person across San Francisco and the Bay Area rather than at a single convention site. The public schedule spans policy, energy, materials, environmental justice, and youth-focused programming. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) The timing overlaps with a new push from City Hall. On April 16, Mayor Daniel Lurie released San Francisco’s first Climate Action Plan update in five years and signed legislation updating the city’s official climate goals. (sf.gov) City agencies are using the week for their own events, including a Climate Action Youth Summit on April 24 hosted by the San Francisco Environment Department. That summit includes a free career mixer for people ages 14 to 24 focused on green jobs. (sf.gov) San Francisco has tried to frame climate policy as both an emissions issue and a public-health issue. The city’s Climate and Health Program says it works on policy, research, and outreach tied to climate impacts on residents. (sf.gov) The city has also pointed to recent climate credentials while the conference opens. San Francisco said last year it won a U.S. Conference of Mayors climate award for emissions cuts, renewable electricity, and expansion of CleanPowerSF. (sf.gov) For attendees, the practical details are simple: events are spread across multiple venues, many require separate registration, and the live calendar is the main source for times and locations. The week that opened on April 18 runs through next Sunday, April 26. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org)
