SF Climate Week — Yerba Buena Gardens

San Francisco Climate Week is staging a free flagship Energy Summit at Yerba Buena Gardens on Thursday, April 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (sfclimateweek.org) The summit appears on the official San Francisco Climate Week 2026 calendar as an in-person event running midday through early evening on April 23. The event listing identifies it as a flagship program within a citywide week of climate events scheduled for April 18 through April 26. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) Yerba Buena Gardens is at 750 Howard Street in downtown San Francisco, between Third and Fourth streets, and the site says the park is ADA compliant. The gardens list daily public hours from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and say admission to the site is free. (yerbabuenagardens.org; yerbabuenagardens.org) San Francisco Climate Week has grown into a multi-day Bay Area calendar that mixes policy talks, startup showcases, community cleanups, arts programming, and investor events. The official 2026 site describes the week as a citywide series bringing together climate leaders, innovators, investors, and communities. (sfclimateweek.org; sfclimateweek.org) Yerba Buena Gardens has already served as one of this year’s main public-facing venues. On Saturday, April 18, the gardens hosted the “Official Welcome Day: Green Business Expo & Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy Earth Day Festival,” organized with the San Francisco Environment Department, Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, and Climatebase. (luma.com; eventbrite.com) That pairing — a downtown public park and a climate conference calendar — reflects how San Francisco Climate Week is splitting its programming between industry rooms and open community events. The 2026 calendar includes conferences at law schools and private venues alongside volunteer projects, hikes, and neighborhood cleanups. (sfclimateweek.org; luma.com) For Thursday’s gathering, the practical details are simple: the venue is central, the event is listed as free, and the official schedule page is carrying the registration and program information. By late afternoon, the crowd at Yerba Buena Gardens will be closing out one of the week’s marquee downtown events. (sfclimateweek.org; yerbabuenagardens.org)