SF Climate Week — Yerba Buena Gardens

San Francisco Climate Week is running citywide through Saturday, April 26, with events spread across San Francisco and neighboring Bay Area venues. (sfclimateweek.org) The official SF Climate Week site lists programming from April 18 to April 26, 2026, including conferences, policy talks, startup sessions, arts events, and community gatherings. The event calendar shows both free and paid programs, with some addresses public and others released after registration. (sfclimateweek.org, sfcw.climate-week.org) Yerba Buena Gardens has already served as one of the festival’s public-facing hubs this week. The schedule lists an “Official Welcome Day: Green Business Expo & Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy Earth Day Festival” there on Saturday, April 18, hosted by the San Francisco Green Business Program, Bunny McFadden, and SF Climate Week. (sfclimateweek.org, garysguide.com) That setup helps explain why Yerba Buena Gardens keeps showing up in Climate Week programming: it is a free public space in downtown San Francisco that spans three city blocks and regularly hosts outdoor events. The gardens’ contact page lists the address as 750 Howard Street and public hours as 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. (yerbabuenagardens.org, ybgfestival.org) The broader event is less a single conference than a distributed festival. The SF Climate Week calendar describes it as a week of climate innovation, policy, startups, and community events, with listings that range from energy and housing panels to happy hours and exhibitions. (sfcw.climate-week.org) Monday’s calendar shows that mix clearly. Public listings for April 20 include a housing-and-climate policy event at 1 p.m., an “Earth Summit: Circularity Fair” from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., an electrification showcase from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and a community-centered climate strategies program at 6 p.m. (climateweeknetwork.org, sfcw.climate-week.org) Some of the week’s highest-profile events are built around named speakers and institutions. The public schedule includes a kickoff event with Mayor Daniel Lurie, a summit hosted by Project Drawdown, and a later appearance by investor and climate advocate Tom Steyer. (sfclimateweek.org, climateweeknetwork.org) The registration system also shows how organizers are balancing openness with venue control. Some sessions are marked free, some paid, and several use “register to see address,” a common setup for conferences that expect shifting capacity or private-host venues. (sfcw.climate-week.org, climateweeknetwork.org) For attendees trying to navigate the week, the practical takeaway is simple: the main source of truth is the live SF Climate Week schedule, not any single venue page. The calendar is still the place where organizers are posting times, hosts, ticket status, and registration links as the week unfolds. (sfclimateweek.org, sfcw.climate-week.org)