DC Climate Week: Citywide Events & Talks
- DC Climate Week is a community-organized series of exhibitions, tours, screenings, and gatherings across Washington, DC. - The program runs April 20–26 with events continuing through the weekend, covering policy, community action, and arts programming. - Full schedule and individual event listings are on the DC Climate Week page: luma.com.
Washington’s second DC Climate Week is underway, with more than 240 events scheduled across the region through Sunday, April 26. (dcclimateweek.com) The organizers say the 2026 program runs April 20–26 and spans Washington, Maryland, and Virginia with exhibitions, film screenings, walking tours, roundtables, and networking gatherings. The public schedule is posted on Luma, where individual listings show times, venues, and registration rules. (dcclimateweek.com) (luma.com) DC Climate Week describes itself as community-organized, and its FAQ says the week brings together policymakers, students, artists, small businesses, community organizers, and climate professionals. Forbes reported this year’s edition includes more than 250 low-cost or free events across Washington. (dcclimateweek.com) (forbes.com) The event lands in the nation’s capital during Earth Week, putting climate policy, clean energy, and local organizing in the same calendar as public tours, screenings, and social gatherings. Organizers say the goal is to connect people “deep in the work” with residents who are just getting started. (dcclimateweek.com) That mix reflects how the week is built: not as one convention in one hall, but as a decentralized citywide program hosted by many groups. The official site says events are spread across Washington, while the press release says the footprint extends across the wider District-Maryland-Virginia region. (dcclimateweek.com 1) (dcclimateweek.com 2) Thursday’s calendar alone shows the range. Luma listings include a Climate Career Development Day at Workbox in Dupont Circle from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., a storytelling workshop at Resources for the Future at 4:30 p.m., and an Earth Day happy hour at Sycamore & Oak at 4 p.m. (luma.com 1) (luma.com 2) Some events are aimed at broad public turnout, while others are narrower by design. A Luma listing for the Sustainability Soirée says it is focused on climate and sustainability professionals with 15 or more years of experience across government, nonprofits, academia, finance, and consulting. (luma.com) The week is also bigger than last year’s launch. DC Climate Week’s “About” page says the inaugural 2025 event was run by 200 volunteers and drew 4,731 attendees across 152 events, while a 2026 event listing says this year expands to seven days and includes Earth Day on April 22. (dcclimateweek.com) (luma.com) Organizers opened this year’s program with a ceremony that a Luma listing described as a gathering of climate leaders, investors, policymakers, founders, advocates, and community members; free seats were listed as first-come, first-served and marked sold out. A separate reception listing said more than 25 co-sponsoring organizations backed the opening-night happy hour. (luma.com) (luma.com) The schedule continues through the weekend, and the clearest way to follow it is still the live calendar: one page, dozens of hosts, and events that range from policy rooms to neighborhood walks. (luma.com)
