Episode 34: Climate Week NYC 2025: Realism, Determination, and Optimism

In our first video Sustainable Connections podcast, host Mark Lee speaks with ERM colleagues Linden Edgell, Sabine Hoefnagel, and Liam Walsh about their experience at and impressions of Climate Week New York 2025. 

Listen and watch to hear their views including:

• The overall mood as compared to prior years and to London Climate Action Week a few months ago.
• A summary of key topics and themes, from the roles of investors and customers in providing capital and shaping demand for low-carbon products and services, to how companies are working to address the social impacts of decarbonization and adaptation and the ways carbon markets are evolving.
• The differences in regional and sectoral approaches to climate solutions and what businesses need to do to adapt their strategies to successfully navigate varied policy and societal terrain.
• New ways technology and innovation are spurring development of more sustainable products and services capable of winning greater market share.
• How sustainability leaders need to evolve their leadership style to support the market transformation that building a net-zero carbon future requires.
• Expectations for how issues swirling at Climate Week may shape COP30 in Belém, Brazil this November. 

Watch the full episode on Youtube 

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