Meet the Tailwind Futures team at Climate Week NYC! Below is the full list of events our team will be attending – this list will be updated over the coming weeks. Events not hyperlinked are by invitation only.

Don’t miss our series of events: Climate Resilience Week, co-hosted by Tailwind Futures and partners! (also included below and noted with a ⭐)

Monday September 22nd 

• ⭐ The Adaptation Forum (Tailwind Futures, The Resiliency Company, Resilience Investments, Virta Ventures) – Emilie speaking, Osama, Elle, and Carson attending
• SecondMuse Venture For ClimateTech Innovation Showcase (SecondMuse)- Brooke attending
• Adaptation in Action! (Streetlife Ventures, Climate Proof, Mazarine Climate, Burnt Island Ventures, Autodesk Foundation) – Brooke & Carson attending

Tuesday September 23rd

• ⭐ Climate Resilience Without Borders: Technology Transfer for Global Adaptation (GARI, Climate Policy Initiative, Mercy Corps Ventures) – Emilie attending
• Building Strong Futures: Unlocking Funding through Risk Reduction (STV) – Elle speaking
• Urban Playground: Climate Innovation in our Cities (Suffolk Technologies, Morrison Foerster) – Elle attending
• Live from the Future: A Deep Tech Showcase (Activate) – Brooke attending
• Family Offices & Investors Summit (The Atlas Climate Tech Coalition) – Osama attending
• From Risk to Return: Climate Adaptation and the Future of Financial Resilience (Jupiter Intelligence) – Carson attending
• Autodesk Foundation 10 Year Celebration – Emilie attending

Wednesday September 24th

• ⭐ International Adaptation Finance (Climate Policy Initiative, GARI)
  • 8:30am – Private roundtable on Defining the Financial Returns on Resiliency Investments–  email us for more information
  • 10:30am – Private roundtable on Mobilizing Finance for Grassroots Adaptation: Prioritizing Solutions & Scale – email us for more information
  • 1:00pm – Future Proof: Aligning Incentives for Global Climate Resilient Infrastructure: ​A discussion on how private and public sector investors, project developers and other stakeholders are aligning incentives to create climate resilient infrastructure globally. Focusing on investors with a global portfolio and lessons learned.
  • 3:30pm Scaling Adaptation Finance: Introducing the Resilience Challenge. The Resilience Challenge is being developed by a group of leading development finance institutions (DFIs) to accelerate credible adaptation and resilience (A&R) finance and to demonstrate their commitment to building more resilient portfolios and scaling A&R solutions.
• Climate Adaptation Investing (Bain & GIC) – Emilie speaking
• Investing in Resilience for Growth, Strength, and Competitiveness: Private Sector Evidence and Strategies (Systemiq, High-Level Climate Champions, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute) – Katie speaking
• 2025 Climate Forum (InnSure) – Katie speaking, Brooke attending
• Risk and Resilience Summit (Aon) – Emilie attending
• World Wildlife Fund Women’s Networking Breakfast
• Investing in Climate Resilience & Adaptation (McKinsey) – Elle attending
• Climate Adaptation: Moving to Action (American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Buoyant Ventures, City Light Capital, SJF Ventures) – Osama attending
• Investing in Resilience: Deploying Capital in Fire & Water (Convective Capital, Burnt Island Ventures) – Emilie & Brooke attending
• Sustainability and Innovation Networking Event (Stanford Sustainability Accelerator) – Carson attending
• SOSV: Meet 20 HAX Hard Tech Climate Startups – Brooke attending

Thursday September 25th 

• ⭐ Resilience Finance Day (Tailwind Futures, RBC Capital Markets, GARI, The Lightsmith Group) – Emilie speaking, Osama and Arindam attending
• The Next Chapter in Climate Investing: A GP-Led Conversation on Strategy, Policy, and Liquidity (Impact Capital Managers) – Brooke attending
• New Climate Futures (NewLab) – Brooke attending
• Redefining  resilience: Understanding physical risk and uncovering opportunity  (Moody’s)
• Meeting the Moment: Catalyzing Climate Capital (Justice Climate Fund) – Elle attending

Friday September 26th 

• Taiwan-US Gender-Responsive Extreme Heat Adaptation: Speaker Panel (Taiwan Green Energy for Charity Association) – Brooke speaking
• Climate Proof Adaptation Happy Hour – Brooke & Carson attending