Food, finance, futures: key insights from Climate Week NYC
Consider the numbers: food systems generate roughly 31–34% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet 2.7 billion people can’t afford a healthy diet, while 1.3 billion depend on agri-food work for their livelihood. Meanwhile, extreme weather events – droughts, floods, heatwaves, storms – are quietly draining billions a year from economies worldwide, exposing risks that go far beyond hazard maps and into the balance sheets of businesses and governments. And as climate science produces more data than ever, a harder question emerges: is it the right data – shaped around the decisions people actually need to make? CMCC webinars at Climate Week NYC 2026 cover a wide range of critical topics with many high-profile experts, and they all share a common focus: knowledge is only as valuable as its ability to inform action. Here are a few examples.
What happens when climate science meets the people and sectors that use it? At Climate Week NYC 2026, CMCC is bringing together different areas of climate research to explore how knowledge can inform decisions across food systems, finance, climate services and communication.
From 20 to 27 September, Climate Week NYC brings together researchers, policymakers, businesses and civil society from around the world to discuss climate action and the transition towards a more resilient future.
CMCC is contributing to this conversation with four free online events, each looking at a different way in which climate knowledge connects with society.