CCFLA at Climate Action NYC 2025
CCFLA will be hosting and speaking at several events during Climate Week NYC, taking place in the margins of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly, September 21-28, in New York City.
All times are in EDT
Resilience Hub: Rewriting the script: Shark tank for investible NAPs
Monday, September 22; 12:45–15:15
Triangle Loft
CCFLA’s Senior Program Associate, John Michael LaSalle will participate in a session hosted by Altantic Council, GRP, SDI, Avina, ICCCAD, South South North.
Climate Connect NYCW Kickoff Reception
Monday, September 22; 19:30–21:30
The Swedish Residence
CCFLA’s Senior Program Associate, John Michael LaSalle will participate in a session hosted by Consulate General of Sweden.
From Plans to Pipelines: Unlocking Subnational Infrastructure for Climate Impact
Tuesday, September 23; 11:30 – 12:45
Bloomberg Office (Invite-only)
This high-level roundtable, co-hosted by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), and the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will spotlight solutions and partnerships that empower subnational governments to translate local climate ambition into investable infrastructure projects through targeted project preparation support, bridging the gap from plans to pipeline.
Aggregated Purchasing Power for Climate-Neutral Cities – Towards Intra-City Procurement
Tuesday, September 23; 16:00 – 20:00
Invite-only
Cities are critical to the climate transition but face a massive investment gap for urban climate projects. One of the key barriers for cities to scale climate action is the lack of investment-ready project pipelines, which results in challenges in mobilizing private capital for climate-neutral projects.
Representatives from C40 Cities, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, the First Movers, Coalition / World Economic Forum, Global Convenant of Mayors, Government of Sweden, Leadership Group for Industry Transition, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, the Global Environment Facility, UN-Habitat and the World Resources Institute will attend this invite-only event.
CPI’s John Michael LaSalle will speak at this event.
Financing Resilience – Insurability and Standards for Scaling Sustainable Infrastructure
Tuesday, September 23; 09:00–12:00
Invite-only
CCFLA’s Senior Program Associate, John Michael LaSalle will participate in a session hosted by FAST-Infra Label and Aon.
SDSN Commission Plenary Meeting
Wednesday, September 24; 08:30–11:00
SDSN Commission
CCFLA’s Senior Program Associate, John Michael LaSalle will participate in a session hosted by SDSN Commission.
Reimagining Carbon Sink Cities: How to Catalyze Carbon Removal for a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Cities
Wednesday, September 24; 14:00–18:00
SOM Office
CCFLA’s Senior Program Associate, John Michael LaSalle will participate in a session hosted by XPrize, SOM, CI, CNCA, Race to Zero, CCDRI.