Climate Week NYC Takeaways; Industrial Metaverse; and US Plans for Truck Tariffs

The annual Climate Week NYC gathering — organized by nonprofit Climate Group, the UN General Assembly and the city of New York — took place Sept. 21–28, drawing attendees from the private sector, governments, nonprofits and the climate community. This year’s event focused on 10 broad topics under the “Power On” banner theme: energy, environmental justice, finance, food, health, heavy industry, nature, policy, sustainable living and transport.

The annual event convenes business leaders while government leaders and nongovernmental organizations are in New York City for UN General Assembly meetings. This means many decision-makers from the public and private sectors were in the city at a key moment, less than two months before the UN Climate Change Conference.