Climate Week NYC 2024
Event description
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together over 600 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid, and online. Each year, business leaders, political change makers, local decision-makers, and civil society representatives from all over the world gather to drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change that is already happening.
The event takes place every year in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and is run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York.
GFI Founder and President Bruce Friedrich will be speaking at several events, including the New York Times changemaker lunch and Giving Green: How to Drive Systemic Change Via High-Impact Climate Donations. GFI Senior Advisor to the President Shayna Fertig will also be speaking at Accelerating Climate Technologies to Scale.
Additionally, GFI will have a presence at Sustainable Stories: Climate, Food, and Culture through Diverse Voices. This event will be hosted by the Uproot Project and is co-sponsored by GFI.
GFI speaker
Bruce Friedrich
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, GFI
Bruce oversees GFI’s global strategy, working with and across all of GFI’s international teams (Asia Pacific, Brazil, Europe, India, Israel, and United States) to ensure that GFI is maximally effective at implementing programs that deliver mission-focused results. Bruce is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, 2021 “American Food Hero” (EatingWell Magazine), and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, CNN, Nature Food, Los Angeles Times, Wired, and many other publications. He has represented GFI on the TED Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, Ezra Klein Show, Making Sense (Sam Harris), ReCode Decode, and other programs and podcasts. Bruce’s 2019 TED talk has been viewed 2.4 million times and translated into 30 languages. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.
Shayna Fertig
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT
Shayna works closely with GFI’s president to build and maintain high level relationships across influencers in climate, biodiversity, and global health. She most recently worked at Impossible Foods leading strategic projects and analytics for their foodservice sales team as a Sales Operations Manager. Prior to Impossible, Shayna worked at Censeo Consulting Group, providing strategic and operational support for government agencies and nonprofits. She holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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