RPA is participating in a number of Climate Week events this year! We’ll be updating this page with event information as Climate Week draws near — stay tuned for more.
Resilient Infrastructure at Every Scale: Systems, Strategies and Solutions
As new technologies, climate shifts and societal pressures converge, the challenges facing our infrastructure have never been more complex or urgent to address. But innovation is rising to meet the moment.
Join us for a cross-sector panel discussion Resilient Infrastructure at Every Scale: Systems, Strategies and Solutions during Climate Week in NYC. Our panel brings together experts from academia, government, technology, and industry to explore how collaboration can accelerate climate resilience. From campus testbeds to megaregional corridors, and from rural communities to global cities, panelists will share how they are leveraging digital tools, new financing models, and integrated strategies to design, govern, and scale future-ready infrastructure.
Hosted by WSP, featuring RPA’s Tom Wright
Innovations for a Changing Climate: Weathering the future
Please join AECOM New York Metro, the Municipal Art Society and the New York Climate Exchange for a half-day symposium featuring a keynote by Brad Lander, who, during his tenure as New York City Comptroller, has strengthened efforts to combat the climate crisis and increased public infrastructure investment. Also featuring intelligent weather presentations by Meteomatics and NVIDIA, as well as panels on Built for the Weather and Conquering Cloudbursts.
Hosted by AECOM, featuring RPA’s Rob Freudenberg
Fair Fares, Fair Cities: A Conversation on Equitable and Affordable Public Transportation
Access to affordable transportation connects people to healthcare, food, and other vital services that support full and healthy lives.
Join us for a panel discussion on the state of equitable transit fare policies across the United States. Experts and practitioners from Pittsburgh, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York City will share their experiences, challenges, and successes in making public transportation more accessible and affordable.
This online event is an opportunity to learn from leaders who are shaping regional connectivity. From income-based fare programs to innovative funding models, the conversation will spotlight how cities and advocates are motivating change and taking action to ensure transit equity.
Hosted by RPA, featuring RPA’s Vanessa Barrios
Event Recording
Ten Years of Climate Collaboration: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future
To celebrate the 10 anniversary of the collaboration between New York City and Copenhagen, we are hosting a special day-long symposium, ‘Ten Years of Climate Collaboration: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future’ during NY Climate Week. This interactive symposium will consist of a morning and an afternoon session.
Hosted by CUNY Climate Consortium, featuring RPA’s Marcel Negret
Climate Threats, Building Loss and Heritage
Building and infrastructure destruction and redevelopment due to climate threats are a reality for frontline communities struggling to maintain viable commercial corridors, provide fair and safe housing, and practice community heritage. These communities are the crucible for the investment and implementation of resilience planning. Here, decision makers are weighing the social, cultural, ecological, and economic consequences of building, infrastructure, and land loss against building reuse, new development, and ecosystem restoration. They are seeking other viable approaches and tools to support decision making.
This conversation at New York Climate Week, convened by Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Regional Plan Association, invites the perspective of community leaders, policymakers, and design practitioners to discuss more than a decade of weighing near and long-term solutions and current perspectives on the role of zoning, resilience planning, adaptive reuse, and heritage practice in decision making. What opinions have communities formed about the fitness of solutions? Where have synergies emerged between strategies, and where do conflicts remain?
Hosted by RPA and Cornell Atkinson, featuring RPA’s Rob Freudenberg
