This year Climate Week New York will take place from September 20–27, 2026. Convergence will be an active participant, attending and contributing to several events related to blended finance and mobilizing private capital for climate action.
We'll be hosting a Member Breakfast & Networking event on Monday, September 21, 2026 at 8:30AM - 10:00AM ET. We’ll also be hosting an invite-only Institutional Investor Expert Panel & Interactive Dialogue on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM ET.
Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date with our activities at Climate Week.
Convergence Delegation:
Joan Larrea, CEO
Safia Gulamani, Chief Operating Officer
Leah Pedersen, Senior Director, Blended Finance Accelerator
Andrew Wainer, Director, Market Insights and Capacity Building
Alicia Maitland, Associate Director, Training and Engagement
Ayesha Bery, Associate Director, Market Insights
Claudia Velimirovic, Associate, Market Insights
Maya Rotstein, Associate, Training and Engagement
Events
| Date (ET) | Event title | Organizer |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | Convergence Member Breakfast & Networking | Convergence, Natixis IM |
| Sep 21 | Launch of the COP31 Action Agenda | United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) |
| Sep 21 | Innovative partnerships to transform education systems | Global Partnership for Education (GPE) |
| Sep 21 | Invite-only: High level reception | PensionDanmark, PFA, PKA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, State of Green |
| Sep 22 | Part Two: Systematic Change to Mitigate Systemic Risks. How Asset Managers Can Facilitate Genuine Carbon Reduction in the Global Economy | Federated Hermes |
| Sep 22 | Invite-only: Institutional Investor Expert Panel & Interactive Dialogue | Convergence, Scotiabank |
| Sep 22 | SDG Investment Forum: CFOs driving purpose, profit and planet | UN Global Compact |
| Sep 22 | Invite-only: Roundtable on mobilising institutional capital for climate finance | Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) & CrossBoundary |
| Sep 22 | Sustainable Investment Forum | Sustainable Investment Forum, UNEP FI |
| Sep 22 | High-level Forum: From the Global Stocktake to Delivery: COP30 to COP31 and Beyond | |
| Sep 23 | Invite-only: Activating Capital for Planetary Stability | Acumen, Summa Foundation, Summa Equity |
| Sep 23 | From Market Creation to Scale: Financing Bankable Carbon Markets | Rubicon Carbon, Climate Impact X and SSFA |
| Sep 23 | Resilience Finance: From Risk Management to Value Creation | KPMG, World Economic Forum |
| Sep 23 | Business Case for Climate Adaptation: From Strategy to Investment | iCS |
| Sep 23 | WOCAN Event on Gender and Climate | WOCAN |
| Sep 23 | Africa Climate Investment Forum | GOGLA, AMDA, InfraCredit, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), GreenMax and Genesis Energy |
| Sep 23 | Invite-only: Third convening of “Aligning Platforms for Impact” | FAST-P & Allied Climate Partners |
| Sep 23 | Joint SDG Fund - Kenya UNGA announcement (President Ruto) (Building Climate Resilience with the Urban Poor (BCRUP) Facility) | Joint SDG Fund |
| Sep 23 | Invite-only: Advancing Business-Led Blended Finance | PIMCO & CFO Coalition for the SDGs (UN Global Compact) |
| Sep 23 | Boston Consulting Group (BCG)-HSBC: From First-of-a-Kind to Scale - Financing Climate's Next Breakthroughs | BCG |
| Sep 23 | Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN): Climate Solutions Investing: A Systems Perspective | GIIN |
| Sep 24 | Impact State of Mind | Finpublica, SILC, Impact Hub New York, Princeton University |
| Sep 24 | Resilience at scale: from risk data to real decisions | Moody’s Ratings |
| Sep 24 | Roundtable: Financing the Energy Transition: A New Understanding of Cost of Capital in Developing Countries | Harvard University, Oxford University and Growald Climate Fund |
| Sep 25 | Invite-only: A Conversation With President John Mahama of Ghana | Council on Foreign Relations |
