Climate Week NYC 2025

DLA Piper hosted events in New York City

During the week of Sept 21-26, we proudly hosted and co-sponsored ten dynamic events during Climate Week NYC, spotlighting climate resilience and financing the energy transition. With over 400 attendees, our programming brought together executives, innovators, and policymakers to explore how sustainability can drive long-term business value. From legal frameworks to digital infrastructure, our cross-sector collaboration emphasized the urgency of climate action and the evolving regulatory landscape.

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

In DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin Horizon – ESG regulatory news and trends, our aim is to scan the regulatory, enforcement, and litigation horizon, offering bite-sized summaries of significant developments to help you strategize for what’s next.

Uncharted Waters: Navigating Deep-Sea Mining in a Changing Climate

This panel explored ESG, sustainability, and legal risks amid rising demand for critical minerals. The speakers addressed regulatory gaps and liability exposure in uncharted jurisdictions as well as financial challenges around ESG due diligence and capital access.

No One Builds Climate Solutions Alone: Catalyzing Capital Across the Innovation Continuum

Co-hosted by LabStart and Activate, this event was focused on bold funding strategies for climate, bringing together entrepreneurs, funders, and thought leaders to explore capital mobilization from lab to launch, as well as emphasizing the role of philanthropy and innovation ecosystems in scaling climate solutions.

Financing the Energy Transition in Latin America

This event focused on capital deployment for climate initiatives with former Ambassador P. Michael McKinley sharing his diplomatic insights on Brazil’s COP30 role, and covered nature finance, forest restoration, and geopolitical dynamics shaping ESG and sustainability.

Data Centers and the Future

This two-panel event tackled sustainability challenges in digital infrastructure with a discussion on water usage, cooling tech, and energy procurement strategies, as well as innovations in powering AI and high-density workloads.

Beyond Compliance: Turning Legal Obligations into Competitive Edge

Co-hosted by OnePointFive, this event explored ESG regulations and stakeholder capitalism while sharing strategies for embedding sustainability into enterprise strategy to drive long-term value.

Navigating climate risk disclosures and decoding California’s climate mandates: Strategic compliance for professional service firms

DLA Piper hosted an exclusive New York Climate Week program focused on California’s climate bills and the potential implications for professional service firms.

Grid and Climate Resilience: The Next Investment Wave

Co-hosted by the Ad Hoc Group, Latitude Media, The Lightsmith Group, Convective Capital, and Congruent Ventures, the panelists explored investor priorities in resilience tech amid rising extreme weather threats as well as connected investors and tech providers shaping the future of climate and grid resilience.

COP30: The Road from Baku to Belém

This event examined the trajectory from COP29 to COP30 and Brazil’s presidency priorities; the discussion included climate finance, carbon markets, and trade policy while emphasizing corporate roles in disclosure, target setting, and transition planning.