Columbia Fashion, Energy, and Climate Summit
Co-hosted by: Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network at Columbia Climate School; Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
Event Partner: Global Fashion Agenda
Building on two sold-out Climate Week NY events - Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy in 2024 and Transforming Fashion’s Footprint: Innovation and Business in 2025 - the inaugural full-day Columbia Fashion, Energy, and Climate Summit expands the conversation across the systems shaping fashion’s climate future.
The Columbia Fashion, Energy, and Climate Summit will bring together leaders from fashion, energy, climate, technology, business, academia, policy, and design. The theme of this year's program is Fashion and the Climate Future, with discussions focused on examining how energy systems, materials, markets, finance, regulation, trade, and culture are transforming the industry, and what it will take to build a more resilient, competitive, circular, and climate-conscious fashion system.
The Fashion, Energy, and Climate Summit will also feature Global Fashion Agenda’s third annual Policy Master Class during Climate Week NYC. The class will explore how brands can build long-term supply chain resilience amidst shifting regulatory and political landscapes.
Confirmed Speakers
(Listed alphabetically by last name; more to be added)
- Tricia Carey, Chief Commercial Officer, Avalo
- Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
- Sandra Goldmark, Associate Dean for Engagement and Impact, Columbia Climate School
- Sarah Kent, Chief Sustainability Correspondent, The Business of Fashion
- Kelly Kizzier, Director of Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, Bezos Earth Fund
- Kristina Elinder Liljas, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance and Engagement, Apparel Impact Institute
- Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda
- María Luisa Martínez Díez, VP of Public Affairs, Global Fashion Agenda
- Meital Peleg Mizrachi, Research Fellow, Stanford University
- Sally Qiu, Co-director, Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network, Columbia Climate School; Senior Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy
- Indré Rockefeller, Founder, The Circularity Project
- Trevor Sutton, Director, Program on Trade and the Clean Energy Transition, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Additional Programme details to follow.
Student Showcase
Students interested in participating in the Sustainable Fashion Design Showcase can submit their application here.
Registration
Columbia affiliates: Sign up using the button below.
Non-Columbia affiliates: Please complete the request form here.
