Collaborative Summit: Building a Digital Backbone for Climate Data

​Building a Digital Backbone for Climate Data: A Collaborative Summit

​The lack of accessible, actionable climate data is a major obstacle to effective climate action. Despite two decades of efforts, many cities struggle to interpret their progress or identify promising trends due to fragmented data. Reliable access to finance, coordinated global action, and transparent communication of progress all hinge on having data that can be integrated and analyzed for actionable insights.

​During New York Climate Week, this summit aims to unite experts and practitioners in climate data digitization to collaboratively enhance our digital infrastructure for the benefit of the public. Building on the legacy of the Camda and Climate Action Data (CAD2.0) data communities, we aim to foster an environment where participants can learn from each other and engage together toward a more credible climate data ecosystem.

​9:00: Opening Remarks:

• ​Hania Othman - HBAR

• ​Dean Lawrence Singleton, The Lubin School of Business

​9:10: Panel Discussion: Enhancing Climate Data Accessibility for Action, the Use Cases for Building Climate Data Platforms

• ​Moderator: Ryan Alexander, Data Foundation

• ​John Lang, Net Zero Tracker

• ​Amir Sokolowski, CDP

• ​Miklos Vasarhelyi, Rutger

• ​Natalie Unterstell, Instituto Talanoa

​9:45: Panel Discussion: Regulatory Perspectives: Advancing Climate Data Digitization and Assurance

• ​Moderator: Catherine Atkin, Standford Codex

• ​Andres Machado, GRI

• ​Susanne Draeger, IFRS

• ​Claire Grayston, IAASB 

​10:30: Panel Discussion: Creating a Digital Backbone: Key Players Facilitating Digital Reporting

• ​Moderator: JC Seghers, Climateworks

• ​John Turner, XBRL

• ​Karla McKenna, GLEIF

• ​Simone Kramer, NZDPU

• ​Yohanna Maldonado, Watershed

​11:00-11:30 - Networking

​11:30-12:00 - Concluding Interventions

• ​Nkwi Flores - Kinray Hub, Savimbo, University of Arizona.

• ​Mark Gough - Capitals Coalition

• ​Angel Hsu - Data Driven Envirolab

​12:00-1:00 - Networking

​Event Co-Sponsors: Lubin School of Business, Camda/CAD2.0, Capitals Coalition, Race to Zero, HBAR