Rare at Climate Week NYC 2025 | Rare

Climate change demands a wide range of solutions from governments, corporations, communities, and individuals. Effective solutions are people-centered—reflecting how people behave and make decisions and responding to the needs of communities most impacted by climate change.    Taking place alongside UN General Assembly, Climate Week New York City 2025, Rare will highlight how we accelerate localized, community-led climate action solutions through culture, policy, and finance.

Let’s Connect 

Want to connect with Rare at Climate Week NYC? Email Tanmatra Bhanti at tbhanti@rare.org. 

Where You Will Find Rare at Climate Week NYC

• Climate Action: A Food Waste Breakthrough (Sept. 22; 9AM – 1PM)
  In partnership with UN Environment Program, Apeel Sciences, the American Frozen Food Institute, Flashfood, and ReFED. Rare President Caleb McClennen will join a panel to discuss the role of behavioral science in reducing food waste.  More info.

• Lessons from the Frontlines of Media: How to talk about eating more plants without‬‭ starting a culture war (Sept. 23; 9:15-10:30)
  Part of the Tilt Collective Food Day, Brandon Schauer speaking on the panel. 

• Solutions on Screen (Sept. 23; 1-5:30PM)
  An event hosted by the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance and Futerra at the intersection of storytelling and sustainability, Rare will highlight the Rare Entertainment Lab. Click here for more information about the event. Click here for general information about Solutions House programming at Climate Week.

Financing resilience on the frontlines

Communities across the Global South are bearing the brunt of the impacts of climate change, despite being the least likely to cause it. This is felt particularly in the form of extreme and unpredictable weather. As these threats increase, we need financial solutions that help communities adapt to climate change while also building resilience. 

Shifting the climate narrative

Storytelling is a catalyst for culture change. With an abstract topic like climate change, movies and television increase the significance of climate change by visualizing both consequences and solutions. In a recent study, viewers’ responses to an extreme heat storyline in Grey’s Anatomy – picture medical professionals scurrying to treat people with heat stroke while triple-digit temperatures induced early labor for pregnancies – showed that viewers came away from the heat episode more concerned and better-informed about extreme heat. 

Rare’s Delegation to Climate Week New York City 2025

• Brett Jenks, CEO
• Caleb McClennen, President
• Annie Schouw, CDO​
• Angela Kirkman, VP, Foundation Relations​
• Emily Gray, VP, Individual Giving​
• Kevin Green, VP, Center for Behavior & the Environment
• Kate Schweigart, VP, Innovative Finance​
• Brandon Schauer, SVP, Climate Culture​
• Ellis Watamanuk, Senior Program Director, E-Lab​ 
• Karen Caycho Molero, Manager, Foundation Relations 
• Spencer Abruzzese, Senior Director, Individual Giving
• George Stoyle, Director, Technology Solutions