Columbia Fashion, Energy, and Climate Summit
Fashion and the Climate Future
Monday, September 21, 2026 | 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University
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
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.
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
- Meital Peleg Mizrachi, Research Fellow, Stanford University
- Indré Rockefeller, Founder, The Circularity Project
- Trevor Sutton, Director, Program on Trade and the Clean Energy Transition, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Program to be Announced
Student Showcase
Students interested in participating in the Sustainable Fashion Design Showcase can submit their application here.
Registration
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Non-Columbia affiliates: Please complete the request form here.
