New York Climate Week has long been known for big announcements, but this year it felt more like a working week: the focus on delivery and implementation, rather than ambition.
With more than 1,500 events across the city running alongside the UN General Assembly, the event was hailed as the biggest Climate Week yet.
Delegates arrived feeling three pressures that had been building all year: an energy price shock, a summer of climate disasters, and a fast-growing argument about the resources artificial intelligence consumes. What came out of the week was a clearer picture of where sustainability now sits in business: inside the numbers that decide whether companies grow, stall, or get stopped.
Sustainability is back, on different terms
For a few years, sustainability seemed to be slipping down the corporate agenda. Last week suggested it is returning, but not in the form it left.
Energy is the clearest example. UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell put the cost of energy shortages linked to the Iran war at more than $100 billion in higher fuel prices for American consumers alone. The UK’s Ed Miliband urged governments to treat climate and nature loss as a matter of national security. Clean power is increasingly an argument for independence and competitiveness.
Physical risk is the second. Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir described resilience as a foundation laid well before
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Source: SAP News (Published: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:15:00 +0000). Read the full article on the original site.
