Featured events

WWF CLIMATE RUN: run for nature!

When: Mon 4 May from 16:00
Admission: open to all company & private groups
Hosted by: WWF

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Climate & Nature: Financing Restoration at Scale

When: Mon 4 May 18:00-21:00
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Rocket Foundation

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Urbane Pioniere: Wie Städte heute Zukunft gestalten

When: Tue 5 May 17:30 - 19:30
Admission: en to all
Hosted by: NZZ

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Where Ideas meet financing

There are 10+ events on 'where ideas meet financing' at CWZ 2026, from masterclasses and pitch competitions to dinners and networking events.

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The Cost of Growth: Who pays for the Green Transition?

When: Tue 5 May 18:30 - 21:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Amnesty Zurich English Group

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spotlight on:
carbon removal

There are 25+ events on CDR at CWZ 2026, from site tours to drinks and dinners to expert panels.

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Decarbonising group travel: where are we in the journey, and what’s the destination?

When: Wed 6 May 16:30 - 18:30
Admission: pen to all
Hosted by: EF

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Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD) Forum 2026

When: Thu 7 May 10:00-17:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: International Trade Center

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Soirée Storytelling: Change the Climate narrative

When: Tue 5 May 17:00-22:00
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: Clima Now

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Hackathons @cwz

Join the various hackathons happening at CWZ 2026:

EarthXCG Hack

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Green Tech Hack

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Liip Hack

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Choose Your Climate Future: The En-ROADS Climate Workshop

When: Fri 8 May 15:30 - 17:00
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: MIT Climate Pathways Project

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Villars Institute House

When: Fri 8 May 11:00-18:00
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: Villars Intitute

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Violence, Law, and Climate Justice in Cameroon: Protecting Those Most Affected

When: Thu 7 May 18:45 - 20:15
Admission: pen to all
Hosted by: Universität Zürich

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Future-Ready Companies: Equipping for Adaptive Climate Resilience and Impact

When: Thu 7 May 13:00 - 16:30
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: UN Global Compact Network

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Better Swiss Business Cases

When: May 4 May 15:30 - 18:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: University of St. Gallen

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Urban Foraging Tour - Edible Zürich

When: Mon 4 May 17:30-19:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Detours Zürich

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Climeworks Summit 2026

When: Mon 4 May 14:00-20:00
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: Climeworks

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The Party

When: Thu 7 May 20:00 - 04:00
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Terra Impact Ventures

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myclimate Filmabend «Trop Chaud»

When: Thu 7 May 17:00 - 21:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: myclimate

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Crossing the cold - A Sunrise swim across the lake

When: Thu 7 May 06:30-08:30
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Adaptation Exchange

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Co-Designing Financeable Urban Building Transitions

When: Tue 5 May 10:00 - 12:00
Admission: invite-mainly
Hosted by: ICLEI

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KEEP IT CO2OL

When: Wed 6 May 12:00-13:00
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: ETH Zürich

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Regenerative Living Zurich

When: Wed 6 May 08:00-21:00
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Advantika & GreenUp

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Clean-Up & Silent Disco

When: Tue 5 May 14:00 - 16:00
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: My Blue Planet

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13. cycletalk - Kunststoffe neu denken

When: Wed 6 May 13:15-17:15
Admission: open to all
Hosted by: Realcycle

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featured speakers

Johan Rockström

Director

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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Sabine Keller-Busse

President

UBS Switzerland

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SEYNI NAFO

Co-Chair / Director

Green Climate Fund / African Adaptation Initiative

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Leslie Johnston

CEO

Laudes Foundation
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Daniel dubas

Delegate of the Federal Council for the Agenda 2030

Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE

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James grabert

Head of Mitigation Division

UNFCCC

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Reto Knutti

Professor

ETH Zurich

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Elisa Vacherand

Global Finance Practice Deputy Leader

WWF International

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CHRIS LUEBKEMAN

Strategic Foresight Hub, Office of the President / Founder

ETH Zurich / Futurist

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BEa martin

Group Chief Operating Officer, President UBS EMEA & UK CEO

UBS Group AG

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carolin Roth

International Journalist

and International Council Member at UNICEF

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benjamin Ware

Global Head of Climate & Sustainable Sourcing

Nestlé

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Kate Raworth

Economist & Author

Doughnut Economics
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MARIONNA SCHLATTER

Member of the National Council at the Federal Assembly

Swiss Parliament

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HAKIMA EL HAITÉ

Former Minister of Energy, Water and Environment & COP Champion

Kingdom of Morroco

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NADIA NIKOLOVA

CEO

responsAbility

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Christine antlanger-winter

Country Director Switzerland

Google

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Jonas Dennler

COO

Ecoinvent

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DAVE ERNSBERGER

President S&P Global Energy

S&P Global

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Sonia seneviratne

Professor / Vice-Chair

ETH Zurich / IPCC Working Group

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Marco Duso

Global Sustainability Leader & Partner, Strategy and Transactions

EY Parthenon

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dr. Christian leitz

Chief Sustainability Officer & Group Historian

UBS Group AG

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Simone rampichini

Senior Director

SynESGy, CRIF

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bjorn-soren gigler

Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist (SNE)

European Commission

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Karime brecailo abib

Founding Partner

AdvantiKA

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Renat Heuberger

CEO

Terra Impact Ventures
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Guy turner

Advisor Carbon Markets

MSCI

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Stephan Lienin

Managing Partner

Sustainserv

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EFFY VAYENA

Vice President for Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations & Professor

ETH Zurich

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Emily Jackson-Kessler

SVP Sustainability

The Economist

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Sophie wenger

Climate Policy Officer

Swiss Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN)

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thomas Crowther

Founder

Restor.eco

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Balthasar Glättli

Designated Mayor of Zurich

City of Zurich

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tomas panek

Head of Contrail Partnerships

Google

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marc-andré Böhlen

Founder

greenstarter

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Poppy Ashmore

Client Engagement & Sustainability Manager

The Carbon Trust

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Thomas hügli

Chairman

Swiss Climate Foundation

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Pierrick Poulenas

CEO & Co-Founder

Picterra

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Sabine Döbeli

CEO

Swiss Sustainable Finance

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Steffen Ehrhardt

Vice President

SICTIC

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Nathalie Moral

Founding Partner

Vitamin°C

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Johannes Tiefenthaler

Co-CEO and Co-Founder

Neustark

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Stephan Wartmann

CEO

BRUGG Group AG

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Adam Elmn

Director of Sustainability

Google

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Patrick buergi

Managing Director Japan

South Pole

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Thomas Vellacott

CEO

WWF Switzerland

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Jennie Jouvenaar

Head of Sustainability

EF Education First

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Yves Daccord

Executive Chairman & Co-Founder

Edgelands Institute

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Vincent Doumeizel

Senior Advisor - Ocean & Food

United Nations Global Compact

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Sasha Cisar

Specialist for Sustainable Investments

NEST Sammelstiftung

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Markus Goetz

Managing Partner

Sustainable AG Unternehmensberatung

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Lindsey Hall

Global Head of Sustainability Thought Leadership

S&P Global

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Patrick Elmer

Founder & CEO

iGravity

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Sebastien Cretegny

CEO & Founder

Movo Partners

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Roman Limacher

CEO, Partner

Arete Ethik Invest AG

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Daniel Schmitz-Remberg

Founder & Managing Director

DSR & Partners

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Markus Leippold

Professor, Chair in Financial Engineering

University of Zurich (UZH)

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Thomas Elliott

CEO

Restor

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featured events & speakers

#grüezigoogle tech talks: Ai innovation in sustainability

WWF CLIMATE RUN: run for nature!

Klimaforum: Zürich baut Zukunft

Zero Waste, Circularity & Climate – the role of public private partnerships

From Risk to Resilience – Securing Value Chains in Turbulent Times

Climate & Nature: Financing Restoration at Scale

Catalytic Capital - Unlocking Climate Investments in Emerging Markets

Environmental Intelligence in Practice: How Leading Companies Turn Data into Business Value

Urbane Pioniere: Wie Städte heute Zukunft gestalten

Powering Transition: How clean technology reshapes Portfolio risk & Return

ESG Data in Focus: Navigating Supply Chain Risk in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

The Business Case for Sustainability for Financial Services Firms

Zukunft gestalten: Infrastruktur als Schlüssel für Klimaresilienz

Taste the Future - Nachhaltige Gemeinschaftsgastronomie​ erleben, verstehen und diskutieren​

building societal resilience - addressing the protection gap challenge: an interactive journey linking climate, nature, people and business

Spotlight on: Where Ideas meet financing

Global Agentic AI & Sustainable Finance: from data to decision

Beyond the Label: How Leading Companies Are Quietly Winning on Sustainability

The Cost of Growth: Who pays for the Green Transition?

Global Supply Chain Due Diligence & Resilience: Navigating CBAM, CSDDD and Climate Risk

The data is in: how nature-related risks are reshaping regulatory reporting

spotlight on: carbon removal

Climate x Health: Unwrapping the role of public private partnerships

The geography of climate risk in an era of systemic volatility

Climate Storytelling night

ReThink the Mensa - so schmeckt die Zukunft!

Decarbonising group travel: where are we in the journey, and what’s the destination?

From Hazard to Resilience: Data‑Driven Choices in a Climate Stressed World

Integrating physical climate risk into investment decisions

Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD) Forum 2026

Monetizing Nature Related Risks

Climate design: how to thrive in a climate disrupted world

Soirée Storytelling: Change the Climate narrative

From Targets to Transition plans: Sbti 2.0 + ISO net-Zero

Hackathons @cwz

TOURS BY CITY OF ZURICH‍

Building societal resilience – addressing the protection gap challenge

Choose Your Climate Future: The En-ROADS Climate Workshop

Villars Institute House

Violence, Law, and Climate Justice in Cameroon: Protecting Those Most Affected

Future-Ready Companies: Equipping for Adaptive Climate Resilience and Impact

Better Swiss Business Cases

Urban Foraging Tour - Edible Zürich

Climeworks Summit 2026

The Party

myclimate Filmabend «Trop Chaud»

Crossing the cold - A Sunrise swim across the lake

Co-Designing Financeable Urban Building Transitions

KEEP IT CO2OL

Regenerative Living Zurich

Clean-Up & Silent Disco

13. cycletalk - Kunststoffe neu denken

Johan Rockström

Sabine Keller-Busse

SEYNI NAFO

Leslie Johnston

Daniel dubas

James grabert

Reto Knutti

Elisa Vacherand

CHRIS LUEBKEMAN

BEa martin

carolin Roth

benjamin Ware

Kate Raworth

MARIONNA SCHLATTER

HAKIMA EL HAITÉ

NADIA NIKOLOVA

Christine antlanger-winter

Jonas Dennler

DAVE ERNSBERGER

Sonia seneviratne

Marco Duso

dr. Christian leitz

Simone rampichini

bjorn-soren gigler

Karime brecailo abib

Renat Heuberger

Guy turner

Klimaforum:
Zürich baut Zukunft

Taste the Future - Nachhaltige Gemeinschafts
gastronomie erleben, verstehen und diskutieren

Spotlight on:
Where Ideas meet financing

spotlight on:
carbon removal