Brazil Climate Summit NYC 2025: Where Leaders, Ideas, and Capital Converge

The Brazil Climate Summit (BCS) is an international forum that connects Brazil’s most ambitious climate solutions with global capital, technology, and policy decision-making — moving ideas toward partnerships, finance, and implementation. The New York City event, a collaboration between the Brazil Climate Institute and Columbia Global Center Rio de Janeiro, is on September 19, 2025 and will bring together investors, business leaders, policymakers, and scholars for focused discussions designed to spark tangible action.

Why this summit matters now

BCS highlights Brazil’s role as a climate solutions provider at a pivotal moment — decarbonizing global supply chains, accelerating clean-energy and industrial transitions, and aligning finance with nature-positive growth. Sessions will explore:

• Agriculture and land use
• Clean energy and green industry
• Climate finance
• Geopolitics
• Technology and AI for climate resilience

Who’s on stage

Speakers include Tom Trebat, Founding Director of Columbia Global Centers Rio de Janeiro, alongside leaders such as Jason Bordoff (Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA), Marina Cançado (Converge Capital), Luciana Antonini Ribeiro (EB Capital), Jorge Hargrave (Maraé Investimentos), Shawn Xu (Lowercarbon Capital), Régine Clément (CREO), and Marcelo Marangon (Citi Brasil).

What you’ll get

• High-level discussions and targeted matchmaking to advance projects and deals
• Pre-event networking app access and post-summit takeaways, including AI-generated session summaries and a concise report of key insights