Accelerating the Transition
A NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE-PROTECTION CONFERENCE
Accelerating the Transition, April 18-20th at [NAME OF VENUE] is the kickoff event of San Francisco Climate Week 2026. The meeting will bring together state and local public officials of all kinds, investors and financiers, clean energy businesses, and civil society representatives from the nonprofit sector including environmental organizations, climate organizations, environmental justice groups, and foundations.
The meeting will facilitate new multi-million dollar public-private sector partnerships to fund new clean energy transition projects in every sector of the economy. The conference's ten main tracks (below) encompass solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, hydro power plants, clean microgrids, community-scale renewable energy district heating and cooling, EV charging networks, electrified public transit systems, large-scale energy efficient building retrofit programs, industrial plant modernizations (to decarbonize manufacturing and production, plus new regenerative agriculture and sustainable forestry projects. The conference will produce a summary report with a compilation of best practices, policies, rules, and regulations that states, cities, counties, and other local governments and agencies will be able to use to advance the clean energy transition in the face of federal opposition and funding cuts.
Our Partners
Ten Tracks
1. CLEAN POWER SUPPLY, UTILITY REFORM, AND TRANSMISSION MODERNIZATION
2.ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ENERGY STORAGE
3.TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION FOR CARS AND TRUCKS, PUBLIC TRANSIT, SHIPPING, AND MICRO-MOBILITY
4. CLEVER URBAN DESIGN, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
5. FINANCING THE CLEAN TRANSITION
6. ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS, LOW-INCOME, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
7. REDUCING BUILDING SECTOR EMISSIONS
8. REDUCING INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS AND ACCELERATING INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION
9. REDUCING LAND USE, AGRICULTURAL, AND FORESTRY EMISSIONS WHILE ENHANCING NATURAL CARBON STORAGE
10. CALIFORNIA’S FRONT-RUNNER CLEAN-TRANSITION EFFORTS,ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES