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Events
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September 21, 2026
• 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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The Future of Climate Tech: Innovation, Careers, and Connections
Join industry leaders, innovators, employers, and emerging talent for an evening exploring the technologies, trends, and career opportunities shaping the future of climate tech.
Event
• 31 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
Partners
SIPA Partners in Improving Energy Policy
The Center on Global Energy Policy is supported through contributions to Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs from a variety of sources, including foundations, corporations, and individual donors who share Columbia University’s commitment to improving energy policy through rigorous and independent analysis and engaged dialogue on global climate and energy issues. We are deeply appreciative of those who support our work and take transparency of funding very seriously, which is why all are listed on our website.
Corporate Partnerships
For a full list of donors from FY24 and FY23, please see here.
Visionary Circle
Visionary Circle: Visionary Circle members are corporations that have contributed $1,000,000 or more since July 1, 2023.
- Occidental Petroleum
Transformative Circle
Transformative Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $250,000 and $999,999 since July 1, 2025.
- ExxonMobil Corporation
- Diamondback Energy, Inc.
- Google, LLC
- National Grid USA Service Company Inc.
Innovator’s Circle
Innovator’s Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $100,000 and $249,999 since July 1, 2025.
- BP International, Limited
- Expand Energy Corporation
- Chevron
- Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
- Equinor ASA
- Equitrans
- JERA Americas, Inc.
- HitecVision
- HIF USA
- Lazard LLC
- Nvidia
- ONEOK, Inc
- Shell International Exploration & Production Inc.
- Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.
- TotalEnergies SE
Affiliates Circle
Affiliates Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $50,000 and $99,999 since July 1, 2025.
- Hitachi Energy
- J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
- Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC
Sustaining Circle
Sustaining Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $5,000 and $49,999 since July 1, 2025.
- AtlasInvest Holding B.V.
Foundations and Individual Donors
For a full list of donors from FY24 and FY23, please see here.
Visionary Circle
Visionary Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed $1,000,000 or more since July 1, 2023.
- Aphorism Foundation
- Laura and John Arnold
- The bedari collective
- Bernard & Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
- Climateworks Foundation
- Greg Goff
- Blue Horizons Foundation
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- David Leuschen
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- Ray Rothrock
- Mike & Sofia Segal
- Kimberley and Scott Sheffield
- Catherine and Tracy Wolstencroft
- Daniel Ziff
Leadership Circle
Leadership Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed between $200,000 and $999,999 since July 1, 2025.
- Jill and Jay Bernstein
- BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
- Breakthrough Energy
- David and Victoria Foley
- Open Society Foundations
Sustaining Circle
Sustaining Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed between $1,000 and $199,999 since July 1, 2025.
- Dwight and Julia Anderson
- Amplify Her Charitable Foundation
- Christopher Bataille
- Kevin Brennan
- Bill Brown
- Anne-Sophie Corbeau
- Paul Curran
- Henri de Bokay
- Kathy Dowd
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Jonathan Goldberg
- Hendrik Gordenker
- Jeffrey Harris
- Hartree Partners
- Maria Jelescu Dreyfus and Daniel Dreyfus
- Marianne Kah
- Uday Khemka
- Gabriel Kra and Julie Caskey
- Cheryl LaFleur
- Emmanuel Lagarrigue
- Rose Lenoff
- Chen Li
- Linden Climate Fund
- Monica Medina
- Luis Alberto Moreno
- Edward and Linda Morse
- Joel Moser and Wednesday Martin
- Arjun Murti
- Scott Nathan and Laura DeBonis
- Meghan O’Sullivan
- Sunaina Ocalan
- Brett and Christina Olsher
- Timothy Perry
- Daniel and Susan Poneman
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Theodore Roosevelt IV and Constance Roosevelt
- Hitesh Shah
- Greg Sharenow
- Suhail Sikhtian
- Philip Sharp
- Neal and Jacqueline Shear
- Smith Richardson Foundation
- Jessica Uhl
- Cynthia Warner
- Kassia Yanosek
- Daniel and Angela Yergin
- Uros Zver and Vanashree Samant
Additional Resources and Information
- Partnerships: The Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations in the University’s Office of Alumni and Development works with foundations and corporations to develop partnerships that advance Columbia’s research, scholarship, and strategic initiatives, and that align with our partners’ philanthropic missions.
- Research Compliance: The Office of Research Compliance and Training helps ensure that Columbia faculty, students and staff are in compliance with the complex web of regulatory requirements that govern research.
- Conflicts of Interest: The University’s policies addressing conflicts of interest in research are designed to maintain the trust of the public, research volunteers, and the University research community and to protect against risks to research integrity, research participants and the academic mission that may result from individual or institutional conflicts of interest in research.
- Research Misconduct: The University’s Standing Committee on the Conduct of Research implements the Institutional Policy on Misconduct in Research has put in place policies and procedures that define misconduct, outline the process for investigating allegations, and explain the consequences of committing misconduct to ensure the integrity of our research.
- International Research: To help researchers plan for risks and requirements that may be associated with international projects, the University has established International Research Risk Management Procedures
- Economic Sanctions and Restricted Parties: Certain entities and individuals are subject to sanctions or other restrictions under U.S. law. These restrictions apply to both domestic and foreign entities and individuals and may restrict the University’s ability to engage in a project, collaboration or other transaction with that entity or individual.