Actor Mark Ruffalo joins line-up of Local weather Week NYC
https://www.climateweeknyc.org/our-work/press/mark-ruffalo-and-gloria-walton-join-line-climate-week-nyc
Climate Group is thrilled to announce that actor, activist and co-founder of The Solutions Project, Mark Ruffalo along with the organization’s President and CEO Gloria Walton, will take to the stage at this year’s Opening Ceremony of Climate Week NYC, on Monday September 22.
The Solutions Project first partnered with Climate Group as their inaugural Environmental Justice Program Partner in 2021. Together, they will make a powerful case for sustained investment in grassroots climate solutions that tackle equity and climate issues at a community level.
Mark Ruffalo and Gloria Walton are the latest high-profile names to be added to the speaker line-up at Climate Week NYC, the biggest annual climate event of its kind. Climate Week NYC brings together decision makers from politics, business and civil society, alongside grassroots organizations and community leaders through hundreds of events across the City of New York.
Mr Ruffalo and Ms Walton will join an influential roster of speakers that includes the Hon. President of Kenya, William Ruto; the Hon. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, the Hon. Minster of Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu of Vanuatu, and Ana Toni, CEO of COP30.
On the main stage, Mark Ruffalo and Gloria Walton will take part in the session ‘From grassroots to global – turning public momentum into policy change.’ Grassroots movements have shaped societies throughout history by demanding justice and shifting policy and holding power to account. Ruffalo and Walton will delve deep into the critical power of people at the frontline of the climate crisis, and how they can help shape and accelerate the global transition already underway.
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