NEW YORK CLIMATE WEEK – FEATURED EVENT

SAVE-THE-DATE – DRAFT SUBJECT TO CHANGE

COPX is an exciting climate change movement initiated by distinguished environmentalist Hunter Lovins in her “COPx” program to enlist worldwide climate change mitigation advocates and organizations in efforts to influence their members to take accelerated action to promote cli-mate change mitigation actions. In just her first year of operations, she has enlisted more than 1,100 participants. The CEL and Elisabeth Haub Law School at Pace University’s Center for En-ergy and Climate are undertaking collaboration with Hunter’s COPx program.

Hunter Lovins with Shakeel Kazmi and Victor M. Tafur – CEL’s Treasurer and Executive Direc-tor, respectively – during New York Climate Week 2025.

Dear Friends, Partners, and Changemakers,

On Tuesday, September 23rd, Newday Impact and COPx cohosted a powerful call to action cel-ebrating people on the front lines of global change. COPx is a global movement empowering people everywhere to tackle the climate crisis by activating proven solutions—locally, in their own way—thereby building the political power needed to drive systemic change. The event will launched Causeway, Newday’s participatory platform empowering people and institutions to direct capital toward deep, measurable, and lasting impact.

We will not reach our global goals on climate, equity, or development without such people in leadership, especially in the Global South. Their lived experiences and perspectives are essential to crafting solutions that are just, durable, and inclusive.

The fight for climate action isn’t just possible because of their leadership—it’s impossible without it. And we need you to join them.

COPx – Conferences of People, Independently Organized

For 30 years, governments negotiated climate change. The result? Emissions have doubled. The crisis once seen as distant is here. Nature doesn’t negotiate. It’s up to us—the people—to lead.

COPx is powered by people globally, rooted in community, and built for action. COPx brings the work to where change really happens: in our cities, neighborhoods, and streets. This is more than awareness. It’s a movement for action—and political change. From climate cleanups to policy campaigns, from art to advocacy, thousands of synchronized events will mobilize people across the world to deliver local solutions and build political pressure from the bottom up.