Boston Climate Tech: Nov-Dec 2025
Go vote on Nov 4! Climatetech Summit 2025, Young Professionals In Energy Trivia Night & more
Hi all!
This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up.
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Announcements
A few announcements before the event list:
🗳️ Go Vote for local climate action on Tues Nov 4, 2025 🗳️
Guest post from Boston clean tech scene community member Hannan Rhodes:
TLDR: Cambridge’s housing bill is on the line. Vote to keep building near transit and protect bike infrastructure. 🏘️🚇🚲
If you live in Cambridge, make sure you vote this Tuesday, November 4.
Some of the most effective local climate actions we can take are building more housing 🏠 near jobs and transit 🚇 and making it safer to bike 🚲 instead of drive.
Cambridge passed a groundbreaking housing bill last term, but the NIMBYs are out in full force to try to repeal it. Here’s who we’re ranking (feel free to change it up based on your preferences):
Burhan Azeem
Ned Melanson
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Dana Bullister
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
👉 Check out a more in-depth guide here 🗳️, which links to even more guides.
This election will decide whether Cambridge continues to lead on housing and sustainable streets or falls behind.
Vote for a city that builds housing 🏗️, protects cyclists 🚴♀️, and takes real climate action 🌍.
Find your polling place, bring a friend and make a plan to vote!.
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Cheers,
Climatetech Summit 2025 - Greentown Labs: 11/6 Thu
MIT Partnership w/ Harvard Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo - Events Calendar: 11/7 Fri
MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Emily Reichert - Events Calendar: 11/12 Wed
YPE Trivia Night: 11/13 Thu
Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff - Greentown Labs: 12/4 Thu
We Need to Talk: What if Staying is No Longer an Option? – Climate Adaptation Forum: 12/12 Fri
Climatetech Summit 2025 - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
11/6/2025 Thu 8:00 AM
🕓 End time
11/6/2025 Thu 8:00 AM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
Join us on Nov. 4 at Greentown Houston, Nov. 6 at Greentown Boston, + via livestream
The world is at an inflection point: there’s an unprecedented demand for energy globally, emissions must be drastically reduced, and resilience has never been more critical. Meeting this growing demand requires audacious entrepreneurial innovation at the nexus of energy generation and decarbonization, coupled with corporate leadership, philanthropic action, and community engagement.
We’ll dive into these challenges and opportunities together at Climatetech Summit, and emerge with tangible actions to foster more collaboration.
On Nov. 4 in Houston and Nov. 6 in Boston, step into our incubators for a day of hands-on exploration of climatetech solutions from 200+ startups, insightful keynotes and discussions with industry leaders, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Throughout the event, we’ll highlight how collaboration across Texas and Massachusetts’s climate and energy ecosystems—and beyond—is accelerating deployment, scaling impact, and commercializing the technologies that will power a clean-energy abundant, sustainable, resilient future
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/climatetech-summit-2025/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Day of Climate Workshop
🕑 Start time
11/5/2025 Wed 4:00 PM
🕓 End time
11/5/2025 Wed 6:00 PM
📍Location
Building NE49, 2000
📍Address
📝 Notes
On Wednesday, November 5, from 4–6 p.m., explore innovative climate curriculum and activities designed for pK–12 learners by MIT community members. Led by the Day of Climate 2024–25 grantees, these interactive sessions will offer practical strategies for integrating climate topics into learning environments, a first-hand look at new classroom-ready materials, and opportunities to connect and collaborate with fellow educators, administrators, and partners in PK–12 education. Registration Required.
Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 4-6pm ET
Format: In-Person, On-Campus at MIT
Location: 600 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02140
Food: Pizza will be provided
[This training counts towards 2 hours of training toward one PDP credit (for Massachusetts educators)]
Building NE49, 2000
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600 TECHNOLOGY SQ, Cambridge, MA 02142
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/day-of-climate-workshop?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
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Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture “Unfracking the Future Through Relational Redesign” with Sara Wiley and Discussant Marc Weisskopf - Events Calendar
🕑 Start time
11/6/2025 Thu 4:30 PM
🕓 End time
11/6/2025 Thu 6:30 PM
📍Location
MIT Building E51, 376
📍Address
70 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02142
📝 Notes
Join us for Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture with Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS and discussant Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Abstract: The world’s oil and gas industry is one of the largest and most secretive. Sara Wylie will discuss the lack of transparency that exists between the producers and consumers of oil and gas and why this relationship must be strengthened. For this change to be made, we must first understand the benefits of creating collaborative solutions that support ethical, social, and environmental relationships. Wylie will argue that this is possible, and we can begin to do so by designing solutions that prioritize reciprocity, accountability, consent, and trust.
Speaker: Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS, is an Associate Professor Sociology/Anthropology and Health Science at Northeastern University. She is a cofounder of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), a network of academics and non-profits working to develop more just and effective forms of environmental governance through ensuring and improving public access to data. Sara is a cofounder of Public Lab, a non-profit that developed open source, Do-It-Yourself tools for community-based environmental analysis. Her award winning book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds describes the need to rethink the extractive research systems that proceed and enable extractive industries. Under the Biden Administration, Dr. Wylie served as an Energy Justice, Science, Technology and Policy Fellow for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the US Department of Energy and helped develop accountability systems for Biden’s Justice 40 Initiative.
Discussant: Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D., is the Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Director of the Harvard TH Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health, Director of Epidemiological Studies for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard, and codirector of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. Dr. Weisskopf received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco, and his Sc.D. in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also spent two years as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working on environmental health issues in the Wisconsin State Health Department. His neuroscience work focused on molecular and cellular aspects of neural signaling and plasticity. His epidemiological work focuses on the influence of environmental exposures on brain health across the life course. In particular, his research focuses on environmental risk factors for outcomes such as autism spectrum disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cognitive function and dementia, and psychiatric conditions. Dr. Weisskopf also explores epidemiological methods issues to improve causal inference from observational environmental health studies.
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/living-climate-futures-lab-inaugural-lecture-unfracking-the-future-through-relational-redesign-with-sara-wiley-and-discussant-marc-weisskopf?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
MIT Partnership w/ Harvard Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo
🕑 Start time
11/7/2025 Fri 1:00 PM
🕓 End time
11/7/2025 Fri 4:30 PM
📍Location
Harvard’s Gutman Conference Center
📍Address
6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
📝 Notes
Interested in climate and sustainability and curious where you can make a difference? Attend the Climate and Sustainability Career Expo to learn about research, internships, and careers in climate.
Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo – Friday, November 7, 2025, 1-4:30 PM ET, Harvard’s Gutman Conference Center – 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
Register for the event using this form.
Shuttle transportation will be available for MIT students, making continuous loops between the main campus and Harvard from 12:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. To take the shuttle, meet at the steps of 77 Mass Avenue.
How is a career expo different from a career fair?
This event is intended to be a opportunity that encourages employers to showcase their work in the climate and sustainability space even if their full-time or internship opportunities are not yet posted. During the Career Expo employers will promote upcoming jobs, internships, research experiences, and projects at their organizations. While some employers may have roles posted by the event on Friday, November 7, 2025, many employers will open applications over the winter or in the spring.
The partnership is supported by the following MIT Departments: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Climate Education, Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Mechanical Engineering, Sloan Climate Sustainability, Nuclear Engineering, Energy Initiative, Office of Sustainability, Undergraduate Advising Center, and Career Advising and Professional Development.
Please note this event is an undergraduate and graduate student only event, please bring your student id with you to the career expo to confirm your registeration.
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🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit-partnership-w-harvard-salata-institute-climate-and-sustainability-career-expo?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Emily Reichert - Events Calendar
🕑 Start time
11/12/2025 Wed 5:15 PM
🕓 End time
11/12/2025 Wed 6:15 PM
📍Location
Building 45
📍Address
51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
📝 Notes
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mitei-presents-advancing-the-energy-transition-with-emily-reichert?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
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YPE Trivia Night
🕑 Start time
11/13/2025 Thu 5:30 PM
🕓 End time
11/13/2025 Thu 8:00 PM
📍Location
📍Address
📝 Notes
Join NECA and YPE Boston on Thursday, November 13, to network and test your knowledge in energy and other topics at Margaritaville located in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. The YP Trivia Night is a special chance to meet and create connections with professionals of similar experience across a variety of energy sector areas. We will also be joined by some seasoned professionals who are great resources for your career path.
🔗 Registration link
https://necanews.org/product/yp-trivia-night/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
MIT Energy & Climate Club Hackathon 2025
🕑 Start time
11/14/2025 Fri 5:00 PM
🕓 End time
11/15/2025 Sat 5:00 AM
📍Location
MIT Building 10
📍Address
222 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139
📝 Notes
Ready to Tackle Climate Change? Join the MIT Energy & Climate Hack 2025! We’re on a mission to revolutionize how we think about energy and sustainability.
This year’s theme is Industrial Decarbonization & Sustainable Manufacturing: Imagine a world where everything we buy—from electronics to airplanes to medicine—is manufactured with clean energy and zero pollution!
As a participant, you’ll be in teams of up to 4 and have the opportunity to create innovative solutions to actual energy problems proposed by our sponsors. Plus, you’ll have the chance to network with some of the industry’s most prominent organizations and collaborate with competitors from around the globe.
Let’s create a future that doesn’t just survive, but thrives!
Click here to apply! The deadline is 10/13/2025, and the dates for the hackathon are 11/14/2025–11/16/2025.
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit-energy-climate-club-hackathon-2025?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
12/4/2025 Thu 5:30 PM
🕓 End time
12/4/2025 Thu 8:00 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
Meet the startups shaping the future of carbontech and kick off Year 5 of the Carbon to Value Initiative!
Attendees will meet the startups that were selected for this year’s cohort as well as members of C2V’s Carbontech Leadership Council members. As the C2V Initiative enters its fifth year, our recent call for applications paints a compelling picture of where the industry is headed. With 165 applications spanning 33 countries across six continents (a record for us!) – the global momentum behind using carbon as a feedstock remains strong.
Agenda
Stay tuned for more details!
5:30 to 6:00 pm – Arrival and Check-in
6:00 to 7:00 pm – Speaking program / Startup presentations
7:00 to 8:00 pm – Networking
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/event/carbon-to-value-initiative-year-5-kickoff/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
We Need to Talk: What if Staying is No Longer an Option? – Climate Adaptation Forum
🕑 Start time
12/12/2025 Fri 9:30 AM
🕓 End time
12/12/2025 Fri 12:30 PM
📍Location
Foley Hoag LLP
📍Address
📝 Notes
As climate resilience practitioners, we are focused on preventing harm to vulnerable people and places. But we know that, for many communities, the decision may one day arrive at having to move out of harm’s way. What then? What needs to be in place to manage the huge financial, social, and cultural costs associated with climate disasters and involuntary, unsupported climate migration? What do we need to do to prevent an “everyone for themselves” reaction that worsens existing structural inequality?
This Forum will involve a combination of presentations, discussions, and interactive exercises. Participants will leave with a better understanding of what triggers people’s decisions to leave or stay, how we can better facilitate the difficult discussions and decision-making, and what policies, funding, and other support are needed in these difficult transitions.
🔗 Registration link
https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/we-need-to-talk-what-if-staying-is-no-longer-an-option/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com
MBA Summit — ClimateCAP
🕑 Start time
4/17/2026 Fri 4:00 PM
🕓 End time
4/17/2026 Fri 4:00 PM
📍Location
MIT Sloan School of Management 100 Main Street
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📝 Notes
Climate change is one of the 21st century’s most important drivers of value creation and destruction in the global economy. By 2030, global climate change impacts are projected to reach $700 billion annually, with trillions of dollars of coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change also represents a multi-trillion dollar business opportunity for forward-thinking business leaders, with massive new markets for technology and infrastructure solutions expanding throughout the world.
ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. At the Summit, students gain a deeper understanding of how climate change is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging.
Join us April 17 & 18, 2026 at MIT Sloan for the 2026 ClimateCAP MBA Summit, “Leading Through Complexity: Navigating the Tensions Shaping Climate Leadership.” Built on MIT’s legacy of bold problem-solving and systems innovation, ClimateCAP 2026 will challenge students to engage with the real-world tensions and trade-offs of climate leadership- from the boardroom to the frontlines of the transition.
🔗 Registration link
https://www.climatecap.org/mba-summit?ref=bostonclimatetech.com