​​Join Work on Climate community members as they discuss their transition to climate work and how they overcame ecosystem barriers to get there.

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​​5 Talks, 5 Industries, 5 Functions
​​Discover diverse pathways to meaningful climate work as five Work on Climate community members from various climate and sustainability sectors divulge their transitions and strategies for overcoming ecosystem barriers.

​​Each speaker will have 5 minutes to share their success story. This will be followed by a Q&A segment and breakout room sessions, where you can connect directly with speakers and other attendees.

​​Featured speakers
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Paul Himmelstein

Operations Lead @ Homeworld Collective, Climate Biotechnology

Paul has worked for 10+ years on some of society’s deepest problems in education, systemic racism, gender equity, and the environment. Currently, I specialize in creating systems and partnerships that help achieve organizational goals. I believe that analysis and processes show the way, and emotional intelligence gets everyone to the destination.

Anshul Gupta

Senior Policy Analyst @ New Yorkers for Clean Power , Energy

Anshul Gupta was a Principal Research Staff at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Alarmed by the slow government response to the rapidly worsening climate crisis, he took early retirement this year and joined New Yorkers for Clean Power as a Senior Policy Analyst. At IBM, where he is still a consulting Senior Research Scientist, his research focused on high-performance computing, and recently included energy, materials, and decarbonization, in which he has multiple publications as well as one issued and two pending patents. He is a trained Climate Reality leader and volunteers on the leadership team of the NYS Climate Reality Chapters Coalition.

Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn

Trustee, Climate Change Tai Tokerau Northland Trust; Climate Justice

Catherine (Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kurī Māori peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand) is a long-time international activist. With a Master of Laws, she has held many positions in the UN Human Rights System, including as Co-Chair of the Pacific Caucus (2014 Global Preparatory Conference for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples). She represented her peoples in the Historical Treaty Claims settlement with the New Zealand Government (2008-15), and is a founding member of the Pacific Indigenous Women’s Network and Te Waka Hourua (Māori climate justice activists and mainstream allies). Her recent focus is metaphysics for healing people and planet.

Louis Chen

Sustainability Manager @ Golden Energy and Resources sustainability

As a Sustainability Manager, Louis leads the formulation of practical sustainability strategies and policies that are fit for purpose and introduce comparative advantage against peers. He works to engage stakeholders across all levels of the organisation to foster a culture of sustainability and social responsibility. Having been from a sustainability consultancy background, he is also familiar with various verticals from sustainable procurement, ESG funds, data centre strategies, etc. He enjoys aligning his professional interest in sustainability with his personality of challenging himself and embedding innovation processes.

Laura Fletcher

Director of Product @ Uplight , Software, Climate tech, Energy

Laura Fletcher is a human-centered product leader in the climate tech space. She’s led effective teams and launched problem-solving products in many diverse contexts, from online interior design to project-management tracking to carbon accounting, in companies ranging from 3 to 30,000 people. She lead Insight and Reductions work for Carbon Direct’s software platform.