As the dust settles on another frenetic week in New York, there is an opportunity to reflect on the trends and themes that dominated, although it is important to remember that with more than 900 events in total, spread across this city of many millions, you can only really scratch the surface.

As usual, Climate Week coincided with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. While no climate summit was called this year by the UN Secretary-General, the Assembly was understandably dominated by escalating tensions in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine. However, there was no shortage of airtime at a leadership level for industry, clean technology and green transition issues. Each year, Climate Week has themes that shape the event programme. For 2024, there were ten – all inter-related, with half strongly focusing on the challenges of delivering a just, green industry transition: energy, environmental justice, finance, heavy industry and policy.