Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.

This Climate Week NYC 2026 event will focus on the core principles of the Public Pathway and what they mean in the New York and U.S. context. While TUED has focused on the Public Pathway in an international context to describe reclaiming energy from neoliberal privatization, the underlying principles are directly relevant to struggles in the US and New York: public ownership of energy, democratic governance of public services, utility accountability, visionary energy planning by the state, decarbonization of built infrastructure, public transit, robust workers’ rights, affordable housing, affordable energy bills, and the defense of quality public services.

At the Center for Brooklyn History, built environment and climate policy experts will discuss the future of cities, landscapes, and communities within the context of decarbonization.

This Climate Week NYC 2026 event will bring together trade unionists, researchers, and movement allies to examine the growing international momentum behind the “Public Pathway,” a union-led approach to energy transition based on public ownership, democratic planning, public finance, and energy as a public good. The discussion will situate current energy debates within the wider global crisis of neoliberal “green growth,” where transition policy has too often relied on private investors, de-risking schemes, and market incentives that fail to deliver universal access, decent work, or rapid system transformation.