NYC Climate
Day of Action
taking action together to reduce emissions at scale
Every New Yorker who walks in will leave having taken one real action with each of them: a concrete step that cuts emissions, in alignment with the 2030 goals. One day, thousands of actions, and one number we all watch climb and share with our networks.
The world's biggest climate week comes to New York. We're closing it with action.
Climate Week NYC runs September 20–27, 2026 — the largest climate event on earth, drawing more than 100,000 people to over 1,000 events across the city, alongside the UN General Assembly. Much of it is boardrooms, policy stages, and invite-only summits. The NYC Climate Day of Action is the community's answer: the day New Yorkers don't just talk about climate — we act.
An established climate convener, behind the whole coalition.
NYC2030 — the New York City 2030 District — is a nonprofit public-private climate partnership of property, service, and community stakeholders. It works to advance NYC's Climate Mobilization Act and New York State's climate law, and it's part of a North American network driving dramatic reductions in building emissions. For this campaign, NYC2030 brings the institutional weight; Good Standing brings the platform.
New York's climate movement is fragmented. Dozens of groups, dozens of lists, dozens of separate asks. Good Standing is the shared ground that connects them.
One place to act
The whole climate community in one room, instead of scattered across the city. Each group's network shows up to act alongside the others, turning separate efforts into one shared movement — taking action together.
Mission over margin
Good Standing is a public benefit corporation, made to power collective action campaigns like this one. The shared layer is built to serve the movement, not extract from it.
Infrastructure, not an event
The coalition doesn't end when the weekend does. Everyone who acts stays connected — a standing network the whole community can mobilize for the next collective action.
A 'dirty' peaker plant that only runs on our worst days. Together, we can keep it off.
Williamsburg's peaker plant fires up on the hottest, highest-demand days — the dirtiest power on the grid, burned in a neighborhood that already carries the load. When enough of us cut our demand at the same moment through GridRewards, the grid doesn't need to switch it on. Drag the dial below.
Demand management is a proven, cost-effective, emissions-free alternative to New York City's aging peaker plants — when enough of us cut demand at peak moments, the grid doesn't need to fire them up.Source: Logical Buildings (GridRewards)
This is just one case study among many. Across the coalition, every action adds up the same way: a number that climbs when enough New Yorkers act together. The peaker is just one of the stories we'll spotlight at the event.
Many actions. Many badges. One coalition.
Every action in the campaign lives on Good Standing as a badge. Take as many as you can — each one earns a badge you keep. The GridRewards badge below is already live; it's the model every partner org follows.
Defines its own action(s)
A concrete step that cuts emissions or moves a campaign forward — set up as a task on Good Standing.
Take as many actions as you can
Participants move org to org — enroll, sign, pledge, show up — at the event or from your phone.
Awards a badge for each
Every action you complete earns that organization's badge — yours to keep.
Collect them → join the coalition
The more badges you earn, the more empowered you are — collect across the coalition to become a founding member.
GridRewards × NYC2030 Badge
How it's earned: Join the GridRewards community, sign up, and enroll to earn cash rewards for cutting electricity use and helping keep the grid reliable — in partnership with NYC2030. One task, one verified action, one badge.
→ Every partner in the coalition gets their own unique badge customized for this campaign.
Collect Badges & Power the Coalition
Coalition status: 0 badges earned
Earn every partner's badge to unlock founding-member status in the NYC Climate Action Coalition.
What we're working toward.
Every action taken on the day ladders up to something bigger. The Day of Action has its own goals — and they're in service of the targets New York has already set for 2030.
Unite NYC's climate community
Bring as many of the city's climate organizations as we can under one roof — enrollment, advocacy, and community groups acting together instead of in isolation.
Every visitor takes real action
Everyone who walks in leaves having taken one concrete, emissions-cutting action with each org — not a pledge or a signature, a real step.
Thousands of actions, one number
Turn every action into a single measurable figure the whole coalition watches climb — and shares with its networks — so the day's impact is visible and undeniable.
A coalition that outlasts the day
Stand up a permanent network the whole community can mobilize again — for the next campaign, the next action, the next fight.
Built with New York's climate community, and built to last beyond just this event.
Every New Yorker who acts joins a standing network the whole coalition can mobilize again. Confirmed members will be named as they join.
Join the coalition. taking action together to reduce emissions at scale
Joining involves two simple steps: define at least one concrete action your community can take, and help spread the word about this campaign and the day of action.