Climate Week NYC: Acting at the Speed of Crisis

Food Tank, RAAPID and AFI present “Acting at the Speed of Crisis: Challenges & Opportunities for Food Security Rapid Response."
About this Event

On Thursday, September 24th, join Food Tank, RAAPID, and Arrell Food Institute for “Acting at the Speed of Crisis: Challenges & Opportunities for Food Security Rapid Response" at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space in New York City for an exclusive event as part of Climate Week NYC.

Confirmed speakers and performers include:

• Governor David Beasley, Member, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation, Former Governor of South Carolina, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
• Inbal Becker-Reshef, Managing Director, Microsoft AI for Good Lab, and Founder, RAAPID
• Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, Chief Executive Officer, Food Systems for the Future, Former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
• Evan Fraser, Executive Director, Arrell Food Institute
• Melissa Mahtani, International Affairs Journalist and Anchor, The AI Lab
• Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
• Oluchi Nwaokorie, Broadway Actor and Singer currently standby as Elphaba in Wicked
• Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Noah Turner, Music Director
• Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

and many more to be announced soon!

Join us for live musical performances, a delicious lunch, networking reception, and important conversations.

Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2026

Time: 1:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: WNYC Studios' The Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, NY

Limited capacity. Join the waitlist to be considered for an in-person invitation!

Want to bypass the waitlist?

Become a Food Tank member today and receive tickets to the 2026 Climate Week NYC Summit of your choice: FoodTank.com/Join.

Food security emergencies are becoming more frequent, more complex, and more interconnected, driven by conflict, climate change, economic instability, and public health crises. Responding effectively requires not only speed, but stronger coordination across governments, nonprofits, researchers, and the private sector. This timely conversation, presented by Food Tank, RAAPID, and the Arrell Food Institute, will explore how organizations can rapidly mobilize resources, leverage innovation, and build more resilient systems to meet urgent food security needs. Speakers will examine the challenges of responding in moments of crisis while identifying opportunities to strengthen preparedness, collaboration, and long-term resilience for communities around the world.

Thank you to our 2026 event co-hosts: American Farmland Trust; Amy’s Kitchen; Arrell Food Institute; Bel US; Bonterra; CARE; CookUnity; Diestel Family Ranch; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Food Planet Prize; Future Food Institute; Global Traceability Framework for Beef and Leather; Groundswell; Halter; Handsome Brook Farms; James Beard Foundation; Mill; New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; New York University; Northstar Recycling; NRDC; Once Upon a Farm; Organic Center; Organic Valley; Organic Voices; Pilot Light; RAAPID; Restaurant Technologies; Rockefeller Foundation; Rodale Institute; Stonyfield; Strong Roots; Support + Feed; United Nations Environment Programme; Whole Foods Market.

See Food Tank’s complete Climate Week NYC 2026 schedule HERE.