ABB at Climate Week NYC 2025
Driving the energy transition through electrification, efficiency and innovation
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2025-09-15
2024 was the hottest year ever recorded, reaching approximately 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels1. This milestone serves as a warning that we must dramatically accelerate climate action over the next decade. Most of the technologies needed for the energy transition already exist. According to the IEA, clean energy transitions and energy security are inextricably linked, and diversification, efficiency and flexibility within the energy sector are "basic conditions for both energy security and accelerating energy transitions."2
The priority is to speed up their deployment at scale. At Climate Week NYC 2025, a world-leading global climate event we will be highlighting the opportunities ABB sees in addressing the climate challenge and how, in collaboration with our customers, we are contributing to accelerating the energy transition.
Our climate action response
With our technologies we help all industries, from utilities and manufacturing to buildings and transport, decarbonize, supporting the transition. These include solutions that integrate low-carbon energy sources into the power grid, drive electrification, improve energy efficiency and decarbonize our customers’ operations in diverse sectors. Our overarching commitment focuses on helping industries operate leaner and cleaner by delivering technologies that simultaneously improve productivity, reduce emissions, and strengthen energy resilience.
How we contribute to the energy transition
We support the energy transition in the following ways:
Electrification of everything
We support the electrification of industry, buildings, infrastructure and transport with solutions that enable the reliable and efficient use of power from source to socket.Energy efficiency
As a leading supplier of drives, motors and integrated digital powertrains, we provide our customers with solutions that reduce energy consumption and emissions and conserve resources.Circularity and resource efficiency
We enable businesses to do more with less- reducing material use, waste and energy without compromising reliability or performance. Our circular approach keeps value in use: products that last longer, systems built to outperform, and materials reborn through refurbishment, retrofitting and recycling.Workforce and innovation
We invest in workforce development and manufacturing to help build the skilled professionals necessary for the energy transition."Significant work remains to make the energy transition real. Electrifying everything and improving energy efficiency are powerful ways to reduce emissions right now. At ABB, we are working with customers, governments and local communities to deliver these solutions. We ask policymakers to provide clear, predictable framework conditions that enable businesses to innovate, develop and deploy the technologies needed for a low-carbon society.’’
- Cody Taylor, Vice President and Group Head of Government Relations and Public Affairs
Highlights from Climate Week NYC 2025
Read Morten Wierod's thoughts on what's needed to accelerate the energy transition in this Q&A with Climate Group.
Food for thought
The Future of the Energy Transition and Climate Tech Investments
Hear Brian Nelson, Renewables Segment Leader at ABB, discuss the future of the energy transition and climate tech investments.
Join us in helping industry outrun - leaner and cleaner
As we move forward to COP30 and continue building momentum for global climate action, we invite stakeholders across industries to collaborate in shaping a more sustainable future. The technologies and solutions needed for the energy transition exist today – what's required now is the collective will to scale them rapidly and effectively.
ABB at Climate Week NYC 2025
We had a strong presence throughout Climate Week NYC 2025, as a major partner with Climate Group, and with key executives participating in high-level discussions and panels:
Monday, Sep. 22nd
| Time | Event | Speaker(s) | Registration & recordings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.30-9.30am ET | PwC: How to create and protect value amid risk and volatility | Brandon Spencer, President, Motion Business Area, ABB | Closed event |
| 4:30-5:20pm ET | Climate Group: From volatile to viable: the new playbook for energy security | Brandon Spencer, President, Motion Business Area, ABB | Register (Recording to follow after the event) |
| 7:30am-8:30pm ET | World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Council Meeting | Anke Hampel, Group Head of Sustainability, ABB Cody Taylor, Vice President and Group Head of Government Relations and Public Affairs, ABB |
Closed event |
Tuesday, Sep. 23rd
| Time | Event | Speaker(s) | Registration & recordings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:30am ET | Climate Group EP100 Roundtable: Efficient by design – scaling energy efficiency | Anke Hampel, Group Head of Sustainability, ABB | Closed event |
| 12:00-1:30pm ET | Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center: AI and the Energy Equation: Modernizing and Expanding the Grid | Morten Wierod, CEO, ABB | Information to follow |
| 12:10-1:45pm ET | Deloitte: “Inside the C-Suite Dynamic: Spend, Scale or Stall?” | Brandon Spencer, President, Motion Business Area, ABB | Register |
| 3:40-4:30pm ET | Climate Group’s The Hub Live: Net-zero by 2050, are we placing the right bets now for a profitable and carbon-free future? | Morten Wierod, CEO, ABB | Recording to follow after the event |
| 5:00-7pm ET | Boston Consulting Group: Demonstrating the ROI of Sustainability | Anke Hampel, Group Head of Sustainability, ABB | Information to follow |
Wednesday, Sep. 24th
| Time | Event | Speaker(s) | Registration & recordings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10am | Deloitte: The Provocateurs Podcast | Anke Hampel, Group Head of Sustainability, ABB | Information to follow |