ClimateCATALYST

July 21-23, 2026

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors

Interested in sponsoring ClimateCATALYST 2026? Reach out to climatecap@duke.edu

Additional Sessions and Speakers for 2026 will be announced soon.

Tuesday, July 21st

Thursday, July 23rd

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Wednesday, July 22nd

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Jump-start your journey turning climate ambition into business action

ClimateCATALYST: a virtual pre-MBA summer program designed for incoming MBAs who want to lead the transition to a climate-smart business future

ClimateCATALYST 2025 equipped over 500 MBAs from 81 business schools with essential climate and business knowledge before they began their MBA programs.

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What if you could start your MBA already equipped to lead on one of the most urgent business challenges of our time?

​Join us for ClimateCATALYST, a dynamic pre-MBA experience designed to give incoming MBA students a head start on careers at the intersection of business and climate. Hosted by ClimateCAP—a global network spanning 50+ leading business schools—ClimateCATALYST brings together hundreds of future MBAs from top programs around the world to build climate fluency, explore career pathways, and connect with peers and industry leaders.

​Over three days, participants engage in:

  • ​Insights from world-renowned faculty & industry practitioners leading organizations through our changing global economy

  • ​Real-world climate business challenges through interactive workshops and simulations

  • ​Career exploration across industries and roles

  • ​A powerful global network of like-minded, impact-driven MBA peers

  • MARCUS CASTAIN

    Associate Director, Parker Career Management Center at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Founder of Launchpad

  • PATRICK FLYNN

    Founder, Switchboard and Director of Corporate Climate Action, Topo Finance

  • ANDREW ISSACS

    UC Berkeley, Senior Lecturer with Continuing Status

  • JOHN KIM

    Graduate Programs Career Advisor + Part-Time Lecturer, University of Vermont Grossman School of Business

  • MEETA KOTHARE

    Professor of Practice, University of Texas Austin, McCombs School of Business

  • KATIE KROSS

    Managing Director of the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business

  • RADHIKA LALIT

    Initiative Director, Industry at Climate Imperative

  • KATHERINE MARKOVA

    Partnerships Manager, Climate Interactive

  • HUGO MKHIZE

    Associate, Investments, Climate Investment (CI)

  • LENKA NOLAN

    Lecturer, Northeastern University

  • JONATHAN SILVERTHORNE

    Director of the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  • JESSICA WINGERT

    Program Lead, ClimateCAP Initiative