Climate Action Summit 2025 - Presented by Black & Veatch

April 5, 2025 @ 1:00PM — 5:00PM Central Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar

Unity Temple on the Plaza: 707 W 47th St KCMO, MO 64112 Get Directions

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Action. Together.

Join climate leaders across sectors and across the region. We will celebrate good work, measure progress and recommit ourselves to the work that remains.

12:00 pm Registration opens
Pre-Summit Yoga session in the lower level event space
Music in the Sanctuary from "Vientos del Sur"

Nature-Inspired art exhibit curated by ArtsKC in the gallery hall

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1:00 p.m. Welcome
1:15 p.m. The State of Climate Action: An update on the region's progress
1:30 p.m. Navigating the Energy Transition: How to balance energy demands and climate goals
2:20 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK
2:45 p.m. Sustainability of Sustainability: A look at how business integration is building momentum
3:25 p.m. Changing the Conversation: An exploration of language that motivates
2:40 p.m. The Power of Local Action: A roundtable breakout session for elected officials
4:15 p.m. Keynote Message from Molly Kawahata
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
5:15-7:00 After hours reception in lower level event space with open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres, live music from the Rumbledusters, with tv's for watching the Final Four!

Presenting Sponsor:

Special Event Sponsors – Evergy; Panasonic; SMART Sheet Metal Local Union No. 2; U.S. Engineering

Guardian Sponsors – IBEW Local 124; V & H Charitable Foundation

Champion Sponsors – Bayer; City of Mission; Clayco / Lamar Johnson Collaborative; Ashok Gupta; Treanor; UMB Financial Corporation

Defender Sponsors – Sierra Club Kansas and Missouri Chapters

Partner Sponsors – BNIM; BranchPattern; City of Roeland Park; Curtin Property Co.; Henderson Companies; LISC Greater Kansas City; Renew Missouri; Resurrection, A United Methodist Church; Ripple Glass; Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth; USGBC Central Plains; WSP

Advocate Sponsors – City of Leawood; City of Merriam; City of Overland Park; City of Prairie Village; City of Westwood; Entegrity Partners; HDR; Heartland Conservation Alliance; Hoefer Welker; Kansas City Royals; Lights On Kansas City; Marshall Sustainability; McDonough-Slayton Foundation; Jeanette & Randy Metzler; Show me PACE

Friend Sponsors – AdventHealth; Barkley; Branding Stop; Climate + Energy Project; Renee Dinsmore; Endeavor Home Performance; Foulston Siefkin, LLP; Hovey Williams; Independence Power and Light; Mike and Elizabeth Kelly; Jeremy and Sarah Knoll; K-State Olathe; Olsson; Julie and Scott Sayers; Hillary and Max Thomas; Union Station KC; Veritas Architecture + Design; WaterOne; Zimmerman Strategic Consulting; Hannes Zacharias

Nonprofit Action Sponsors – Citizens Climate Lobby; Deep Roots; Flourish Furniture Bank; Missouri Coalition for the Environment; Platte Land Trust; Plaza District Council; Re.Use.Full; Rosedale Development Association; Scraps KC; The Resilient Activist, Inc.; Urban Produce Push (UPP)

In-Kind Sponsors – ArtsKC; KC Can Compost

Scholarship Sponsor – Mid-America Regional Council

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