The Climate Toolkit Symposium 2026

Museums, public gardens, zoos, aquaria, science centers and nature institutions have a critical role to play in the climate conversation.

This fall, the Toolkit presented our second annual in-person symposium to catalyze collaboration, peer learning, mentorship, and implementation of climate solutions — this time in the beautiful 2,700-acre living laboratory of Duke Farms, a Center of the Doris Duke Foundation.

The 2026 Climate Toolkit Symposium featured plenary presentations and panels on ecological restoration and land use, institutional decarbonization, மற்றும் community engagement, with breakouts focusing in on additional climate action goals and initiatives. Tours of the Duke Farms campus and its sustainable features were also presented.

Check out the full agenda here!

Full Symposium Agenda

We are incredibly excited to announce that Elizabeth Bagley, Ph.D., Managing Director at Project Drawdown, was our keynote speaker for the 2026 Climate Toolkit Symposium. Elizabeth set the Symposium in motion on Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, with a keynote address that touched on climate solutions, creating the right conditions for cultural change, and visualizing the future we want to see.

Elizabeth is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist and learning scientist with experience spanning academia, business, and the nonprofit sector. As managing director, Elizabeth guides Project Drawdown’s overall strategy and keeps programs and operations functioning smoothly across the organization. Before joining Project Drawdown, she led higher education-focused climate workforce development at SEI, directed sustainability efforts at the California Academy of Sciences, and designed the science content for video games at LeapFrog.

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The Climate Toolkit Symposium 2025

The inaugural Climate Toolkit Symposium, presented by Phipps Conservatory and Duke Farms, was held Oct. 26 – 28, 2025 at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. If you missed this year’s symposium or want to refer back to the slate of panels and presentations, please check out our resources page at the link below to access slide decks, photography and video recordings.

Symposium 2025 Resources