Co_Invest Climate 2025
Join us this July in Chicago for Co_Invest Climate 2025, Evergreen Climate Innovations’ flagship convening of climate tech founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders!
The exciting afternoon includes:
Startup Presentations spotlighting early-stage companies tackling urgent climate challenges
Thought Leaders sharing experience and insights on the future of climate innovation
Networking Opportunities designed to create meaningful connections for everyone attending
Co_Invest Agenda
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Registration
1:30 - 2:45 pm: Startup Showcase
2:45 - 3:15 pm: Fireside Chat | Spencer Gore, Co-Founder & CEO, Bedrock Materials
3:15 - 3:45 pm: Break
3:45 - 4:30 pm: Startup Showcase
4:30 - 5:15 pm: Keynote | Dr. Don Wuebbles, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois and Director of Climate Science, Earth Knowledge
5:15 - 7:30 pm: Reception
Co_Invest Climate brings together the founders and supporters behind some of the most impactful climate technologies in the region. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, corporate leader, or ecosystem builder, this is your opportunity to plug into the Midwest’s growing role in the global climate economy.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Dr. Don Wuebbles Bio
Donald J. Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois. He is also a special advisor to the President of the University of Illinois and a Distinguished Scientist with the University’s Discovery Partners Institute. He is also Director of Climate Science for Earth Knowledge. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Wuebbles was Assistant Director with the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President (with President Obama). Dr. Wuebbles has two degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, in Atmospheric Science. He also led the development of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment at the University, and was its first director. Dr. Wuebbles is an expert in atmospheric physics and chemistry, with over 600 scientific publications related to the Earth’s climate, air quality and stratospheric ozone. He also provides analyses and development of metrics for translating science to policy and societal responses. He has been a leader in many international and national scientific assessments, including being a coordinating lead author on international climate assessments led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), thus contributing to IPCC being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He co-led Volume 1 of the 2017 4th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Amongst his major awards, Dr. Wuebbles has received the Cleveland Abbe Award from the American Meteorological Society, the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award from the American Geophysical Union. He is a Fellow of three major professional science societies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society. He was a member of the joint U.S. National Academy of Science and UK Royal Society Committee on Climate Change that wrote Climate Change: Evidence and Causes in 2014 and updated it in 2020. He led special assessments of climate change and its impacts on the Great Lakes region, and on Illinois in 2019 and 2021, respectively. He also coauthored the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region. In 2022, he chaired a committee for the National Academy of Sciences that wrote a special report on a framework for greenhouse gas emissions inventories being used in consideration of policies to reduce the emissions affecting climate change. He is co-leading the University of Illinois hosting of the international Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress being held in Chicago in June 2025.