August 27, 2025 | New York

At Climate Week NYC this September, Swissnex will present the Planetary Embassy, a pop-up venue dedicated to international, interdisciplinary, and interspecies collaboration. From September 23 to 25 at Mabou Mines in New York’s East Village, the Planetary Embassy will host conversations, installations, film screenings, and more, exploring the concept of planetary diplomacy, a new diplomacy to negotiate our place within a more-than-human world.

Featured events during Climate Week NYC include an opening event on the topic of planetary diplomacy, as well as conversations on investing in ocean resilience and climate storytelling through film. Art and design are prominently represented at the Planetary Embassy as well, with highlights including Urban Refuge, an installation on sustainable earth-based architecture developed by students at Institut auf dem Rosenberg in collaboration with MIT researchers; Arboreal Severance, an installation by New York-based Swiss artist duo Kieffer Woodtli, and student works by winners of the Punch Prize from the Zurich University of the Arts.

2025 marks Swissnex’s third appearance at Climate Week NYC, one of the largest festivals of climate action in the world, comprising more than 900 events on topics ranging from science and policy to arts and community action. Swissnex’s presence this year builds on the success of its 2024 program, the Climate Ring—a three-day series of events that approached the fight for the planet through the metaphor of boxing.

The Planetary Embassy at Climate Week is one instance in a global event series on planetary diplomacy taking place across the Swissnex network in the coming year. The Planetary Embassy at COP30 in the Amazon will follow later this fall, with additional locations to be announced.