Resilience from the Soil Up: Private Philanthropy & Sustainability Leaders Reception

​Join a private invite-only tea reception of about 20 leaders from across the Philanthropy, Multilaterals, and Corporate Sustainability – hosted by The Schmidt Family Foundation, Mati Carbon and Clarmondial during the New York Climate Week 2026.

​This afternoon reception will bring together leading philanthropists, multi-laterals and corporate leaders to brainstorm how catalytic capital can drive smallholder resilience and adaptation financing, large-scale landscape restoration, and durable carbon removal; while also featuring some of the forward-looking case examples on these themes from the co-hosts.

​Context and why this discussion is relevant now:

​Two thirds of the world's croplands are already moderately to severely degraded, and on current trends 95% of global soil follows by 2050.

​For a small-scale farmers it becomes a loop: poor soil blunts the fertiliser response, so income falls, so restoration goes unfunded, so more fertiliser goes in. Yields sit at 1-2 tonnes a hectare where well managed land gets 5-8. Those roughly 285 million small-scale farmers households globally grow about a third of the world's food but only receive 0.8% of global climate finance.

​No market actors can break that loop on their own margin, and commercial lenders won't wait the years soil takes to recover. That leaves catalytic and blended capital to carry the risk in between. Several models are emerging, and this session will cover them.

​Date & Time:
📅 23 September 2026
🕓 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST

​Location:
📍Near Union Square, New York City (Exact venue details shared with the approved attendees after RSVP)

​This reception is by invitation only, offering a unique chance to help shape the next wave of philanthropic, government and private sector collaboration towards climate resilience financing.

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​About Mati Carbon
Mati Carbon is an XPRIZE-winning global social enterprise focused on restoring soil health and strengthening smallholder resilience at scale using Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) based durable carbon removal and other emerging methods. Mati's science-led ERW deployment boosts smallholder incomes by 20-30% at zero cost to them, with over 35k farmers on it platform across SE Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and with over 300k tonnes already deployed.

​Backed by Livelihood Impact Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, the US DOE and several other prominent funders – Mati Carbon is poised to scale this proven model across millions of farmers – helping agri-food corporate leaders build more resilient supply chains, improve farmer livelihoods, and drive lasting landscape restoration at scale.

​About Clarmondial
Clarmondial is an international finance and advisory firm focused on nature, climate, and sustainable supply chains in emerging markets. Founded in 2010, Clarmondial designs, structures, and implements innovative financial instruments, spanning smallholder-focused, supply-chain-anchored lending, climate finance, guarantee facilities, and other nature- and livelihood-focused funding solutions. Flagship solutions developed by Clarmondial include the Food Securities Fund & Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche, and the Loan Guarantee Facility.