Climate Capital Has No Off Switch: Measuring Impact in a Shifting Landscape

​We are deploying more climate capital than ever. Almost no one can say with confidence whether it is working.

​Join Investors for Climate DC for a candid Earth Day morning conversation during DC Climate Week. We are bringing together leading voices in impact measurement, catalytic capital, and climate finance to dig into the question every investor should be asking: how impactful is your climate investing, really?

​The panel features practitioners deploying catalytic capital into first-of-a-kind climate infrastructure, leaders from multi-billion-dollar impact platforms tracking outcomes across philanthropy and market-rate investments, builders of the data infrastructure that makes portfolio-level impact reporting possible at scale, and field-builders setting the standards the entire industry is converging around. These are the people building the measurement tools and deploying the capital. They will be honest about what works, what does not, and where the gaps remain.

​Speakers include:
Jenny Zhang, Assistant Director of Impact at Prime Coalition
Javier Monterroso, Sr. Director, Impact Investments, CapShift

​After the panel, structured roundtable breakouts put you in small-group conversation with other investors around the themes that matter most to you. No stage pitches. No sales decks. Just real dialogue and real connections.

​We will explore: What "impact" actually means across different types of capital, from catalytic to market-rate to philanthropic. How investors estimate the future climate impact of early-stage technologies before results exist. Whether the industry is converging on shared measurement standards or still operating in fragmentation mode. What rigorous impact measurement looks like when the policy ground is shifting underneath you. Whether impact data actually changes capital allocation decisions or remains a reporting exercise.

​Who should attend: Climate-focused VCs, family offices, angel investors, fund-of-funds, institutional allocators, and representatives from impact investing organizations. Attendance is application-only to maintain an intimate, high-quality room. No intermediaries.

​Additional speakers will be announced in mid-March.

​DC Climate Week is not responsible for this event. It is organized by the organizing group, and being listed on the DCCW calendar is not an endorsement of content or partners.