Inside New York's longest-running climate tech incubator

The Green New Perspective podcast highlighted NYU Tandon's Urban Future Lab's climate tech innovation work. As Chief Operating Officer Jeanette Williams explains, "Climate tech is a space that sort of needs all perspectives." The Lab, NYC's longest-running climate tech incubator, has supported 170 startups since 2009. Interim Managing Director Frederic LeClerc emphasized practical challenges: "We are kind of climate agnostic... what we offer is a lot about help entering the New York market." Together, they discussed how the Lab helps startups overcome funding and scaling hurdles while maintaining focus on equity and accessibility in climate solutions.