For all the rhetoric that tends to surround sustainability gatherings, ChangeNOW 2026 offered something more substantial since its launch in 2017: evidence that the conversation is beginning to shift from aspiration to implementation. That was apparent from the outset. Founders, scientists, investors and institutions had gathered not merely to describe a better future, but to show what parts of it may already look like. In that sense, ChangeNOW ’s distinction lies in its re