This report is a synthesis of the 2024 Climate Week NYC session called Are We Building for the Past of Future? Green Financing in Hotel Development and Investment,” which was convened as part of the Sustainability in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality Roundtable organized and hosted by Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. This session opened on an intentionally positive premise: share real-world sucess stories using green financing.