TORONTO — A new climate conference is kicking off in Toronto that’s aiming to highlighting Canada’s clean tech and climate innovation sectors. Toronto Climate Week comes on the heels of Climate Week NYC, which bills itself as the largest climate gathering outside of the United Nations climate conference. Becky Park-Romanovsky, founder and executive director of Toronto Climate Week, says the new event is meant to help Canada distinguish itself in the space, especially as the U.S. government actively works against climate action. The first Toronto Climate Week was initially going to be a single day to soft-launch the effort, but has expanded to three days with over 100 events including collaborations with the City of Toronto, the University of Toronto and MaRS Discovery District, while next June will be a full week of programming. “Bringing Toronto Climate Week to life now is an opportunity for us to first of all acknowledge all the work that we have been doing, and are doing, in terms of innovation and specifically in climate and clean tech,” said Park-Romanovsky.