This year¡¯s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 30, will take place in Bel¨¦m, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025.
COP 30 in Brazil centres on turning climate pledges into action, with a focus on forest protection, renewable energy and inclusive global cooperation. This year, our institute will be sending a delegation of experts on various climate issues. From climate finance and frontier technologies to capacity-building and inclusive cities, our expertise cuts across many of COP 30¡¯s most urgent themes.
At the 7th Capacity-building Hub at COP 30, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-VIE will once again lead the Capacity-building Academy.
List of upcoming events
9 November
COP Simulation Event - Belem
Time: 9:30 AM BRT
Venue: Universidade Federal do Para
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz
10 November
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: German Pavilion, Blue Zone
Co-organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz (Co-organizer & speaker), Lucas Turmena (facilitator)
11 November
Undoing the Damage, The Retrofit Urban Revolution with Nature: Action Pathways for Livable, Thriving, and Resilient Cities
Time: 11:00 AM BRT
Venue: Thai Pavilion, Blue Zone
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz (speaker)
12 November
Photo Exhibition Opening "Weaving Urban Futures for a Global Mutir?o"
Time: 6:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz
Climate Mobility Data and Literacy - Projecting Climate Migration and Displacement
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: Climate Mobility Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (moderator)
Connecting the UNFCCC Dots: Navigating the Three Pillars of Implementation
Time: 6:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Soenke Kreft (moderator), Serin Oh (facilitator)
13 November
Quantifying climate and disaster-related displacement for Loss and Damage: From Modelling to Action
Time: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: IOM Pavilion, Blue Zone
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (moderator), Alexandra Mieth (panelist)
14 November
Cities and Local Solutions - Integrating Climate Mobility into City Planning
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: Blue Zone
Co-organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz (co-organizer & speaker)
15 November
Health and the Adaptation Cycle: Pathways to Tangible Resilience under the GGA
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: Health Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz (moderator), Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Advancing Institutional Capacity for a Just Energy Transition in the Global South
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-VIE
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Flannery Johnson (moderator), Emmanuel Cheo (panelist)
PCCB Capacity Building Academy- ¡°Empowering Change: Building Capacities for Gender-Just Energy Transition¡±
Time: 1:00 PM BRT
Venue: Food & Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-VIE
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Flannery Johnson (moderator), Emmanuel Cheo (panelist)
Bridging Data, Policy, and People: Scaling Multi-Hazard Resilience in Thailand
Time: 1:30 PM BRT
Venue: Thai Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Sustainable Finance for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Value Chains
Time: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: WGEO Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Empowering Change: Building Capacities for Just Energy Transitions
Time: 6:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-VIE
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Ambe Emmanuel Cheo (moderator)
17 November
Finance for Actions: Bridging Gaps to Accelerate NDCs and NAPs 3.0
Time: 10:30 AM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Serin Oh (moderator), Soenke Kreft (facilitator)
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Press Briefing: Local solutions, global impact: Trends in local community climate action
Time: 11:00 AM BRT
Venue: Press 1, Press Conference 1 Area D
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
One UN for multi-level Climate Action: Unlocking Finance and Implementation for NDCs and NAPs
Time: 1:15 PM BRT
Venue: Side Event Room 3, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Shen Xiaomeng (closing remarks), Soenke Kreft (moderator), Simone Sandholz (moderator), Serin Oh
18 November
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-VIE
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Flannery Johnson (moderator), Emmanuel Cheo (panelist)
Climate Culture Lab: Weaving Climate Stories for a More Resilient Future
Time: 3:30 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Andrea Ram¨ªrez-Agudelo
19 November
Bridging Local Evidence and Global Action: Biodiversity for Climate-Resilient and Nutrition-Secure Food Systems
Time: 9:00 AM BRT
Venue: Food & Agricultural Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Hopeful Futures: Play, Negotiate, Imagine
Time: 11:45 AM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Shen Xiaomeng (moderator), Andrea Ram¨ªrez-Agudelo (facilitator)
Comprehensive Risk Management: A Pathway to Addressing Loss and Damage
Time: 2:30 PM BRT
Venue: Thai Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Serin Oh (moderator), Soenke Kreft (speaker)
Co-creating tomorrow: From Hopeful Futures to Shared Action
Time: 2:45 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Shen Xiaomeng (moderator), Andrea Ram¨ªrez-Agudelo (facilitator)
Toward a Coherent Climate Architecture: Linking Multilateral Reform to Local Resilience
Time: 3:15 PM BRT
Venue: SDG Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Himanshu Shekhar (organizer & presenter)
Futures Movie Night
Time: 5:15 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Andrea Ram¨ªrez-Agudelo
20 November
No problems¡ only Nature-based Solutions! NbS from policy to practice
Time: 10:30 AM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ presence: Simone Sandholz
