This year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 30, will take place in Belém, 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, UNU-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
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
10 November
Making international mechanisms fit for adaptation and loss & damage: Insights from community level
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: German Pavilion, Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU 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
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz (speaker)
12 November
Aqinile Investor Roundtable- Showcasing Urban Resilience
Time: 11:00 AM BRT
Venue: Azerbaijan Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Himanshu Shekhar (speaker)
Climate Mobility Data and Literacy - Projecting Climate Migration and Displacement
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: Climate Mobility Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (moderator)
Opening of the PCCB Capacity Building Hub and the Photo Exhibition "Weaving Urban Futures for a Global Mutirão"
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub (Room Tapajós), Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz, Andrea Ramírez, Arianna Flores-Corral
Connecting the UNFCCC Dots: Navigating the Three Pillars of Implementation
Time: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Soenke Kreft (moderator), Serin Oh (facilitator)
13 November
Quantifying climate and disaster-related displacement for Loss and Damage: From Modelling to Action
Time: 1:00 PM BRT
Venue: IOM Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (moderator), Alexandra Mieth (panelist)
14 November
Turning NDC 3.0 into Action: From Strategy to Investment
Time: 10:00 AM BRT
Venue: Sweden Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
Building the Architecture for Investable NDCs
Time: 11:00 AM BRT
Venue: Sweden Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
Cities and Local Solutions - Integrating Climate Mobility into City Planning
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: Climate Mobility Pavilion, Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Lucas Turmena (co-organizer & speaker)
Catalyzing Resilient Infrastructure Investment in Mountain Geographies
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: CDRI Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Stefan Schneiderbauer, Simone Sandholz
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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz (moderator), Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Bridging Data, Policy, and People: Scaling Multi-Hazard Resilience in Thailand
Time: 1:30 PM BRT
Venue: Thai Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (speaker)
Sustainable Finance for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Value Chains
Time: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: WGEO Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Empowering Change: Building Capacities for Just Energy Transitions
Time: 3:30 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-VIE
UNU presence: Emmanuel Cheo (moderator), Flannery Johnson (facilitator)
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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Serin Oh (moderator), Soenke Kreft (facilitator)
UNU Press Briefing: Local solutions, global impact: Trends in local community climate action
Time: 10:30 AM BRT
Venue: Press 1, Press Conference 1 Area D
Organized by UNU-EHS
Nature-based Solutions and Beyond: Insights from the Sino-German Track-2-Dialogue
Time: 11:30 AM BRT
Venue: German Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz (panelist)
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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (closing remarks), Soenke Kreft (moderator), Simone Sandholz (moderator), Serin Oh
Multi-level governance for urban climate action
Time: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: Side Event Room 1, Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
18 November
Navigating systemic risk in a changing climate: Integrating resilience across sector
Time: 9:00 AM BRT
Venue: Plenary Science Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
Water, Borders, and Futures: Youth Voices on Climate Mobility and Policy Accountability
Time: 10:00 AM BRT
Venue: Climate Mobility Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (Opening remarks)
Youth-Led Transformation: Driving Climate Action and Resilient Food Systems
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: Food and Agriculture Hub - Pavilion PV-E170, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-VIE
UNU 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
UNU presence: Andrea Ramírez-Agudelo
Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST): Advancing technology, industry, and policy innovations and international collaboration
Time: 4:55 PM BRT
Venue: China Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (panelist)
Pitch Perfect: Building the Voices of Climate Action for Culture-Based Solutions
Time: 5:15 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-VIE
UNU presence: Arianna Flores Corral (moderator)
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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Hopeful Futures: Play, Negotiate, Imagine
Time: 11:45 AM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (moderator), Andrea Ramírez-Agudelo (facilitator)
Youth-led urban futures: co-creating change across generations
Time: 2:00 PM BRT
Venue: SDG Pavilion, Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS and UNU-IAS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz, Lucas Turmena
Comprehensive Risk Management: A Pathway to Addressing Loss and Damage
Time: 2:30 PM BRT
Venue: Thai Pavilion, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (moderator), Andrea Ramírez-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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Himanshu Shekhar (organizer & presenter)
Pitch Perfect: Capacities for the Futures We Want
Time: 4:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Arianna Flores Corral (moderator), Shen Xiaomeng (jury member)
Futures Movie Night
Time: 5:15 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz, Andrea Ramírez-Agudelo, Nadine Hoffmann
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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
Pitch Perfect: Translating Knowledge into Nature-based Solutions
Time: 5:15 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Arianna Flores Corral
