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
Photo Exhibition Opening "Weaving Urban Futures for a Global Mutirão"
Time: 6:00 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU 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 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: 3:00 PM BRT
Venue: IOM Pavilion, Blue Zone
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-VIE
UNU 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 UNU-VIE
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU 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 UNU-VIE
UNU 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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Serin Oh (moderator), Soenke Kreft (facilitator)
UNU 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 UNU-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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (closing remarks), Soenke Kreft (moderator), Simone Sandholz (moderator), Serin Oh
18 November
Food and Agriculture Hub - “Youth-Led Transformation: Driving Climate Action and Resilient Food Systems”
Time: 12:00 PM BRT
Venue: 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
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)
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)
Futures Movie Night
Time: 5:15 PM BRT
Venue: PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Andrea Ramírez-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 UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Simone Sandholz
