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Preparations for the Belém Climate Summit – COP 30

Monday Nov 10, – Friday Nov 21, 2025

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Felix Dodds

Adjunct Professor, Water Institute, University of North Carolina
He was the co-director of the 2014 and 2018 Nexus Conference on Water, Food, Energy and Climate.
Co-written or co-edited 26 books this includes: Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals, his most recent book is Environmental Lobbying at the UN. If you go to the Routledge website, you can get a 25% reduction with this code ELUNCIS25
He also co-edited the book Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy
In 2019, he was a candidate for Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme
Felix is a Fellow at Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, and was its Executive Director from 1992 to 2012.
In 2011, he chaired the United Nations DPI 64th NGO conference, 'Sustainable Societies Responsive Citizens,’ which proposed the first set of Sustainable Development Goals.

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Jamie Cummings

Environmental Policy Analyst at Woodwell Climate Research Center with the Government Relations Team
Climate Change Contact Point for the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (UNDRR—SEM)
Vulnerability Researcher with the ReEnergize Disaster Risk Reduction Project at the Water Institute of her Alma Mater The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate - Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future

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This presentation is for

Those hoping or planning to participate in their first UNFCCC COP or need a refresher.

COP30 is in Belém in the Amazon in Brazil from November 10-21, 2025.

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The World in 2025

War in Ukraine
Israel-Hamas war
Crisis in Sudan
Seven military coups in the last four years in West and Central Africa
The election of Trump to the White House. The US pulling out of the UNFCCC
The reduction of ODA in most countries and the increase in defence budgets
Rise of populism and polarization in our societies
New technology (AI) – misinformation and job losses
Climate change – weather patterns are changing

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Asheville NC, USA

September 2024

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What we will address

History of climate change
How the UNFCCC prepares
COP29 Outcomes and Legacies
Outcomes from the UNFCCC Bonn preparatory sessions 2025
Why attend – stakeholder engagement case study of a campaign and YOUNGO
Negotiating Groups and key people
COP 30 – What are the issues and the Brazilian Teams
COP 30 – Logistics as we know it – including the Blue and Green Zones
The Action Agenda
Beyond the Negotiations
Dates for 2025 and 2026

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History of climate change

From the World Climate Conferences to COP30

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UNFCCC – quick recap

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Two World Climate Conferences

1979 – led to the creation of the IPCC in 1988
1990 - led to the establishment of the UNFCCC

Earth Summit in 1992

UNFCCC signed (165 countries – currently 199)
Needed 50 ratifications by national parliaments to come in force (December 1994)

Kyoto (1997)

Developed countries agree to set binding emission reductions targets. (55 countries – 55% of world emissions) (2004)

Copenhagen (2009) – Climate Accord – (not binding)

$100 billion by 2020, establishes the Green climate fund, ALL countries to report

Paris (2015) –

$100 billion (2020) and keeping global average temperature to well below 2°C (1.5°C) [55 countries – 55% of world emissions] (November 2016.

Baku (2024)

New Collective Quantified Goal to replace $100 billion (2020) and preparations for new NDCs to keep global average temperature to well below 2°C (1.5°C) .

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To boost the effectiveness of the 1992 UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in December 1997. It committed industrialized countries and countries in transition to a market economy to achieve quantified emissions reduction targets for a basket of six GHGs. The Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period took place from 2008 to 2012. The 2012 Doha Amendment established the second commitment period from 2013 to 2020. In December 2015, parties adopted the Paris Agreement, which requires all parties to determine, plan, and regularly report on the nationally determined contribution (NDC) that it undertakes to mitigate climate change. Parties also submit aggregate progress on mitigation, adaptation, and means of implementation, which are reviewed every five years through a Global Stocktake. This was achieved in Dubai

From the RINGO web site

Sets global temperature goal: “well below 2C” (Art. 2) and aims to reach “global peaking of GHG emissions as soon as possible,” to achieve balance of emissions and sinks by second half of 21st century (Art. 4)
Establishes nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for all country parties as way to achieve these global goals, with revisions every 5 years to increase contributions (Arts. 3 & 4)
Establishes enhanced transparency framework for action and support (Art. 13) with a global stocktake every 5 years to assess collective achievement (Art. 14)
Sets a global adaptation goal (Art. 7) and recognizes loss and damage as separate from adaptation (Art. 8)
Continues UNFCCC requirement that developed countries shall provide financial resources for developing country mitigation and adaptation (Art. 9)
Creates a new market mechanism (Art. 6)
Continues governance structure of UNFCCC, i.e. COPs, SBs, Secretariat, with addition of CMA

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How the UNFCCC prepares

According to the Emissions Gap Report 2025, global greenhouse gas emissions rose 1 per cent in 2024 on track for a 2.6 – 3.4 C rise by 2100

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Governing bodies & process management body�

Conference of the Parties (COP) and it's bureau
COP Presidency rotates among the five UN regions Western Europe and Others (WEOG) (COP26 and COP31), Africa (COP27 and COP32), Asia (COP28 and COP33), Central and Eastern Europe (COP29 and COP34), Latin America and the Caribbean (COP30 and COP35),
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and it's bureau
Conference of the CMA (Paris) and it's bureau
UN Secretariat
Subsidiary bodies

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) (and its bureau)
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) (and its bureau)

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The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention, including institutional and administrative arrangements.

The Conference of the Parties, the supreme body of the Convention, shall serve as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement. All States that are Parties to the Paris Agreement are represented at the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA), while States that are not Parties participate as observers. The CMA oversees the implementation of the Paris Agreement and takes decisions to promote its effective implementation.

Find more information here: Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA)

The Bureau supports the work of the governing bodies through the provision of advice and guidance regarding the ongoing work under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, the organization of their sessions and the operation of the secretariat. The Bureau serves during the sessions and also between session. The Bureau consists of 11 officers, the President, seven Vice-Presidents, the Chairs of the SBSTA and the SBI and the Rapporteur, elected from representatives of Parties nominated by each of the five United Nations regional groups and Small Island Developing States.

Find more information here: Bureau of the COP, CMP, and CMA COP Presidency rotates among the five UN regions Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe and Others

The UNFCCC secretariat provides organizational support and technical expertise to the UNFCCC negotiations and institutions and facilitates the flow of authoritative information on the implementation of the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. This includes the development and effective implementation of innovative approaches to mitigate climate change and drive sustainable development.

Find more information here: Secretariat

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Constituted bodies

Adaptation Committee (AC)
Adaptation Fund Board (AFB)
Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
CDM Executive Board (CDM EB)
Compliance Committee of the Kyoto Protocol
Consultative Group of Experts (CGE)

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Adaptation Committee: As part of the Cancun Adaptation Framework, Parties established the Adaptation Committee (AC) to promote the implementation of enhanced action on adaptation in a coherent manner under the Convention and the Paris Agreement. Promote synergy,, sharing information, provided information on adaptation good practices, Considering information on monitoring and review of adaptation actions

Adaptation Fund Board (AFB): supervises and manages the Adaptation Fund

Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN): Operational arm of the Technology Mechanism Stimulates technology cooperation to enhance transfer.

Article 6.4 Supervisory Board: under the authority of the CMA to contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse emissions and support sustainable development

CDM Executive Board (CDM EB): supervises the Kyoto Protocol – for registration of projects and the iissuance of certified emission reductions.

Compliance Committee of the Kyoto Protocol: provide advice and assistance to Parties in implementing

Consultative Group of Experts (CGE): supports developing countries to fulfil their reporting requirements and also supports the implementation of the enhanced transparency framework under Article 13 of Paris.

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Constituted bodies

The Executive Committee of the Warsaw Int Mechanism for Loss and Damage
Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC)
Katowice Committee of Experts on the Implementation of Response Measures
Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG)
Facilitative Working Group (FWG) off the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP)

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The Executive Committee of the Warsaw Int Mechanism for Loss and Damage: established by the COP to guide the implementation of the functions of the Mechanisms – work areas include slow onset events, non-economic losses, comprehensive risk management and displacement

Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC): under the guidance of CMP supervises the verification procedure for submitted projects to confirm reduction of emissions by sinks to ensure they meet the requirement of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol

Katowice Committee of Experts on the Implementation of Response Measures: to support the work of the forum on the impacts of implementation of response measures

Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG): supporting the preparation and implementation strategies of national adaptation programmes of action

Facilitative Working Group (FWG) off the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP): facilitates the implementation of functions related to knowledge, capacity for engagement, and climate change policies and actions

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Constituted bodies

Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
Technology Executive Committee (TEC)
Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC)
Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB)
Transitional Committee – now the Loss and Damage Fund -

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Standing Committee on Finance (SCF): Improving coherence and coordination in the delivery of climate change financing, rationalization of the financial mechanism, mobilization of financial resources – reporting and verification support for developing countries

Technology Executive Committee (TEC): undertakes analysis and provides recommendations on policies that can accelerate the development and transfer of low-emission and climate resilient technologies.

Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC): established under Article 15 paras 1 and 2 to facilitate implementation of and promote compliance with the provisions of the Paris Agreement

Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB): addresses gaps and needs in implanting capacity building in developing countries

Transitional Committee: is to operationalization new funding arrangements for loss and damage

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Key sections of the UNFCCC agenda

Felix - CMA 19 is a decision made by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA).

Reporting of the review of Parties included in Annex 1

Clean Developing Mechanism

Adaption Fund

Capacity building

Report of the Compliance Committee

CMA 6

Global Stocktake

UAE just transition work prog

Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

Warsaw International mechanism for loss and damage and Santiago network

Maters relating to finance technology development and transfer and capacity building

Guidance on NDCs

SBSTA 61 - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice .

Global Stocktake

Adaptation matters

Warsaw Mechanism for Local and Damage

Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

United Arab Emirates just transition work programme

Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security

Clean Development Mechanism

Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement including Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement and in decision 2/CMA.3 and Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement and referred to in decision 3/CMA.3 and Work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement and in decision 4/CMA.3

SBI 61 - Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)

Report on Article 1 of the convention

Reporting of non Annex 1 countries to the convention

Global Stocktake

Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

United Arab Emirates just transition work programme

Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security

Gender and climate

Finance

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Felix

(1)Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP)

Supreme decision-making body of the UNFCCC. All the parties participate and review the implementation of the UNFCCC and make decisions.

(2) Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP)

All the parties of the Kyoto Protocol participate and review the implementation of the Protocol and make decisions. CMP is held once a year.

(3) Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA)

All the parties of the Paris Agreement participate and review the implementation of the Agreement and make decisions. CMA is held once a year.

(4) Subsidiary Bodies (SB)

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). SBSTA provides scientific and technological information and advice regarding the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. SBI evaluates and reviews the effective implementation of the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. SB are held twice a year.

(5) Ad Hoc Working Group of the Paris Agreement (APA) OLD

OLD APA is a subsidiary body which was established upon the adoption of the Paris Agreement for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and for the preparation of the 1st meeting of CMA. APA discusses the guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. APA finished its function when CMA1-3 closed in December 2018.

(6) Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) OLD

ADP is a subsidiary body which was established to (1) discuss the framework which will be applied to all the countries from 2020 and to (2) discuss the enhancement of mitigation ambition by 2020. ADP finished its function in COP21 (end of 2015) when the Paris Agreement was adopted.

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What types of meetings

Plenaries – open to everyone
Contact Groups – 2-facilitators - open to observers unless 1/3^rd object
Informal meetings – 2-facilitators if established by CGs closed but encouraged to remain open. If established by Plenary at least the first and final ones would be open and if time permits Constituencies can make statements
Informal drafting groups- Not open to Observers
Mandated events – Ocean Dialogue
Bi-lateral meetings – happens all the time

ENB photo

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COP 29 Outcomes and legacies

COP 30 - Monday Nov 10, 2025 – Friday Nov 21, 2025

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Key COP29 Outcomes

New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance. Calls on “all actors” to raise at least $1.3 trillion per year, and on developed countries to lead the mobilization of at least $300 billion by 2035
Article 6 Carbon Markets: Operationalizing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (international carbon markets)
Loss and Damage Fund: was made operational, providing support to vulnerable countries facing the impacts of climate change.
Adaptation: A new Framework for the Global Goal on Adaptation was agreed at COP 26, which sets targets for global adaptation efforts. Now working on indicators

Kiara Worth

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The New Quantified Goal on climate finance: launched a “Baku-Belem Roadmap to 1.3T”—a conversation to scale up finance in 2025. launched a “Baku-Belem Roadmap to 1.3T”—a conversation to scale up finance in 2025.

Article 6:

6.4 | This decision defined the missing aspects for the Paris Agreement’s mechanism: authorization and registration of emission credits, sharing proceeds for adaptation, and transition of existing forestry activities to this new mechanism. Work on standards, tools, guidelines, baselines, adjustments, additionality should be expedited and be closely informed by technical and scientific expertise through e.g. expert panels.

Non-market approaches (NMAs) (Article 6.8) | This decision is about the implementation of a work programme on NMAs (such as actions addressing biodiversity and climate, and/or enhancing value systems). Governments concluded the first phase of the work and welcomed a new online platform for NMAs. The next phase will consider ways to overcome barriers to NMAs, to use NMAs to implement NDCs, and to capture them on the new online platform, based on inputs from countries and observers by March 31, 2025.

Loss and Damage: a significant step for developing countries impacted by climate change. While the fund is now operational, current pledges are significantly lower than the estimated annual needs, highlighting the need for increased financial support. Additionally, COP29 saw progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation and raised the target for climate finance to $300 billion per year by 2035

Adaptation Goal

The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) at COP 28 includes a target to increase the use of ecosystem-based adaptation by 2030. The GGA framework, called the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, also identifies key areas for adaptation action in all countries, such as food, water, and health.

Countries gave instructions to the ongoing work by technical experts on indicators to measure progress towards global resilience. It builds up UNFCCC adaptation work with a permanent agenda item on adaptation, a Baku Adaptation Roadmap, and a high-level dialogue. The purpose and linkages between these various tracks are unclear, except that all should enhance the implementation.

UAE Climate Consensus

Agreed by nearly 200 countries to accelerate the energy transition and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2023.

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Key COP29 Outcomes – Marrakech Partnership and Presidential Initiatives

Marrakech Partnership

Renewal of MPGCA:
Water Action and Solutions:

Key Presidential Initiatives

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Renewal of MPGCA:

The COP29 agreed to renew the mandate of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) for another 5 years, aiming to enhance collaboration between Parties and non-party stakeholders (NPS) in the fight against climate change

Water Action

The conference included a water action event, "Water solutions for Climate Actions," highlighting the role of water management in addressing climate change,

Hydrogen

Accelerating the development of global standards to support the process of mutual recognition of certification schemes through continued international cooperation on improving compatibility, consistency, transparency, sustainability and interoperability of relevant frameworks and instruments, including by consideration of the adoption of or consistency with globally recognised standards for evidencing carbon intensity;

Declaration on Multisectoral Actions Pathways (MAP) to Resilient and Healthy Cities

Past, current and future COP Presidencies to establish the Baku Continuity Coalition on Urban Climate Action with the facilitation of UN-Habitat and in close collaboration with LGMA to ensure continuity, foresight and synergies between past and future climate and urban initiatives and issues, including through COP29 MAP and to encourage the inclusion of sustainable urbanisation and urban climate action in future UN Climate Change Conferences.

Declaration on Enhanced Climate Action in Tourism

We recognise the need for further addressing and considering as appropriate the tourism sector in the design of national climate policy documents, such as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), national adaptation plans (NAPs), technology action plans (TAPs) and long-term low-emission development strategies (LT-LEDS); integrated into national adaptation and mitigation plans.

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What wasn’t achieved in COP29

Several issues remain unresolved, including:

Logistics of the global Stocktake and the GST dialogue.
Just transition work programme
The COP31 venue between Australia and Turkiye has not been resolved.

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Bonn UNFCCC Preparations Sessions�16 June to 26 of June (sessional period)�9 June – 13 June 2024 (pre-sessional period) �

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How does the UNFCCC work

To attend the meetings your organization must be accredited to the UNFCCC
The UNFCCC meets annually and usually has one or two preparatory meetings before the conference
The meetings are organized around elements in the Convention, Kyoto, the Paris Agreement

Bonn Climate Conference
16– 27 June 2025
UNFCCC COP 30 Belem,
Pre-COP 13-214 Oct Brasilla
Heads of State, November 6- 7th
COP 30 November 10^th to 21^st
G20 South Africa Theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability hosts 22 and 23^rd November in Rio de Janeiro: Civil 20, Business 20, Labour20, Women’s 20, Think 20, Urban 20

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On Tuesday (April 29), the COP30 Presidency announced that the pre-COP will be held on October 13-14 in Brasilia, in the Federal District (DF). The pre-COP meeting gathers climate-negotiating ministers and seeks to promote agreements on key issues for COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Pará.

Around 30 to 50 international delegations will participate in the pre-COP, organized by its host country about a month before the climate conference. Observer representatives from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will also be invited.

It is expected that 800 people will attend, including international delegations and observers. The venue for the pre-COP will be announced in the coming weeks.

NOT PART OF THE OFFICAL UNFCCC Calendar it is similar to the Petersberg Climate Dialogue and the Copenhagen Ministerial in

G7 Priorities

Canada is building economies that benefit everyone, fighting climate change, and managing rapidly evolving technologies.

G20 South Africa Priorities

The G20's priorities for 2024 include:

1) Strengthening disaster resilience and response.�2) Advancing debt sustainability for low-income countries.�3) Mobilising finance for a just energy transition.�4) Harnessing critical minerals for inclusive growth and sustainable development.��Through these priorities, South Africa is committed to driving a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient global economy

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What happens at a UNFCCC preparatory meeting

Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) -62 – COP 30 will be SBI 63

Its work has been at the heart of all implementation issues under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, and more recently the Paris Agreement.

Addressing the treaties and instruments: transparency, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology and capacity-building, and aims at enhancing the ambition of Parties on all aspects of its agenda.

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) --62– COP 30 will be SBI 63

It supports the work of the COP, the CMP and the CMA through the provision of timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters as they relate to the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

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SBI 62 and 63 Agenda

1. Opening of the session: 2. Organizational matters 3. Reporting from and review of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention 4.Reporting from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention 5. Matters relating to the global Stocktaking 6. Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme 7. United Arab Emirates just transition work programme Matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement 8. Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security 9. Matters relating to adaptation 10. Matters relating to the least developed countries 11 Terms of reference for the 2024 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts 12. Development and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology Mechanism: linkages between

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SBI 62 and 63 Agenda

12. Development and transfer of technologies and implementation of the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism Matters relating to the Adaptation Fund 13. Matters relating to capacity-building 14. Arrangements for intergovernmental meetings 15. Gender and climate change 16. Matters relating to Action for Climate Empowerment 17.Administrative, financial and institutional matters 18. Developed countries’ immediate and urgent action to achieve net zero emissions at the latest by 2030 and net negative emissions thereafter 19. Road map on financial support and means of implementation for alternative policy approaches to results-based payments, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, to be effective at the twenty-ninth session of the Conference of the Parties and the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement 20. Other matters 21. Closure of and report on the session

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SBSTA 62 and 63 Agenda

1.Opening of session 2. Organizational matters 3. Matters relating to the global stocktake: procedural and logistical elements of the overall global stocktake process 4. Research and systematic observation 5. Matters relating to adaptation 6. Terms of reference for the 2024 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts 7. Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform 8. Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme 9. United Arab Emirates just transition work programme

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SBSTA 62 and 63 Agenda

10. Matters relating to the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures serving the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement 11 Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security 12 Matters relating to the operation of the clean development mechanism 13 Matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement 14 Methodological issues 15 Annual reports on technical reviews 16 Cooperation with other international organizations 17 Developed countries’ immediate and urgent action to achieve net zero emissions at the latest by 2030 and net negative emissions thereafter 18 Other matters 19 Closure of and report on the session

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Why attend – stakeholder engagement case study of a campaign and YOUNGO

A climate positive and just society in harmony with nature and the planet

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Why attend UNFCCC?

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TO INFLUENCE THE TEXT THAT WILL BE NEGOTIATED (INSIDE AND OUTSIDE);

TO BUILD AND CULTIVATE ALLIANCES FOR FUTURE WORK;

TO SHOW CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS ACHIEVED;

TO LEARN ABOUT HOW INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS WORK; AND

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR YOUR WORK.

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How to engage: Stakeholder organizations

BINGO: Business and industry NGOs
ENGO: Environmental NGOs
Farmers: Farmers and agricultural NGOs
IPO: Indigenous People's organizations
LGMA: Local government and municipal authorities
RINGO: Research and independent NGOs
TUNGO: Trade union NGOs
WGC: Women and gender constituency
YOUNGO : Youth NGOs

Quotas – the UNFCCC is making efforts to ensure a more balanced representation from observer constituencies - globally

Link to contacts for the above are in the Observer Handbook here

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CASE STUDY WATER AND CLIMATE COALITION

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2007

Create a multi-stakeholder global coalition

2008

Scope out the UNFCCC process

2009

Seek text in Copenhagen outcome text (Bonn and Madrid)

(a) Organize side events
(b) Set up Friends of Climate and Water member state group

2009

Seek text in Copenhagen outcome text

(c) Publish a daily magazine , (d) Have text ready for member states, (e) Lobby 7am to 10pm daily

2010

Organize events at June prep and daily magazine Secured text in the Cancun plenary outcome

2011

Workshops at UNFCCC on meeting organized by UNFCCC on water and climate for national adaptation plans

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Youth Engagement as an Engagement Example

UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies Meeting 2023 (SB58)

Bonn, Germany

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Advocacy Avenues

Comms (Social Media/Press Conferences)
Direct Interventions
Bilaterals
UNFCCC Secretariat
Capacity Building
Sponsor Delegates
LCOY/RCOY/GCOY
Actions on the Ground
Children + Youth Pavilion
Funding

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Press Conferences

To reserve the press conference room, please send a completed press conference request form to the UN Climate Change Press Office. All press conferences are webcast (live and on-demand), unless otherwise noted. More information on press conferences is available here .

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Campaigning focus

Know Your Own Goals
Know the agenda being discussed
Know the Decision-making Process in Your Country
Know When To Work at What Level
Know the Decision-making Context
Know the Tools at Your Disposal
Know When To Make Your Position
Know the Government Officials
Know the Key UN Officials
Know Your Allies
Know Your Adversaries

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Negotiating Groups and key people

Who is who?

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Negotiating Groups (COP30)

Group of 77 + China (135) Chair The Republic of Iraq
European Union (27) President Poland (Jan-end of June) followed by Denmark (July to Dec)
The African Group (54) Chair: Tanzania
The Arab States (22) Chair: Saudi Arabia
The Environmental Integrity Group EIG (6) Chair Switzerland
Least Developed Countries (46) Chair Malawi
The Alliance of Small Island States (40) Chair Palau
V20 – Chair Barbados

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Negotiating Groups (COP30)

The Umbrella Group(10). Chair Australia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (13) (President) Nigeria
Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC), Chair Peru
The BASIC Group Chair China
The Like-Minded Group, Chair Bolivia
The Coalition for Rainforest Nations Chair Honduras
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA in Spanish). Chair Venezuela
Grupo SUR, Chair Argentina

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By Jonas Haller - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, taken from the RINGO web site Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations | A constituency of the UNFCCC (wordpress.com)

United Kingdom

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Types of documents

Regular: Session reports, agendas, constituted body reports and background documents
Informal: Practical data (e.g., list of participants), workshop reports, background documents (INF)
Technical: Detailed background in technical issues (TP)
Limited distribution: Draft decisions or conclusions presented to the governing or subsidiary bodies for adoption (L)
Addendum: Addition to any of the above documents (Add)
Revision: Revision to any of the above documents (Rev)
Corrigendum: Corrections to any of the above documents (Corr)

https://unfccc.int/documents

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Mukhtar Babayev COP29 President

H.E. Razan Al Mubarak

High Level Champion COP28

Simon Stiell Exec Sec UNFCCC

Jacob Werksman EU

Franz Perrez

Ms. Nigar Arpadarai High Level Champion COP29

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Mukhtar Babayev President-Designate for COP29 Azerbarijan Environment minister prior to 2018 he spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar, where he was the company’s vice-president of ecological affairs,

H.E. Razan Al Mubarak, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion – President of IUCN

Simon Stiell appointed new UNFCCC Executive Secretary former Grenada Minister

Jacob Werksman Principal Adviser to Directorate General for Climate Action in the European Commission

Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Mexico, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Georgia.

Ms. Nigar Arpadarai– UN Climate Change High-Level Champion COP29 is an independent Member of Parliament for Azerbaijan prior to this she was official spokesperson of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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Madeleine Rose Diouf Sarr

Nabeel Munir

Hana S, AlHashimi UAE Climate Envoy

Harry Vreuls, SBI Chair

His Excellency Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri

President of UNEA and Chair of the Environment Authority of Oman

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Government Delegation brief �will include

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The papers for the UN meeting including relevant reports and previous decisions

The negotiating history

The government interests and objectives

The core issues for the delegation – including directives and red lines

Substantive background material including the legal, technical and economic issues relevant to the UN meeting

The state of known positions by other governments, including any pre-UN meeting consultations

Names of key people on other delegations

Plans for coordination with other governments

Suggested text amendments the delegation can place into the negotiations

Guidance on when there is a need to consult capital

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Government approach to speaking

Debate at the beginning

What the intervention is trying to achieve
What the intervention might be trying to avoid
Ensure the intervention can not be misunderstood, give offence or misrepresent the objectives

During the debate (this is decision time)

Have the same objectives as negotiations – prepare the way for negotiations

Negotiations

Can take place in formal or informal settings

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COP 30 – What are the issues and the Brazilian Teams?

November 10^th to 21^st 2025

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COP 30 Objective

Aims to accelerate climate action and strengthen global climate governance.

Key goals include urging countries to set ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), increasing focus on climate adaptation, fostering stronger global financial mechanisms to support climate action, and building on the Paris Agreement's goals

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COP 30 – Priority Pillars

COP 30 President, Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago has outlined The five key pillars of COP30:

mitigation,
adaptation,
finance,
technology, and
capacity-building.

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COP 30 President: Andre Correa do Lago

EXPECTED OFFICIAL OUTCOMES
Global indicators for adaptation and resilience
Modalities for global stocktake dialogue
Mitigation work programme
New gender action plan
Advance just transition work programme
Review of work programme on non-market approaches
Conclude Baku-Belem Roadmap to 1.3 trn USD climate finance
Launch technology implementation programmes
Earth Information Day 2025

MAIN POLICY ISSUES
NDC for keeping Paris temperature limits: - 2035 NDC ambition - Implementing current NDCs	Climate finance mobilization: strategy to mobilize 1.3 trn USD / year (scale up finance, address barriers, reform finance, find new sources)	Global stocktake targets: collaboration on COP 28 global energy and forestry targets

EMERGING POLICY LANDSCAPE FOR COP 30

BRAZIL INITIATIVES
United for Our Forests Initiative
Launching the Tropical Forests Forever Fund
Showcasing Brazil’s national carbon market
Showcase and advance bioeconomy opportunities
Action agenda to focus on energy, cities and technology
Unify Rio Conventions and their targets
Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform

PROCESS INNOVATION
“Circle of Presidencies”: leadership of COP 21-29 as advisors
Recruit non-state actors to partner up on key issues
Circle of Indigenous Leadership: integrate traditional knowledge
Appoint a group of special envoys to work on key issues
Global ethical stocktake

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The COP30 Presidency Team

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Marina Silva is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from 2003 to 2008.

President Lula

Dan Ioschpe Brazil High Level ChampionCEO of the Board of Iochpe-Maxion is a global company, the world leader in the production of automotive wheels and aleading producer of automotive structural components in the Americas.

André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, a Brazilian climate diplomat and the Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been Ambassador to India and Japan. He was also of the four key stewards of Rio+20 for Brazil

Ana Toni Chief Executive Officer, former Vice Minister for Climate Change and before that, Executive Director Instituto Clima e Sociedade (Climate and Society) fomer Chair of the Board of Greenpeace Brazil and worked for the Ford Foundation and Action Aid.

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Brazilian Special Envoys

Adnan Amin – Middle East
Arunabha Ghosh – South Asia
Carlos Lopes – Africa
Jacinda Ardern – Oceania
Jonathan Pershing – North America
Laurence Tubiana – Europe
Patricia Espinosa – Latin America and the Caribbean
Denis Minev – Amazonian private Sector
Joaguim Belo Amazonian Civil Society

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Brazilian Sectoral Envoys

Andre Guimaraes – Civil Society

Clement Ganz – Unions

Janja Lula Da Silva – Women

Marina Grossi – Business sector

Sineia of the Valley – Indigenous Peoples

Paul Pettersen – Family farming

Marcello Brito – Amazonian subnational governments

Sergio Xavier Brazilian Climate Change Forum

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Brazilian Sectoral Envoys

Betro Verissimo – Forests

Denise Dora – Human rights and just transition

Elbia Gannoum – Energy

Ethel Maciel – Health

Frederico Assis – informational integrity

Jurema Werneck -Racial equality and peripheries

Maguy Etlin – Culture and creative industry

Marcello Behar – Bioeconomy

Marinez Scherer – Oceans

Maya Gabiera – Sports

Philip Yang – Urban Solutions

Roberto Rodrigues – Agriculture

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Troika of COP 28-29-30 – Road map to Mission 1.5C – UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil

Support countries' nationally-determined priorities and ambitions by implementing the UAE Consensus
Mobilize and provide technical and financial resources to encourage ambition in countries' nationally-determined contributions (NDCs)
Use existing mechanisms, processes, and stakeholders to channel resources, finance, and the international climate finance architecture to support greater ambition

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COP30 Presidency launches Pre-COP on October 13-14 in Brasilia

Brasília will host on October 13 and 14. The pre-COP meeting gathers climate-negotiating ministers and seeks to promote agreements on key issues for COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Pará.
Around 30 to 50 international delegations will participate in the pre-COP, organized by its host country about a month before the climate conference. Observer representatives from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will also be invited.
It is expected that 800 people will attend, including international delegations and observers. The venue for the pre-COP will be announced in the coming weeks.
Although the pre-COP is not part of the official UNFCCC calendar of events, it is one of a series of meetings held throughout the year in the run-up to the climate conference. These include the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin in March and the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in May.

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Three Dimensions for COP30

COP 30 will “provide a decisive impulse” in three dimensions:

Protect and expand the institutional legacy “we have built together over three decades”;
Connect to real life the abstraction of negotiations and COP decisions; and
Accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change through structural solutions and levers beyond the climate regime, including in global governance and financial architecture.
National Determined Contributions update

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Belem UNFCCC key outcomes

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Nationally Determined Contributions

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Global Adaptation Goal – indicator advancement

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The Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T

Article 6 Carbon markets

Loss and Damage Fund Report on progress

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1 We further adopted the “Baku Climate Unity Pact,” which includes the cornerstone decision around the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG). The incoming COP30 presidency looks forward to working with the COP29 presidency in guiding the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” to scale up climate finance to developing country Parties. Together, we will be producing a report summarizing our work by COP30. The “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” must serve as a fulcrum for leveraging finance to low-carbon and climate-resilience pathways in developing countries,

2. will likely focus on operationalizing the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), building upon decisions made at COP 28 and 29. Specific aspects of the FRLD, such as eligibility criteria and disbursement procedures, will be a key area of discussion to ensure it effectively delivers support to vulnerable communities facing the impacts of climate change. The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, also a major focus at COP 29, will likely continue to influence the FRLD's funding and scope.

3. Following the first global Stocktake, A key focus of COP30 will be Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are national climate action plans that outline a country's emissions reduction targets and adaptation strategies. Does NDC 3.0 hit 1.5 C Emissions Gap Report 2025, global greenhouse gas emissions rose 1 per cent in 2024, on track for a 2.6 – 3.4 C rise by 2100 -

4. COP30 will play a crucial role in finalizing indicators for tracking the Global Goal on Adaptation, a key objective of the Paris Agreement to increase global adaptive capacity to climate change impacts. A two-year process, initiated with the UAE-Belém Work Programme on Indicators, aims to identify and develop indicators that will measure progress towards this goal, with a target of a manageable number by COP30.

.5. COP30, will focus on operationalizing these mechanisms, particularly the Article 6.4 mechanism, and ensuring the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. which involves a centralized UN body overseeing the trading of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs).

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Who facilitated the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance?

Zaheer Fakir South Africa

Fiona Gilbert

Photos ENB/IISD

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New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG)

public international funding in grant equivalent;

other public international funding at face value (of loans or other instruments);

private international finance (transboundary flows); and

private domestic finance

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(Perspective Climate Research)

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could include international airline tax

could include A maritime tax for climate change, also known as a carbon price, is a fee that shipping companies would pay for each ton of carbon they emit. The goal of a maritime tax is to encourage the shipping industry to produce fewer emissions by putting a price on them

A global carbon tax could be an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. A carbon tax would put a price on carbon emissions, which would encourage businesses and consumers to reduce their emissions to avoid paying the tax. This could lead to the development of more efficient and low-emission alternatives.

A financial transaction tax (FTT) is a levy on a specific type of financial transaction for a particular purpose. The tax has been most commonly associated with the financial sector for transactions involving intangible property rather than real property.

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1. Climate Finance Baku-Belem Roadmap to 1.3T�

Aiming at scaling up climate finance to developing country Parties to:

Support low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development pathways and
Implement the nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans, including:

Through grants, concessional and non-debt creating instruments, and
measures to create fiscal space, taking into account relevant multilateral initiatives as appropriate;
also requested the Presidencies to produce a report summarising the work as it concludes the work by CMA 7.

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more work is needed to clarify the differences between various financial instruments. There is need for better alignment of international financing behind country platforms for action,

Inflation compensation alone would have to increase the previous $100 billion to around $142 billion. This contrasts with the annual sum of $2.4 trillion that, according to UN experts, the emerging and developing countries (excluding China) will need each year in 2030 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The COP 30 President has talked about involving finance ministries and special envoys, and integrating climate considerations into economic theory and practice.

The implementing of the Baku to Bellam Roadmap, requires exploring new sources of ideas and resources, while also advocating for a broader mainstreaming of climate considerations into economic and financial systems.

transformational system shift in climate investment, emphasizing the importance of private capital in funding the financing gap

Biggest funders for multilateral banks distribution for climate related finance

Top 5 - USA USD5,900 billion, Japan USD 4 billion. Germany USD 3.1 billion, UK USD2.60 billion France USD 2.4 billion

in eight place China at USD 1.2 billion at 12 place India USD 764 million, 17^th place Brazil USD559 million, 22^nd place Indonesia just below Denmark and 24^th is Argentina and 25^th Mexico

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Adaptation Funding

Climate adaptation finance is imperative for low- and middle-income countries, such as Pakistan, where floods have displaced millions
Glasgow historic commitment by richer nations to provide low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with US$40 billion annually in 'adaptation finance', from 2025.

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adaptation schemes strengthening flood defences , pledges made so far will take the projected total to just $21.8 billion annually by 2025 around 130 billion by 2030. What is needed is more like $300 billion for Africa alone according to the Global Adaptation centre report

The private sector generates two-thirds of the investments, 75 percent of the economic output, and 90 percent of the employment in Africa,

Commercial Banks: Commercial banks can raise their own funds through bank deposits and are governed by international standards set by Basel II and III

regulations for capital adequacy. Commercial banks have networks that can be leveraged including relationships with farmers, co-operatives, and MSMEs and

can build technical capacity to structure financial instruments in partnership with development banks and other concessional finance providers.

Private Equity and Venture Capital: Africa’s PE industry was cultivated by DFIs that had a mandate to invest in private sector businesses in Africa to promote social and economic development. Gradually the industry expanded and by 2020, there are more than 150 active fund managers of different sizes spread

across geographies and sectors in Africa. The nature of their investments is suitable for scaling up adaptation finance and has potential for investment in

new and innovative adaptation technology and services African Institutional Investors: African institutional investors have USD 1.8 trillion assets-under-management in 2020. Institutional investors’ core goals are capital gains and stabilization of returns over the long term. They have very high ability to mobilize funds through pensions in the right regulatory environment and their prudential responsibilities require them to invest in

assets with high credit ratings and assets that are listed.

�Sovereign Wealth Funds invest in domestic markets and have potential to finance adaptation focused securities and government bonds.

�Pension Funds are instrumental in mobilizing long-term saving and can support long-term adaptation investments.

Insurance: Insurance penetration is concentrated in a few major markets like South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya. Insurers have advanced

technical capacity to evaluate climate risks and capacity for innovation in climate risk transfer mechanisms. Insurance companies must undertake

qualitative and quantitative assessments of impact of physical and transition

risks on their investment portfolio.

Large Corporations: Sustainability and resilience in food production and supply chain are increasingly a focus for large multinational corporations

especially those with global supply chains. Corporations have potential to deploy finance and technology at scale to undertake adaptation measures

though will be largely focused on their own supply chains.

Multilateral & Bilateral DFIs: DFIs play a critical role in mainstreaming adaptation in development finance by assessing climate risks and vulnerability,

assisting country governments to build capacity for mainstreaming adaptation, and mobilizing private capital. DFIs can bridge knowledge gaps through tools

such as feasibility studies, business risk assessments, technical assistance, and market studies

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2. Loss and Damage Fund Board Co-Chairs and Executive Director of the Fund

Richard Sherman

Jean-Christophe Donnellier Francea

Ibrahima Cheikh Diong,

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Loss and Damage Fund Board

The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage Board comprises 26 members from Parties to the Convention and Paris Agreement, with 12 members from developed country Parties and 14 members from developing country Parties.

Three from Latin America and the Caribbean States

Two from Small Island Developing States

Two from the least developed countries

Three from Africa

One from developing countries not included in the regional groups

Twelve from developed countries

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Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FrLD) board has 26 members, with 12 from developed countries and 14 from developing countries. The board is made up of members from the Parties to the

Host - World Bank (interim) Philippines

ED - Ibrahima Cheikh Diong - Senegalese and American national

Convention and Paris Agreement. The board's role is to establish the fund's governance, operational modalities, policies, frameworks, and work program.

Three from Latin America and the Caribbean States

Two from Small Island Developing States

Two from the least developed countries

Three from Africa

One from developing countries not included in the regional groups

Three from Asia-Pacific States

Twelve from developed countries

Antonella Baldino (Italy) Developed countries ,

Sebastian Lesch (Germany) Developed countries

Jean-Christophe Donnellier (Co-Chair) (France) Developed countries

Ana Paula Rodrigues (Portugal)

Marjeta Jager (European Union) Developed countries

Jens Fugl (Denmark) Developed countries

José Delgado (Austria) Developed countries

Laurence Ahoussou (Canada) Developed countries

Atsushi Kato (Japan) Developed countries

Georg Børsting (Norway) Developed countries

Gerard Howe (United Kingdom) Developed countries

Rebecca Lawlor (United States of America) Developed countries

Abdulla Ahmed Balalaa Al Harthi (United Arab Emirates)

Mohammad Ayoub (Saudi Arabia)

Mark Dennis Y.C. Joven (Philippines) Asia-Pacific States

Richard Sherman (Co-Chair) (South Africa) African States

Mohamed Nasr (Egypt) African States

David Kaluba Zambia African States

Selam Kidane Ababe (Ethiopia)

Liliam Beatris Chagas de Moura (Brazil) Latin American and Caribbean States

Elena Pereira (Honduras) Latin American and Caribbean States

H. Elizabeth Thompson (Barbados) Latin American and Caribbean States)

Daniel Lund (Fiji)Small island developing States )

Peter Abraham Jr (Antigua and Barbuda) Small island developing States

Adao Soares Barbosa (Timor Leste) The least developed countries

Djibril Ibila (Benin) The least developed countries

Rajasree Ray (India) Developing countries not included in the regional groups and constituencies

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3. National Determined Contributions due in 2025 in preparation for COP30

Prior to Paris (2015) – estimates from 4-6 degree C (7-10 F) rise by the end of century (World Bank)
After Paris (2015) – estimates of a 2.7-3.4 degree C (4.86-6.12 F) rise by the end of the century (carbon tracker)
After Glasgow (2021) – estimates of a rise of 2.3 C (4.14 F) on government commitments
After Glasgow (2021) if you add other stakeholder and coalitions of the willing – estimates of 1.8-2.3 degree C (3.24- 4.14 F) rise by the end of century
Recent UN report (2023) found commitments on for a 2.5-2.9 C
Global emissions must peak by 2025 at the latest
Submit NDC by February 10^th 2025 only 15 countries submitted. Now up to 62 (31% of global emissions - on Oct 22)

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New National Determined Contributions (WRI)

Set 2035 and strengthen 2030 emissions-reduction targets aligned with 1.5-degrees C and net-zero emissions goals.

Accelerate systemwide transformations by establishing ambitious, timebound sectoral targets.

Build resilience to increasingly dangerous and irreversible impacts.

Spur investment and strengthen governance to turn targets into practice.

Put people at the center, ensuring climate action creates jobs, improves health and more.

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Research shows that preventing increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change requires limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. That means cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035, relative to 2019.
While most NDCs currently commit to reducing economy-wide GHG emissions, fewer feature sector-specific goals. But establishing ambitious, timebound targets for the energy system (which includes energy supply and end use sectors like transport), as well as for food, agriculture and land, will be particularly important, as these sectors collectively emit about 90% of GHGs globally. s that enhance soil health, safeguard water and mitigate climate change. Agriculture, forestry and other land uses, for example, account for nearly one-fifth of annual GHG emissions globally; when combined with emissions across food supply chains, this share jumps to roughly a third.
This next generation of NDCs follows adoption of the first Global Goal on Adaptation, which outlines sectoral adaptation targets. NDCs offer countries a chance to prioritize loss and damage, and thereby raise awareness of areas in which the limits to adaptation are likely to be exceeded. This can include providing specific information on financial costs and technical and capacity needs to respond to the most severe impacts of climate change, as well as national efforts related to disaster-risk reduction, humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation, migration and slow-onset events, such as loss of biodiversity and erosion of cultural heritage.
Implementation of NDCs will also depend on investment and finance. Ambitious targets and policy objectives in a country's NDC can send strong signals to investors and finance providers that the government is committed to the climate agenda. This signal is even stronger if NDC targets, policies and institutional measures are integrated into core national and sectoral plans. This can help to mobilize the finance and investment to carry out national commitments. NDC investment strategies can also provide a rallying point that enables developing country governments to bring together public financing partners (e.g. Multilateral Development Banks, Development Finance Institutions, Climate Funds, donors, philanthropists) and the private sector to coordinate how they will support countries’ targets.
NDCs can also outline ways in which countries will support communities that might be negatively affected by zero-carbon, resilient development. These approaches could include employment creation and worker retraining, support for community development and economic diversification, social safety nets and more. NDCs can also provide quantitative goals on objectives such as access to high-quality green jobs, health improvements through pollutant reduction, and equitable access to renewable energy and sustainable transport.

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WRI

We are here

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4. Global Goal on Adaptation - Glasgow Sharm el-Sheikh GLaSS Work Programme + UAE-Bélem Programme

to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience;
to reduce vulnerability, with a view to contributing to sustainable development;
and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the goal of holding average global warming well below 2 degrees C and pursuing efforts to hold it below 1.5 degrees C.
The UAE Belém work programme on indicators for COP31

Jamie The UAE-Belém Programme is a two-year work program that aims to develop indicators to measure progress toward the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) there are workshops planned with SB 62 and SB 63 (June 2026)

Comprehensive: The indicators should reflect progress towards adaptation goals by incorporating a variety of environmental, social, and economic factors.
Manageable: The indicators should be easy to work with.
Adaptable: The indicators should be able to be used in different regional contexts and scales.
Short: The list of indicators should be kept short.
Data-gap aware: The indicators should account for data gaps.
Existing indicator-based: The indicators should draw on existing indicators to the extent possible.

Adaptation indicators are important for assessing progress towards the GGA and for monitoring the efficiency of adaptation measures. They help to measure key elements of climate adaptation, such as:

Changes in vulnerability
Exposure
Adaptive capacity
Resilience
Risks
Impacts from climate change

What is the Glasgow Sharm el Sheikh work Programme?

The work programme has eight main objectives, including to enable the full and sustained implementation of the Paris Agreement, towards achieving the global goal on adaptation, with a view to enhancing adaptation action and support, and to contribute to capturing progress towards this global goal, which will be ...

Four workshops

1. Enhancing understanding of the global goals on adaptation

2. Enhancing adaptation action and support

3. Methodologies , indicators data amd metrics and monitoring and evaluation

4. Communicatiing reporting and adaptation priorities

The main approach seems to be looking at an SDG model of Goal, Targets and Indicators

Prior to COP28

Outcome from COP28 – Framework, Task Force on indicators - new standing agenda item under SBs – initiating of a report on transformational adaptation

Global Goal on Adaptation could be broken down into themes… so it is easier to track and deliver progress.

This is something we need to seriously explore… and I ask the parties to come to COP28 with solutions.

Bonn did not advance the development of a framework for guiding the achievement of the Global Goal on Adaptation and the review of overall progress in achieving it;

The Agreement requires all Parties, as appropriate, to engage in adaptation planning and implementation through e.g. national adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and economic diversification. All Parties should, as appropriate, communicate their priorities, plans, actions, and support needs through adaptation communications, which shall be recorded in a public registry.

Transparency

The Agreement will improve the understanding of climate change and the transparency of actions by establishing a new transparency framework. In this context, Parties should provide information related to climate change impacts and adaptation.

Global stocktake

Article 14 of the Paris Agreement requires the CMA to periodically take stock of the implementation of the Paris Agreement in order to assess collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the Agreement and its long-term goals. This process is called the global stocktake.

The global stocktake shall be conducted in a comprehensive and facilitative manner, considering mitigation, adaptation and the means of implementation and support, and in the light of equity and the best available science.

The CMA will undertake the first global stocktake in 2023 and every five years thereafter unless otherwise decided by the CMA.

As per Decision 1/CP.21 paragraphs 99 and 101, the APA, under its agenda item 6 (APA item 6), is currently identifying additional sources of input for and developing modalities of, the global stocktake.

See APA item 6 for further details on the status of work on these mandates and upcoming activities.

In addition to the mandates to the APA, the SBSTA was also mandated by paragraph 100 of the same decision to provide to the APA advice on how the assessments of the IPCC can inform the global stocktake. The SBSTA concluded its work on this mandate at SBSTA 45, in Marrakech, November 2016. The advice is available in document FCCC/SBSTA/2016/4, paragraphs 47 to 56.

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5. Article 6 on Carbon Markets

COP26 Article 6 Adoption Opens Door to Billions of Dollars of Investment in Voluntary Carbon Markets
More stringent rules to significantly reduce the risk of double counting. These measures will improve the transparency, reliability and liquidity of voluntary carbon markets.

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Its approaches, including cooperative approaches under Article 6.2, the Article 6.4 mechanism, and non-market approaches under Article 6.8, provide pathways for countries and stakeholders to engage in sustainable climate action.

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku marked a critical milestone in advancing the operationalization of Article 6. Key decisions were adopted on Articles 6.2, 6.4, and 6.8, addressing issues such as transparency, methodologies, governance structures, and the transition from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). These developments set the stage for immediate next steps that Parties and non-party stakeholders, including the private sector, must undertake to leverage the full potential of Article 6 mechanisms.

he voluntary carbon market (VCM) continues to play an essential role in channeling investment toward climate change—and helping achieve the Paris Agreement's ambitious temperature goals.

Next time article 6 will be address is the global stocktake in 2028

The UNFCCC Secretariat will release the first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) synthesis report before COP30

How countries are establishing authorization and tracking arrangements for Article 6.2 transactions

Methods for applying Corresponding Adjustments (CAs) - the Article 6 accounting mechanism that prevents double-counting of emissions reductions

Historical notes that might help

Divergent views on Article 6.2 and 6.4

Article 6.2: Country A invests in renewable energy, exceeding its emissions reduction target in its NDC, creating a surplus. Country B, needing to reduce emissions, buys some of Country A's surplus and counts it towards its own NDC.

Article 6.4: A company in Country C finances a reforestation project in Country D, generating carbon credits. These credits are sold on the international market to other businesses or countries aiming to offset their emissions. disagreements arose concerning the eligibility of emission avoidance projects, social and environmental safeguards associated with projects, methodologies, and authorisation procedures. Is agreement also centred on the linking of registries for ITMOs under Article 6.2 and carbon credits under Article 6.4, often referred to as "Article 6.4ERs At present no agenda item on carbon market approaches

The overarching Article 6 rules were the final piece of the Paris Agreement ‘rulebook’ when they were agreed at COP26, yet further negotiation is still needed to provide the necessary guidance to operationalise it. The failure at COP28 to conclude several areas of this guidance highlights ongoing and fundamental disagreements about how Article 6 should function in future, which in turn has a number of implications for the global carbon market at large.

Parties discussed Article 6 in a plenary setting on the second day of PreCOP29, where an update on the hybrid workshops on Article 6.2 and Article 6.4 held in Baku at the beginning of October, as well as on the 14th meeting of Article 6.4 Supervisory Body which concluded on 9 October, were also provided. According to Azerbaijan’s Lead Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev, the hybrid workshops contributed to a better understanding of respective positions and concerns and the identification of possible landing zones on the crucial issues of authorisation, agreed electronic format, sequencing, and addressing inconsistencies. The 14th SBM meeting was positively characterised by the adoption of standards on methodology requirements and standards for activities involved in removals, as well as the adoption of a Sustainable Development Tool that requires Parties to identify, evaluate and mitigate potential risks associated with projects – both crucial elements towards the efforts to deliver a mechanism that is fit for the future.

There was a broad agreement in the room on the absolute need to operationalise Article 6 at COP29, and on the fact that a good decision requires environmental integrity, credibility, workability and transparency. Numerous Parties agreed that failure to conclude further guidance on Article 6.2 and 6.4 would lead to confusion on how Parties should undertake cooperative approaches and how they should report annual information, and would also send bad signal to markets and have a negative impact on the level of ambition for Parties’ NDCs.

According to Singapore and New Zealand, the appointed co-leads of political consultations, the main issues on Article 6 remain around: (i) authorisation – which includes the questions as to whether Parties can accommodate different approaches to authorisation, as well as changes and revocation, (ii) infrastructure – which are linked to what functionality Article 6.2 international registry should have, and (iii) transparency – which encompasses Parties discussions on what additional guidance is required for the reporting and review process. While the SBSTA Chair, Harry Vreuls, expressed confidence that most of the issues could be resolved at the technical level, changes in authorisation and registries will likely need further attention and discussion at a higher level.

Article 6.2 for COP29

Agree electronic format for reporting and review

Timing and sequencing of reporting

How to treat confidentiality

Setting up of the international registry

How to treat SIDs and LDCs

Article 6.4 – will become the guiderail for all international carbon markets

Emission avoidance

Connection from the mechanism registry to the international registry

CMA needs to agree the Mythology and Removals guidance for the Supervisory Body to operationalize the principles agreed at COP26

Offsets, which have been around since Kyoto in 1997, allow an emitting company to offset 1 tonne of carbon emissions by acquiring a credit created by a low-carbon project. These projects could be, say, a wind farm or natural sink such as a forest, usually in a developing economy.

As companies set about meeting net zero targets, we expect an upsurge in demand for offsets. That will push prices up from the current US$3 to US$5/tonne to over US$50/tonne by 2030 on our estimates. Carbon offsets is going to be a very significant trading market – we reckon the value of the market could reach close to US$200 billion a year by 2050.

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10 Carbon terms to be aware of - by Jay Monga

Carbon Footprint
Carbon Neutrality
Carbon Offset
Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Trading
Carbon Pricing
Decarbonization
Carbon Disclosure
Carbon Tax
Carbon Market

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Carbon Footprint it is like your personal climate dairy it measures the total amount of greenhouse gases you emit in your daily activity

Carbon Neutrality this is achieving a balance between the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed

Carbon Offset is a way to compensate for your carbon emissions

Carbon Neutrality means achieving a balance between the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed

Carbon Sequestration: is trapping and storing CO2 to reduce its concentration in the atmosphere

Carbon Trading is what we were discussing for Article 6 sells permits the allow a certain amount of greenhouse gases

Carbon pricing - puts a monetary value on carbon emissions can eb taxation or emission trading

Decarbonization the process of reducing carbon emissions from various sectors like energy and transport

Carbon Disclosure - where companies disclose their carbon emissions and climate-related risks

Carbon Tax - is a government impressed levy on carbon emissions

Carbon Market is a platform where carbon emissions are assigned a monetary value and can be traded

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Just Transition Work Programme

1. Ensuring People-centered Climate Action

2. Addressing Global Inequity and Rejecting Oppressive Global Systems

3. Channeling Unconditional Support from Developed Countries

4. Creating Comprehensive and Flexible Just Transition Pathways

5. Building Synergies with Other Global Climate-related Workstreams

(WRI)

Credit: ILO

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The Action Agenda�Its Implementation Time

A climate positive and just society in harmony with nature and the planet

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The Action Agenda

The Action Agenda is the pillar of the Climate Convention that mobilizes voluntary climate action from civil society, businesses, investors, cities, states, and countries to intensify emission reductions, climate adaptation, and the transition to sustainable economies, as set out in the Paris Agreement.

The Action Agenda engages actors who do not negotiate agreements yet are essential for putting them into practice.

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Action Agenda

Mandate for two years so will work with other champions from UAE and Azabajan Iochpe is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ioschpe-Maxion and a member of WEG, Marcopolo, and Embraer. One of the Vice Presidents of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo — (Fiesp), the entrepreneur led the Business 20 — (B20) during Brazil's presidency of the G20 in 2024.

"For me, the clearest reason for this Agenda’s importance is that it brings to the COP the actors who will implement the decisions — and who cannot negotiate,” said Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, the COP30 President. “We, the negotiators, represent states, the countries. Implementation, however, is somewhat different. Governments approve, but others are responsible for carrying things out — of course, with governmental support. I am fully convinced that we must increasingly involve those who are the true implementers of the decisions made."

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High Level Champion COP30 Priorities

1. Engagement with Parties and other stakeholders, to connect existing initiatives and coalitions with national action plans - such as NDCs. Efforts are meant to provide additional transparency and credibility to existing climate actions or to support new initiatives in different geographical regions, including by monitoring results.

2. Provide information sources and inputs to support the Executive Secretariat and the COP presidencies (current and next) to prepare technical meetings and high-level events to increase climate action and ambition.

Dan Ioschpe High Level Champion COP30

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Jamie The Action Agenda also provides an opportunity for COP30 to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with solutions that promote climate justice, combat hunger and poverty, and address structural inequalities, including those related to gender, race, and socioeconomic conditions.

We are not starting from scratch: many initiatives are already underway, and our role is to connect, support, and scale them to accelerate and expand climate action. To make this vision possible, 30 activation groups have been created.

This is where the Champions’ role comes into play, as one of their key tasks is to serve as a dynamic bridge between negotiators and non-state actors, including companies, non-governmental organizations, cities, and civil society. While negotiators set the targets, Ms. Arpadarai and Mr. Ioschpe are responsible for mobilizing these other actors, ensuring climate agreements translate into tangible impacts for a sustainable future.

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How to take part in The Action Agenda

Join through an Activation Group:�If you are already part of an Action Agenda initiative, the COP30 Presidency invites you to submit solutions and case studies that can help accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. If your initiative is not yet listed and you would like to participate, you can express your interest through this link.

The Climate Action Agenda is NOW OUT link here.

Explore the Granary of Solutions platform:�Discover a growing collection of climate solutions already being implemented around the world.

Share your impact stories:�You can also share your case studies and examples of impact by joining the COP30 campaign on LinkedIn or Instagram. Use the hashtag #ActionAgendaSolutions to help accelerate sustainable solutions and strengthen collective engagement on the road to Belém.

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Stay up to date

UNFCCC website

UNFCCC - documents

COP30 Presidents website
Provisional schedule
UNFCCC handbook on the web site
Daily Schedule
Side events schedule
Accommodation portal
Always check the CCTV monitors (blue scrolling screen) – left hand side formal meetings right hand side - side events and other activities
Sign up for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (IISD)
ECO the daily Newsletter
Third World Network Climate Change updates and briefing papers.

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CODE OF CONDUCT TAKEN FROM UNFCCC

UN meetings operate on the principle's openness, transparency and inclusiveness, to create an enabling environment for the participation of a diversity of voices and interests. To ensure that Parties can conduct their work and a diverse range of stakeholders can participate in the process effectively , participants are expected to adhere to a number of rules as set out below.
Code of Conduct to address harassment at UNFCCC conferences, meetings and events (reporting a complaint within the code of conduct).
Guidelines for the participation of representatives of non-governmental organizations at meetings of the bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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What does COP30 Look like?

Pavilions, Accommodation, Blue and Green Zones

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The size of the venue in Belem will decide how many people can be on site at any one time,They will limit it for fire reasons. There have been UN conference where people were stopped from entering until people left. The accommodation they areplanning for is arund 40-50,000. I doubt that will be enouand this is with cruise ships, converted military bases and schools. Baku was over 60,000 and Dubai over 100,000. Moving the high-level to the previous week will help. Still, i expect many Latin American stakeholders to want to attend, and the UNFCCC will also favor the regional stakeholders. I will be running with Jamie from the youth caucus a webinar for first-time delegates to Bonn and Belem on the 28th May, details to be sent out soon. My advise to stakeholders is do not expect many passes per organization.

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PROPOSTA ATUAL – ZONAS VERDE E AZUL

/ CURRENT PROPOSAL – GREEN AND BLUE ZONES

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EXISTING BUILDING | EDIFÍCIO EXISTENTE

Hangar Convention and Exhibition Center

The Hangar Convention and Fair Center of the Amazon will be used as the Zones A and B of the Blue Zone (Accreditation and Side and Special Events) and other service and support spaces.

O Hangar Centro de Convenções e Feiras da Amazônia será utilizado para abrigar as Zonas A e B da Zona Azul (Credenciamento e Eventos paralelos e especiais) e demais espaços de serviços e suporte.

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CURRENT PROPOSAL – GREEN ZONE AREAS | PROPOSTA ATUAL - SETORIZAÇÃO DA ZONA VERDE

City Park, Venue of COP30

Green Zone

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Accommodation at COP30

Partnerships with the Private Sector: The government is promoting collaborations with hotel chains and accommodation platforms to encourage the temporary expansion of the supply of rooms, including through the rental of private properties, such as apartments and houses, in models similar to Airbnb.
Infrastructure Improvement: Investments are planned to improve the city's tourist infrastructure and modernize existing hotels to increase the capacity to receive tourists and delegations
Use of Temporary Structures: Alternatives such as floating hotels and cruise ships anchored on the Belém waterfront are considered to function as additional accommodation during the event.
Expansion to Neighboring Cities: The government is also working on strategies to integrate the hotel network of nearby cities, facilitating transportation between these locations and Belém, with the improvement of highways and public transportation routes.
Incentive for Construction and Renovations: There is encouragement for new investments in the construction of hotels or renovation of commercial buildings for use as temporary accommodation, in line with the COP30 deadlines.

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Side events at COP30

For COP30 the themes for the side events were:

Migration, including response measures
Adaptation, including loss and damage
Means of implementation and support
Integrated and holistic approaches
Other topics related to the UNFCCC process

The list of side events is now available on the UNFCCC web site here.

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Beyond the Negotiations

Monday 10^th November to Friday November 21^st 2025

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5. Coalitions of the Willing

Deforestation Declaration on Forest and land Use - more than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030
Global Methane Pledge – cut methane by 30% by 2030
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero - $130 trillion under management
End of Coal Coalition – 40 countries commit to phase out coal – 4 have
UK’s Financial Hub and Big Businesses Told to Reach Net Zero by Treasury

The Global Energy Alliance Launches $10.5 Billion Fund for Emerging Economies
Overseas funding of Fossil Fuels: US and 20 other countries announced a new fossil fuel-curbing strategy
Companies Pledge to Phase Out Fossil Fuels - Eleven car manufacturers, at least 23 countries, and more than 40 cities and states committed to transitioning new car sales to zero emissions by 2040
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) Costa Rica and Denmark Launch Alliance to Take on Oil and Gas

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Deforestation the pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) of public and private funds.

Methane big emitters not onboard yet china Russia and India 190-strong coalition of countries and organisations at COP26, with countries such as Poland, Vietnam, Egypt, Chile and Morocco announcing commitments to phase out coal power.

He said the City of London will become the "first-ever net zero aligned global financial center.”

By 2023, the UK’s biggest firms will need to submit public plans on how they plan to achieve emissions targets

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) launched on Nov. 2, pledging $10.5 billion toward helping emerging economies adapt from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The alliance, formed of philanthropic organizations, governments, and development finance institutions, aims to raise $100 billion in total to provide 1 billion people with renewable power, prevent 4 billion tons of carbon emissions, and drive economic growth.

The The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet has received $1.5 billion from the Rockefeller Foundation

Starting next year, participating countries plan to stop financing overseas fossil fuel projects and reallocate nearly $18 billion in spending toward clean energy, The plan to stop funding international fossil fuel projects would not affect domestic emissions but will put restrictions on international development banks investing in oil drilling and other earth-warming energy sources.

Ford, General Motors, Volvo, and Mercedes-Benz the US, Japan, Germany, and China did not sign

The initiative, which aims to phase out fossil fuels by keeping them in the ground, includes participation from Sweden, France, Greenland, Wales, Ireland, the Canadian province Quebec, as well as from associate members Portugal, New Zealand, the US state California, and “friend” of the alliance: Italy.

GFANZ two-fifths of the world's financial assets, $130 trillion, under the management of banks, insurers and pension funds that have signed up to 2050 net-zero goals including limiting global warming to 1.5C. What does this mean in practice?

Essentially the easy cheap bank financing that naturally flows to, say, an oil field, or a coal mine, is diverted to renewable energy or to a mortgage product that subsidises highly efficient homes.

End of Coal Coalition 190-strong coalition of countries and organisations at COP26, with countries such as Poland, Vietnam, Egypt, Chile and Morocco announcing commitments to phase out coal power. Portugal last week became the fourth country to stop using coal the other three are Belgium Austria and Sweden

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2030 Breakthroughs

To deliver the transformation that we need, across over 30 sectors that make up the global economy, the UN High-Level Champions call on all leaders to work in partnership and commit their skills, ingenuity, and resources to achieving these Breakthroughs.

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Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero by 2050

Asset Managers

20% of major asset managers by assets under management commit to Net Zero Asset Managers
Commitment to interim targets and at least halve emissions by 2030

Asset Owners

20% of major asset owners by assets under management commit to Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance
Set and achieve 5-year (2025 and 2030) targets for net zero aligned portfolios cov-ering emissions reduction, engagement on sector transition, policy advocacy and financing transition

Banks

20% of systemically important banks commit to Net Zero Banking Alliance
Systemically important banks set and achieve 2030 targets for net zero emissions from all activities and portfolios by 2050

Insurers

20% of major insurers by global premium volume commit to Net Zero Insurance Alliance
Major insurers set and achieve 5-year (2025 and 2030) targets for net zero aligned investment, insurance and reinsurance underwriting portfolios

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Race to Zero

1,309 non-State actors including
8,307 companies,
595 financial institutions,
1,136 cities,
52 states and regions,
1,125 educational institutions and
65 healthcare institutions (as of September 2022).

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Race to Zero

Pledge: Pledge at the head-of-organization level to reach (net) zero GHGs as soon as possible, and by midcentury at the latest, Set an interim target to achieve in the next decade, which reflects maximum effort toward or beyond a fair share of the 50% global reduction in CO2 by 2030 identified in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C
Plan: Within 12 months of joining, explain what actions will be taken toward achieving both interim and longer-term pledges, especially in the short- to medium-term.
Proceed: Take immediate action toward achieving (net) zero, consistent with delivering interim targets specified.
Publish: Commit to report publicly both progress against interim and long-term targets, as well as the actions being taken, at least annually. To the extent possible, report via platforms that feed into the UNFCCC Global Climate Action Portal.

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Recall the key issues

National Determined Commitment
Baku Climate Unity Pact,” The “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” must serve as a fulcrum for leveraging finance to low-carbon and climate-resilience pathways in developing countries,
Loss and Damage Fund
Global Goals on Adaptation Indicators
Operationalise Article 6 through a UN body overseeing the international transferred mitigation outcomes
The Just Transition work programme

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1 We further adopted the “Baku Climate Unity Pact,” which includes the cornerstone decision around the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG). The incoming COP30 presidency looks forward to working with the COP29 presidency in guiding the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.

Following the first global Stocktake, A key focus of COP30 will be Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are national climate action plans that outline a country's emissions reduction targets and adaptation strategies. Does NDC 3.0 hit 1.5C
1.3T” to scale up climate finance to developing country Parties. Together, we will be producing a report summarizing our work by COP30. The “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” must serve as a fulcrum for leveraging finance to low-carbon and climate-resilience pathways in developing countries,
Loss and Damage Fund will likely focus on operationalizing the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), building upon decisions made at COP 28 and 29. Specific aspects of the FRLD, such as eligibility criteria and disbursement procedures, will be a key area of discussion to ensure it effectively delivers support to vulnerable communities facing the impacts of climate change. The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, also a major focus at COP 29, will likely continue to influence the FRLD's funding and scope.
COP30 will play a crucial role in finalizing indicators for tracking the Global Goal on Adaptation, a key objective of the Paris Agreement to increase global adaptive capacity to climate change impacts. A two-year process, initiated with the UAE-Belém Work Programme on Indicators, aims to identify and develop indicators that will measure progress towards this goal, with a target of a manageable number by COP30.

.5. COP30, will focus on operationalizing these mechanisms, particularly the Article 6.4 mechanism, and ensuring the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. which involves a centralized UN body overseeing the trading of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs).

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KEY DATES 2025 and 2026

2025

1st Jan: G7 Presidency – Canada -1st Jan G20 Presidency - South Africa
13-14 October pre-COP in Brasilia
November 6-7^th COP30 High Level event Brazil
November 10-21 COP30 in Belém, Brazil
December 8-12^th UN Environment Assembly 7

2026

June 8–18, UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn
July 6 to July 16, UN High Level Political Forum in New York (SDG6, SDG7, SDG9, SDG11, and SDG17)
August 17 to 28, UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
October 19–30, UN Convention on Biological Diversity, in Yerevan, Armenia
November 9-20, UNFCCC venue to be decided

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On Tuesday (April 29), the COP30 Presidency announced that the pre-COP will be held on October 13-14 in Brasilia, in the Federal District (DF). The pre-COP meeting gathers climate-negotiating ministers and seeks to promote agreements on key issues for COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Pará.

Around 30 to 50 international delegations will participate in the pre-COP, organized by its host country about a month before the climate conference. Observer representatives from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will also be invited

It is expected that 800 people will attend, including international delegations and observers. The venue for the pre-COP will be announced in the coming weeks.

Although the pre-COP is not part of the official UNFCCC calendar of events, it is one of a series of meetings held throughout the year in the run-up to the climate conference. These include the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin in March and the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in May.

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