The Road to Belém
The Road to Belém
“Forests can buy us time in climate action in our rapidly closing window of opportunity. If we reverse deforestation and recover what has been lost, we can unlock massive removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere while bringing ecosystems back to life. Tapping into such an outstanding potential requires enhanced global support and investment, including through financial resources, technology transfer, and capacity-building.”
André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President-Designate
This November the Global Climate Summit. called the Conference of the Parties (COP30), will be held in the Amazon, Brazil and will be our last rainforest climate summit this decade. Its location, in the world’s biggest rainforest, will be a real awakening for the over 90,000 delegates attending both in terms of the importance of rainforests and the effect of climate on the more disadvantaged. Hopefully, COP30 will send a clear message that the world must act with finance and supportive policies to save the world’s tropical forests
The Brazilian government and CfRN are committed to making the summit a success. Our goal for COP30 will be to play our part in helping scale up climate finance from all sources to secure $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for developing countries. For forests, CfRN is working closely with the COP30 Presidency and other partners to bring about the full reversal of tropical deforestation under the Paris Agreement.
Regards,
Kevin Conrad
Executive Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Letters from the COP30 Presidency
Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, president of COP30
COP30 Events
November 10-11
THEMES:
Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, laying the groundwork for climate readiness and resilience across all systems, sectors, communities, and regions.
Monday, November 10
2.15pm – 3.00pm
Deloitte
TBD
Tuesday, November 11
2:15 – 3:00pm
Deloitte
TBD
November 12-13
THEMES:
Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, and Workers. These days also introduce the Global Ethical Stocktake, reinforcing equity and moral responsibility in climate governance.
Wednesday, November 12
2.15pm – 3.00pm
TBD
Thursday, November 13
2:15 – 3:00pm
Climate Science: 2025 Global Carbon Budget and The Global South
This event will present the Global Carbon Budget 2025, providing the latest update on CO₂ emissions and how much CO₂ is being absorbed by the Earth’s natural sinks. It will also consider what these findings mean for global efforts to limit warming.
The discussion will explore how climate change and deforestation — including the record fires in Brazil in 2024 — are affecting the land’s capacity to absorb CO₂, and what this means for achieving global climate goals and the commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.
Moderator
- Kevin Conrad, ED, CfRN
Two of the Global Carbon Budget 2025 authors, Prof. Stephen Sitch and Dr. Thais Rosan, will be joined by other experts to examine the latest data and explore its significance for advancing climate action at COP30.
Presenters
- Prof. Stephen Sitch
- Dr. Thais Rosan
- Joerg Eigendorf, Deutsche Bank
November 14-15
THEMES:
Systems transformation across Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases, supporting the global push to triple renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.
Thursday, November 14
2.15pm – 3.00pm
Seeing the wood for the leaves: Bring clarity to the role of forests and why they need protecting.
The ability to accurately measure forest biomass is central to understanding and managing the global carbon cycle — and to advancing mitigation ambition under the Paris Agreement. This event brings together scientists from the European Space Agency’s BIOMASS mission, the Global Carbon Budget, and partner organizations to explore how emerging data and modelling can provide crucial insights into the state of the world’s forests and how they are changing. The data will deepen understanding of the role forests play in the carbon cycle and also support UN treaties addressing deforestation and forest degradation.
With the BIOMASS satellite now in orbit and first data expected in 2026, the event will discuss how new Earth observations are helping countries and regions better track carbon fluxes, assess land-use change, and design science-based climate policies that deliver tangible benefits for both people and the planet.
Speakers:
- Stephen Sitch
- Thais Rosan
- Clement Albergel
- Erika Berenguer
- Giacomo Grassi
Friday, November 15
2:15 – 3:00pm
Securing a Sustainable Future for the Amazon Agricultural Frontier
The Amazon agricultural frontier, a region undergoing intense socio-environmental transformation, faces multiple challenges from climate change — including droughts, extreme temperatures, and high rates of deforestation and forest degradation. These factors generate negative impacts that increase the vulnerability of production and social systems to future climate change. This event aims to catalyze action by supporting the development of robust, collaborative strategies that ensure a sustainable future for the Amazon agricultural frontier — benefiting the environment, the economy, and the communities that depend on it.
Speakers:
- Erika Berenguer
- Jos Barlow
- Stephen Sitch
November 17-18
THEMES:
Planetary and community stewardship — centering on Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and small and medium entrepreneurs, showcasing inclusive, grounded, and nature-aligned solutions.
Sunday, November 17
2.15pm – 3.00pm
TBD
Monday, November 18
2:15 – 3:00pm
TBD
November 19-20
THEMES:
Food, agriculture, and equity at their roots, covering Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming. They will also emphasize debates related to Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism.
Tuesday, November 19
2.15pm – 3.00pm
TBD
Wednesday, November 20
2:15 – 3:00pm
TBD
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