Schedule
November 8-20, 2025
COP30 • Belém, Brazil
12 days of breakthrough thinking and meaningful connections.
Experience curated conversations, dynamic stage sessions, and collaborative workshops designed to surface bold climate solutions.
Our programming spans four interconnected themes
regenerative economics
fast-forward momentum
new ways of knowing
shifting power centers
bringing together climate leaders, cultural innovators, and unexpected voices to forge the partnerships that will shape our collective future.
Schedule
All events are displayed in Belém local time (BRT, UTC -3).
This is the first wave of events and speakers, many more coming soon.
Saturday | Nov. 15
Theater
As the first week of COP closes, what must be delivered in week two to secure Belém’s legacy as the turning point toward a new economy? This midpoint session will gather leaders on the ground in Belém to build a mass activation plan for unlocking transformative outcomes in COP’s final days.
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Reception Hall
What if we dared to imagine economies that truly serve people and planet? This session invites us to dream — and begin building — systems grounded in fairness, sustainability, and shared power. Through an inspiring dialogue among visionary thinkers, we’ll explore how a new economy could drive climate renewal, reduce inequality, and revitalize democracy and global cooperation.
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Reception Hall
This session explores how faith, spirituality, and moral imagination can drive courageous climate action. We will examine how people of all faiths—and none—can act meaningfully together even in a tough political landscape. Together, speakers and audience, will help shape a Global Ethical Stocktake submission on the role of faith in building a just and regenerative future.
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Reception Hall
This private dinner will bring together U.S. public and private sector leaders at COP30 to advance energy, climate and economic progress at home and reflect continued commitment to international cooperation.
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Off-site
In Brazil, football isn’t just a pastime — it’s pure passion that brings everyone together, no matter where you’re from.
Come together to play & protect the game we love! And you will also get to learn about Earth FC, the campaign that is uniting clubs, leagues, athletes, legends and fans to take on football’s toughest opponent – climate change and the destruction of nature.
Please bring sports shoes and clothes to play in. Drinks and food after the game.
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Theater
Mark the halfway point of COP30 with an evening of music, conversation and connection. Dance to the rhythms of acclaimed Brazilian DJs, exchange insights with TEDxAmazônia speakers and changemakers, and enjoy local flavors and drinks from the region. Reflect on the progress we’ve made and recharge for the work ahead.
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Sunday | Nov. 16
Theater
We begin with a short, beautiful ceremeny guided by indigenious leaders. Followed by a conversation between former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson and former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laureate, Juan Manuel Santos – facilitated by Lindsay Levin. The dialogue will reflect on the ethical imperatives emerging from the COP30 Global Ethical Stocktake – and ask how can moral courage help shape a more just, people-centered response to the climate crisis and beyond?
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Reception Hall
An opportunity to step out of the business of the day and enjoy the moment. This immersive experience explores our relationship with the water in our bodies and in the terrestrial body. Over the course of 90 guided minutes, movement, narration, and sound weave together to submerge us in the personal, intimate, and shared story of water on our planet and within our bodies.
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Theater
Join acclaimed author Kim Stanley Robinson as he reads from his book The Ministry for the Future, followed by Q&A.
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Theater
Amid the urgency and complexity of COP30, TED Countdown and the Youth Climate Justice Fund invite you to an evening of relentless hope. Join us in an evening reception to connect, recharge, and strengthen our shared community as we enter the second week of negotiations with renewed purpose, clarity, and optimism for what’s possible.
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Monday | Nov. 17
Theater
Join podcast hosts Paul Dickinson and Fiona McRaith, to discuss on what to expect in the second week of COP, what’s at stake and how we can help mark this COP as a turning point towards a new era of implementation.
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Reception Hall
In the race to protect biodiversity, technology is one of our greatest allies. For the first time, leading biodiversity monitoring organizations are uniting to form a global alliance that can revolutionize how we protect life on Earth. This exclusive XPRIZE showcase reveals breakthrough solutions redefining how we map ecosystems, monitor species and scale conservation.
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Theater
In a time of political turbulence and misinformation, journalism is vital to climate action. This roundtable—led by EcoNews, Youth Climate Justice Fund, and DEVEX—unites media leaders, philanthropists, scientists, and influencers to explore bold communication strategies that shift public and political will on climate.
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Reception Hall
Megafires are increasing due to climate change and other factors. This workshop discusses strategies including Indigenous wisdom, advanced science and new policy approaches needed to design wildfire resilient communities and forests.
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Reception Hall
Built around the structure of a citizens’ assembly – from learning to deliberation to action – this session explores how we can all fix climate politics. It brings together voices driving political systems change and highlights the Global Citizens’ Assembly as a growing space for citizen participation in global climate governance.
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Theater
Crucial insights and perspectives about the global food system often remain siloed, but in order to drive collective action, everyone needs to hear them. Join farmers, activists, Indigenous and community leaders, special envoys and policy representatives for a dynamic evening building a shared foundation for action that extends well beyond COP30.
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Tuesday | Nov. 18
Theater
Inclusive, innovative strategies are needed to achieve global climate finance goals. We will discuss approaches that are already promoting planetary health, Indigenous self-determination, and nature-positive outcomes together with the safeguards that communities and buyers demand. Featuring the Xipaya Indigenous Community leading ethical, nature-based credits, in conversation with leaders in this space.
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Reception Hall
Can immersive experiences inspire action to protect nature? Explore the power of art, storytelling, and technology in bringing the Amazon to life. Through an interactive VR journey and dialogue with culture-changers, this event invites participants to reflect, connect, and imagine bold action for a sustainable future.
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Theater
Climate justice requires centering those most vulnerable to environmental harm. Join this intergenerational dialogue with activists and organizers from around the world as they share strategies, lessons learned, and pathways forward across different communities and contexts.
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Wednesday | Nov. 19
Reception Hall
The Forest Ashes workshop, led by artist and activist Mundano, invites the public to transform ashes from fires in Brazilian biomes into natural pigments, reimagining destruction as creation. The activity combines artistic practice with dialogue on resistance and memory, revealing that from the ashes new forms of life and consciousness can emerge.
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Theater
Tropical forests influence climate locally, regionally, and globally beyond their role in the carbon cycle. They shape moisture and energy flows, moderating temperatures and rainfall. This session explores these effects, their policy implications—especially for agriculture—and key directions for future research.
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Saturday | Nov. 08
Theater
The forest teaches that prosperity doesn’t have to mean depletion.
Here, the bioeconomy is born from the encounter between tradition and innovation, showing that it is possible to generate wealth while caring for life in all its forms. On November 8th, we will open a space for this dialogue. A dialogue between knowledge, territories, and possible futures.
An invitation to think about development from the perspective of the forest.
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Monday | Nov. 10
Reception Hall
An interactive workshop convened by the Community Led Forest Economy (CLFE) Partnership and COP30 Presidency to explore how to operationalize direct finance for Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afro-descendants. It will surface shared priorities and practical recommendations to design finance mechanisms that empower nature stewards.
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Theater
Join podcast hosts Tom Rivett-Carnac and Christiana Figueres for a briefing and discussion on what to expect in the first week of COP, what to look out for and how to help amplify the story of the new economy rising.
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Reception Hall
Moeve, a multinational energy company, became a leader in the energy transition in 2022, divesting 70% of their oil and gas assets to invest in low carbon fuels like green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel. RMI CEO Jon Creyts will be in conversation with Moeve CEO Maarten Wetselaar to explore what it means to work through the messy middle of the energy transition.
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Theater
A conversation led by Tzeporah Berman, founder of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, with local activists about their work to halt fossil fuel exploration in the Amazon Rainforest, highlighting the impact on biodiversity, indigenous lands and climate goals. What are they fighting to protect, how are they going about it and what help do they need from the wider world?
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Reception Hall
Deforestation thrives in the shadows of weak governance, corporate greenwashing and systemic neglect. Mapping initiatives like MapBiomas are shifting the balance of power by making land use change visible, and equipping communities, journalists and activists with undeniable evidence to protect forests. Join MapBiomas, Tenure Facility and Canopy for a panel discussion on how data, land rights and advocacy can fuel global movements and help hold governments and corporations accountable.
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Reception Hall
Environmental Defense Fund CEO Fred Krupp and journalist and author of Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi in conversation with Countdown’s Founder Lindsay Levin. Can a new mindset of building tomorrow’s economy faster and more affordably, cut through and win around the world?
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Reception Hall,Theater
Join us for an unforgettable evening honoring the rich culture, creativity and resilience of the Amazon as we kick off COP30. Enjoy the vibrant rhythms of a traditional Carimbó performance, connect with Indigenous leaders and visionary entrepreneurs driving innovation across the region, and savor the bold flavors of local food and drink.
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Tuesday | Nov. 11
Reception Hall
Adaptation investments can only deliver lasting impact when global mitigation pathways are kept within reason. Adaptation and mitigation need to progress in tandem, with appropriate pace and scale. This session highlights multi-benefit solutions that build resilience, reduce emissions, realize co-benefits and unlock long-term value for businesses, economies and communities.
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Theater
Step into the third horizon — a space beyond extraction, where regeneration and renewal guide how business makes decisions and creates value. Through ceremony, story, reflection and imagination, we’ll explore the mindset shifts and strategies needed to enable the flourishing of people and planet.
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Reception Hall
The need for new strategies to accelerate capital deployment and deal flow has never been more evident. Join an interactive session with investors and innovators on how best to deploy scarce public funding to catalyze private capital in the years ahead. This is the first in a series of workshops held by the Milken Institute and other asset owner groups to shape an investor-focused view of what a “Brazil and Beyond” roadmap should emphasize at COP31.
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Reception Hall
Urgent action for nature is vital, and AI offers powerful tools to accelerate data use and impact. Join Google and WRI for a dinner discussion, moderated by David Gelles from The New York Times, exploring ways to democratise data, empower communities, and overcome challenges in governance and finance to drive real progress for the planet.
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Wednesday | Nov. 12
Theater
Join current and former U.S. government leaders for a closed door breakfast conversation to explore U.S. climate leadership at home and abroad — from strengthening local and federal collaboration to advancing ambitious, implementable climate commitments on the global stage. This session will begin with a briefing by Sue Biniaz, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate. It is open to US citizens only.
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Reception Hall
Climate resilience can only be achieved through collaboration. In this session we will workshop the resilience strategies, financial mechanisms and collaboration channels between critical stakeholders needed to realize system-level adaptation to climate change.
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Reception Hall
A conversation on how global brands, innovators, and investors are scaling circular solutions for packaging. This lunch discussion explores how collaboration across design, collection, and reuse can accelerate plastics circularity—spotlighting practical examples, challenges, and opportunities to close the loop across emerging markets.
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Theater
Indigenous peoples are the original stewards of the world’s most critical biomes, managing and safeguarding ecosystems through traditional knowledge and cultural practice. Speakers from the Amazon and Africa will share how guardianship of land and life is evolving into new, regenerative approaches to livelihood and prosperity rooted in reciprocity and care for the planet.
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Reception Hall
Satellite imagery and environmental datasets are transforming how we respond to the planet’s greatest threats. MapBiomas maps deforestation, Woodwell Climate Research Center monitors permafrost and carbon emissions, and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) leads community mapping for humanitarian and disaster response. This panel explores how these organizations turn data into a tool for justice, exposing environmental crimes, driving urgent climate action and supporting climate resilience.
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Reception Hall
New investment models are leading the way for economic transformation to secure the future of prized natural ecosystems. Cue the Earth Investment Engine: a pioneering platform breaking the global standoff between capital and nature-positive opportunities. What does it take to reform market rules and unlock the capital flows needed for exponential growth and a prosperous nature economy?
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Reception Hall
As climate change reshapes our world, adaptation becomes an act of imagination. Hosted by Project Dandelion, a women-led global initiative advancing climate solutions through narrative and collective power, this gathering explores how women are shaping a livable future through agriculture and adaptation.
Reception Hall
Wind down with TED and Netflix at a reception that celebrates creative storytelling—from documentaries and scripted series to field reporting and new formats. Connect with other storytellers: filmmakers, creators, podcasters, and writers to share what’s working, what’s wild, and what’s next. Less theory, more spark.
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Thursday | Nov. 13
Reception Hall
A conversation with expert guests about the challenges, opportunities and progress in building carbon removal at scale. The discussion will include the role of corporates’ as investors, innovators and purchasers of solutions, and the technological breakthroughs that will help create markets that deliver for communities and the planet.
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Reception Hall
CrossBoundary and AMDA will convene minigrid developers from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) for peer-to-peer learning. This exchange will share best practices to accelerate scale and attract private sector investment, drawing on SSA experience and LAC innovations like demand-driving models and mesh grids for isolated communities.
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Theater
More than half the world’s population are football fans — a powerful cultural force. Remo vs. Paysandu represents one of Brazil’s fiercest football rivalries, but some goals transcend the game. Join representatives and players from both teams, along with the President of the Pará Football Federation, to explore how football’s cultural power can unite rivals for collective climate action.
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Theater
Join founder of the Climate Reality Project and one of the world’s best known climate leaders Al Gore, for a wide-ranging conversation with Bloomberg new reporter and author of Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi.
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Reception Hall
Join the COP30 Mothers’ delegation and Our Kids’ Climate to explore how love and care can spark deep, transformative action on the climate crisis. Step out of the fray and reconnect with what moves you most to act. We will speak from the heart, and share stories about the places, people, and children we love, and how that inspires and sustains us to create a safer, brighter world for all kids.
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This session unites leaders across generations to chart new constellations of leadership. Inspired by the Southern Cross that guides navigators south, we explore how the Global South serves as today’s compass — asking what legacy we want to leave for future generations in 2100.
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Join this lively debate! Renewable energy promises economic growth and freedom from fossil fuels, but demands unprecedented mining of rare minerals. Can we harness clean energy while respecting human rights and protecting ecosystems? Or will decarbonization repeat extraction patterns under a green guise?
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Ricardinho Freestyle, a native son of Belem, is the 2x World Champion of Freestyle Football, and holder of 2 Guinness World Records. Join him and the Earth FC team for a football clinic. Take a break, try something new, and learn how football can help to tackle climate change and protect nature. To do so, we are all going to have to learn new skills – and make sure we don’t drop the ball!
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Reception Hall
Join Natura and leading pioneers for an evening of story, flavor and insight — exploring how businesses can help build an Amazon economy that values nature and empowers communities. The dinner spotlights Natura’s Living Amazon Mechanism, a blended finance model growing the socio-bioeconomy, and invites others to scale this vision together.
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Extreme heat and poor air quality are impacting workers across the world, from fields to factories to boardrooms. Join stakeholders from the private sector, philanthropy and international organizations to explore how businesses can respond to rising temperatures due to climate change and implement solutions that balance productivity, well-being and equity.
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Join us for an evening of collaboration with partners putting health at the heart of climate action.
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Friday | Nov. 14
Theater
Journalist Akshat Rathi in conversation with Helder Barbalho, on his State’s vision – already underway – for the Amazon as a global for hub for a bioeconomy and biotechnology revolution where biodiversity meets the economy of the future to shape.
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Most climate funding rewards outputs, not relationships. Yet collaboration, the trust, learning, and shared intelligence linking initiatives, is what drives real transformation. This fishbowl hosted by The Collaborative for Systemic Climate Action explores how funders can invest in this “invisible infrastructure” and make collaboration measurable, impactful, and scalable.
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Be one of the first to join Futerra Solutions Union for the launch of a new narratives toolkit, based on extensive research and +20 years of application. Learn audience-first approaches, values alignment and effective message framing while tackling barriers of fatalism, agency and sacrifice. You’ll leave with practical skills to tell compelling solution stories.
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Join Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva and co-leaders of the Global Ethical Stocktake for a conversation moderated by former US Vice President Al Gore. The conversation will explore the role of ethics and moral leadership at a time of great risk but also great opportunity, as well as ways to engage civil society in creating the world they want to see.
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The updated Carbon Law demands global emissions halve every five years to avoid tipping points. With 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached, urgent action is needed. This session explores how business can adapt models, integrate climate and nature into decisions, and co-create pathways toward a thriving, nature-positive economy.
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With COP 30 focused on delivery and execution, this discussion will highlight how elected leaders can drive progress through governance, accountability, and partnerships. Explore the role of legislative leadership, policy innovation and cross-border collaboration to accelerate solutions that strengthen economies and communities alike.
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As we grapple with rising temperatures, extreme weather, biodiversity loss and land degradation, one truth stands out: the solutions at hand are just as interconnected as the challenges they aim to address. How can we accelerate progress on climate, nature and land — and where should we start? Meet some of the leaders who are paving the way for scalable action.
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Join Symrise, one of the world’s leading makers of fragrance, flavor, natural nutrition and cosmetic ingredients, and their innovation partner CO2 AI, to explore how digital integration and nature-based innovation can make sustainability measurable and scalable. This session will reveal how data-driven insights and renewable ingredients are transforming products into catalysts for positive change.
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Humanity’s greatest challenges are not only technical but imaginative. This nightcap invites us to reawaken that capacity. Guided by Donella Meadows’ Dancing with Systems, we’ll explore how imagination, culture, and emotion can unlock an economy rooted in well-being, stewardship, and care. We’ll move from head to heart to feet: imagining the future, feeling it, and taking a few dance steps toward it!
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Join Frances Seymour, champion of forest policy, Yadvinder Malhi, explorer of Earth’s ecosystems, and TED Countdown co-founder, Lindsay Levin, for a nightcap on our living planet—an intimate exchange of science, wonder, and hope for a regenerative future. The conversation will begin with reflections and appreciation for the life of a friend to many in the climate community and beyond, David Nabarro.
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