The COP30 Global Sustainable Insurance Summit took place at the Casa do Seguro (“House of Insurance”) in Belém, Brazil. 

Convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Brazilian Insurance Confederation (CNseg), the Summit highlighted the ambition and action needed across the insurance, financial, regulatory and supervisory communities—and among policymakers, businesses, scientists and civil society—to accelerate and scale up a just transition to inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies.

Through high-level dialogue, flagship launches and practical examples, the Summit demonstrated how insurers are integrating sustainability across underwriting and investment portfolios to manage risks, seize opportunities and strengthen resilience. By reaffirming the industry’s role as society’s risk manager, the “House of Insurance” at COP30 stood as a symbol of inclusiveness, resilience, sustainability and hope.

The programme spanned three days:

  • 10 November 2025 – Insurability, Inclusion & Resilience Day
  • 15 November 2025 – Net-Zero, Nature-Positive & Just Transition Day
  • 21 November 2025 – Latin American Leadership & COP31 Day

 

Looking forward to COP31 

Three clear messages emerged across the Summit: 

  1. Insurance is now central to the global climate and development agenda. Insurers bring risk modelling, capital, and long-term planning — all essential for national adaptation strategies.
  2. Solutions exist — the challenge is scale and coordination. Nature-based insurance, blended finance, captives, sovereign risk tools and just transition frameworks are ready to deploy.
  3. Insurers must be architects of systemic resilience. This means designing for people, pricing prevention, embedding nature and transition plans into the core business, and collaborating across governments, finance and communities.

As the world moves toward COP31, the Summit reinforced that maintaining insurability is not only an industry challenge — it is a societal imperative. 

 

Engl
10 November 2025  | Insurability, Inclusion & Resilience Day
Time (BRT) Session
14:00  Welcome remarks from CNseg and UNEP

  • Dyogo Oliveira, President, CNseg
  • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
14:15  From Rio to Belem: Key milestones since the launch of the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance during the 2012 Rio+20 Conference

  • Ivan Luiz Gontijo Júnior, CEO, Bradesco Seguros
  • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP

Special Announcement 

  • Franck Baron, President, International Federation of Risk & Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA) (France/Singapore)
14:40  Keynote

  • Laurence Tubiana, Special Envoy to Europe, COP30 Presidency and President, European Climate Foundation
15:00  Tackling the insurability challenge across geographies

  • Laurence Tubiana, Special Envoy to Europe, COP30 Presidency and President, European Climate Foundation (France)
  • Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aviva Group (UK
  • Dyogo Oliveira, President, CNseg (Brazil)
  • Michel Lies, Chairman, Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland)
  • Aaron Vermeulen, Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International (Netherlands)
  • Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
16:15  Break
16:45  Building resilient communities in emerging economies

Launch presentation: Landscape study of climate-smart financial services for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) produced by the UNEP-managed V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (V20-SIF)

  • Hassan El-Shabrawishi, CEO of International Markets & Member of the Group Management Committee, AXA Group (Spain)
  • Tomé Pedroso, Advisor to the Executive Committee, Fidelidade (Portugal) and Co-Leader, Fidelidade Impact Center for Climate Change
  • Sara Jane Ahmed, Founder, Financial Futures Center, and Advisor to the V20 Group of Finance Ministers (Climate Vulnerable Forum)
  • Liz Henderson, Head of Global Climate Risk Advisory, Aon
18:00  Networking Reception 

 

 

15 November 2025  |  Net-Zero, Nature-Positive & Just Transition Day
Time (BRT) Session
14:45 Welcome remarks from CNseg, SUSEP and UNEP

  • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
  • Jessica Anne de Almeida Bastos, Director, Brazilian Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP) (Brazil)
  • Claudia Prates, Sustainability Director, CNseg
    14:55 Launch presentation: “A Total Balance Sheet Transition: A holistic transition plan guide linking the underwriting and investment portfolios of insurers and reinsurers” produced by the UN Forum for Insurance Transition (FIT)

    • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    15:10 Transition plans: Accelerating and scaling up a just transition to a resilient net-zero economy

    • Catherine Chazal, Head of Environmental and Social Impact, AXA Group (France)
    • Jessica Anne de Almeida Bastos, Director, Brazilian Insurance Confederation (SUSEP) (Brazil)
    • Patricia Coimbra, Director, People & Culture, Porto Seguro (Brazil)
    • Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aviva Group (UK)
    • Kate Ryan, Strategic Partnerships Manager, International Transition Plan Network (ITPN)
    • Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    16:10 Launch presentation of WWF policy brief on the global insurance protection gap

    • Aaron Vermeulen, Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International (Netherlands)
    • Fireside chat with Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    16:30 Break
    16:50 Insuring a resilient nature-positive future

    Launch presentation: PSI Working Group for Nature global guidance series and new report, “Breaking Ground: Getting practical with nature practical examples of assessing nature-related issues in underwriting portfolios

    • Aurelie Fallon Saint-Lo, Head of Sustainable Underwriting, AXA Group (France)
    • Frederic Olbert, CFO & Co-Founder, CarbonPool (Switzerland)
    • Monica Zuleta Diaz, Corporate Director of Sustainability, MAPFRE (Spain)
    • Hiroko Urashima, Senior Sustainability Specialist, MS&AD Insurance Group (Japan)
    • Chip Cunliffe, Senior Director, Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance
    17:50 Insuring a just transition

    Launch presentation: UNEP FI just transition report on the Latin American insurance industry

    • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP

    Speakers:

    • Mabyr Valderrama, Deputy Director, Federation of Colombian Insurers (Fasecolda) (Colombia)
    • Soenke Kreft, Executive Director, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) (Germany)
    • Richard Choularton, Director, Climate & Resilience Service, World Food Programme (WFP) (USA)
    • Craig Pettengell, Insurance Co-Lead, Climate High-Level Champions (UK)
    • Nick Robins, Senior Director, Climate Finance and Private Sector at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
    • Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    18:50 Closing Remarks

    • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    19:00 Networking Reception 

     

     

    21 November 2025  | Latin American Leadership & COP31 Day
    Time (BRT) Session
    09:30 Welcome remarks from CNseg and UNEP

    • Dyogo Oliveira, President, CNseg
    • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    09:45 Keynote addresses

    • André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 Presidency (TBC)
    • Ana Toni, COP30 Executive Director (TBC)
    • Laurence Tubiana, Special Envoy to Europe, COP30 Presidency and President, European Climate Foundation (TBC)
    • Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
    10:30 Break
    10:45 From Belem to COP31: Perspectives and commitments

    • Caixa Seguros
    • Francis Bouchard, Managing Director for Climate, Marsh McLennan (USA) (TBC)
    • Delano de Andrade, CEO, BB Seguros (Brazil)
    • Breno Gomes, CEO, MetLife Brasil (Brazil)
    • Andre Andrade, Brazilian Ministry of Environment (Brazil)
    11:45 Closing Remarks

    • Claudia Prates, Sustainability Director, CNseg
    • Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP

     

     

     

    Sara Jane Ahmed
    Founder, Financial Futures Center, and Advisor to the V20 Group of Finance Ministers (Climate Vulnerable Forum)

    André Andrade
    Program Director, Executive Secretariat, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

    Butch Bacani
    Head of Insurance, UN Environment Programme

    Franck Baron
    President of International Federation of Risk & Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA)

    Claudine Blamey
    Group Director of Sustainability, Aviva

    Francis Bouchard
    Managing Director for Climate, Marsh McLennan

    Catherine Chazal
    Head of Environmental and Social Impact, AXA Group

    Richard Choularton
    Director, Climate & Resilience Service, World Food Programme (WFP)

    Patricia Coimbra
    Patricia Coimbra, Director, People & Culture, Porto Seguro

    André Corrêa do Lago
    Vice-Minister for Climate, Energy and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil / COP30 Presidency

    Chip Cunliffe
    Senior Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

    Jessica Anne de Almeida Bastos
    Director, Brazilian Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP)

    Hassan El-Shabrawishi
    Chief Executive Officer, AXA International Markets Member & AXA Group Management Committee Global

    Aurélie Fallon Saint-Lô
    Head of Sustainable Underwriting, AXA Group

    Maria de Fátima Lima
    Director of Sustainability, MAPFRE

    Patricia Freitas
    Chief Executive Officer, Prudential do Brasil Brazil

    Breno Gomes
    Chief Executive Officer, MetLife Brasil

    Ivan Gontijo
    Chief Executive Officer, Bradesco Seguros

    Liz Henderson
    Head of Global Climate Advisory, Aon

    Sönke Kreft
    Executive Director, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

    Michel Lies
    Chairman, Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland)

    Frédéric Olbert
    Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder, CarbonPool

    Dyogo Oliveira
    Director-President, Brazilian Insurance Confederation (CNseg)

    Tomé Pedroso
    Advisor to the Executive Committee, Fidelidade and Co-Leader, Fidelidade Impact Center for Climate Change

    Craig Pettengell
    Insurance Co-Lead, Climate High-Level Champions

    Claudia Prates
    Sustainability Director, CNseg

    Nick Robins
    Senior Director, Finance and Private Sector at World Resources Institute (WRI)

    Kate Ryan
    Strategic Partnerships Manager, International Transition Plan Network (ITPN)

    Ana Toni
    Executive Director, COP30

    Laurence Tubiana
    Special Envoy to Europe, COP30 Presidency and President, European Climate Foundation

    Hiroko Urashima
    Senior Sustainability Specialist, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

    Mabyr Valderrama
    Deputy Director, Federation of Colombian Insurers (Fasecolda)

    Delano Valentim de Andrade
    Chief Executive Officer, BB Seguros

    Aaron Vermeulen
    Finance Practice Leader, WWF International Global

    Mónica Zuleta Díaz
    Corporate Director of Sustainability, MAPFRE

    Recognized as the “Insurance Embassy” at COP30, the Casa do Seguro (“House of Insurance”) will serve as a dynamic hub for knowledge exchange, strategic dialogue and partnership-building—showcasing the insurance sector’s pivotal role in advancing the global climate and nature transition.

    Located just a few meters from COP30’s main conference site, the 1,600 m² pavilion will provide an immersive experience throughout the entire duration of the Conference (10–21 November 2025). The venue will host government authorities, business leaders and international organizations, fostering collaboration and innovation across the insurance and financial communities.

    The COP30 Global Sustainable Insurance Summit will be the flagship event of the House of Insurance, bringing together global leaders to demonstrate insurance industry leadership in driving a just transition to inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies.