UNEP FI played an active role at COP30, engaging policymakers on the key issues our members face as they work to decarbonize their businesses and help accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Events at COP30, November 10-21 2025, Belém, Brazil

 

10, 15 and 21 November | Global Sustainable Insurance Summit: Insuring the transition
Location: Confederação Nacional das Seguradoras’ House of Insurance

The COP30 Global Sustainable Insurance Summit took place at the Casa do Seguro (“House of Insurance”). Convened by UNEP FI in collaboration with the Brazilian Insurance Confederation, the Summit showcased insurance industry leadership in tackling climate change, nature loss and the protection gap. The programme included:

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

 

10 November | The Circular Economy: A Key Enabler of Climate Action | Virtual side event
Time: 14:00–15:00 CET
Location: Online

With half of global emissions linked to material use, the circular economy is a strategic enabler of climate action. This virtual session brought together banks, investors, and real-economy leaders to explore how responsible banking, global frameworks, and private-sector innovation can scale circular solutions and drive measurable impact across climate, nature, and social goals.

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11 November | Circular solutions for achieving climate goals
Time: 11:00–11:50 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Arena Caixa, Green Zone, Caixa Economica Federal Area 

Organized by UNEP FI, the discussion featured leaders from Caixa, First Abu Dhabi Bank, ING, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands, the Ministry of Finance Brazil and PromEC, exploring how financial institutions, policymakers, and businesses can integrate circularity into transition plans, investment criteria, and sectoral strategies.

 

11 November | Financing a Just and Circular Future for Critical Energy Transition Minerals | Virtual side event
Time: 14:00–15:00 CET
Location: Online

At the heart of the transition to a low-carbon future lie critical energy transition minerals, essential for producing, storing, and using clean energy. Yet, under current mining models, their extraction risks causing significant social and environmental harm. This virtual session explored how circular solutions and sustainable value-chain models can help address these risks and examined the frameworks needed to foster equitable and responsible finance across the minerals sector.

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11 November | Decarbonizing Buildings: A multi-stakeholder approach for financing the transition
Time: 14:00–15:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Buildings and Cooling Pavilion, Blue Zone

UNEP FI and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction brought together policymakers, financial institutions and industry leaders to explore how multi-stakeholder collaboration can accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and resilient buildings sector. The session shared practical examples highlighting key success factors for scaling up finance for renovation and green buildings.

 

12 November | Climate Change and the New Insurance Paradigm at the Allianz Insurance Forum
Time: 11:30–12:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Confederação Nacional das Seguradoras’ House of Insurance

UNEP FI joined a panel discussion exploring how the insurance sector is moving beyond traditional approaches by leveraging advanced climate modeling, tailored coverage solutions, data-driven insights, and innovative incentives to support business continuity and strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure and supply chains.

 

12 November | Sustainable Finance Summit
Time: 14:30–18:00 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Confederação Nacional das Seguradoras’ House of Insurance

The Summit brought together key stakeholders to discuss financing strategies for the climate transition; highlighting innovative solutions, sustainable financial instruments, and the development of new national and international partnerships. It was hosted by the three largest organizations in the Brazilian finance sector: the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association, the Brazilian Insurance Confederation, and the Brazilian Federation of Banks.

In addition to banks, insurers, and investors, the initiative brought together strategic partners, including UNEP FI, The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, Principles for Responsible Investment, and IDB Invest. UNEP FI spoke on Panel 1: Brazilian Ecological Transformation Plan: Contributions from the Financial Sector.

 

12 November | Finance Day at the Climate Action House
Time: 12:00–15:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Pomme D’Or, Av. Generalissimo Deodoro, 1513. Belém – PA 66035-090 

UNEP FI and Climate Action partnered to deliver a Finance Day to bring together C-suite level leaders from business, policy and finance. The day featured keynotes, dialogues, interviews, and panel discussions, followed by a networking lunch. Finance Day was chaired by Remco Fischer, Head of Climate at UNEP FI, and featured progress on net zero and developing country financing priorities, especially accelerating private finance for a Just Transition and building climate resilience.

 

12 November | Aligning Climate Action With Human Rights Obligations
Time: 13:15–14:45 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Side Event Room 2, Blue Zone 

Supported by UNEP FI, this event explored how COP30 outcomes on finance, loss and damage, adaptation, carbon markets, and just transition can align with states’ human rights obligations to cooperate and mobilize resources.

 

12 November | Sustainable Finance Forum – Sustainable Investments: Financing the climate transition
Time: 16:00–17:00 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: House of Insurance

UNEP FI spoke on this panel discussing mechanisms to strengthen the sustainable finance agenda in Brazil. The focus was on joint action between the public and private sectors, as well as strategies adopted by banks, investors and insurers to finance projects aligned with the transition to a low-carbon economy.

 

13 November | World Climate Foundation Investment COP
Time: 09:00–17:20 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Assembléia Paraense 

As the world convened for COP30, a critical challenge remained: mobilizing capital at the scale and speed necessary to drive a just, climate- and nature-positive transition. Investment COP – Belém 2025 responded to this urgency with a focused agenda on finance as a lever for implementation.

 

13 November | PRI and UNEP FI Pre-Finance Day Roundtable
Time: 09:15–10:15 BRT
Location: Assembléia Paraense

This roundtable was held during the Investment COP—hosted by the World Climate Foundation—and served as an informal gathering for financial institutions. Delegates had the opportunity to meet with senior PRI and UNEP FI representatives and hear expectations for the upcoming Finance Day on 15 November. Remco Fischer, Head of Climate at UNEP FI, was in attendance.

 

14 November | Finance Day — Aligning National Adaptation and Resilience Planning with Private Sector Investments
Time: 09:15–10:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Axis 4 Thematic Room, Blue Zone

UNEP FI joined the Atlantic Council to explore how National Adaptation Plans can spur investment in adaptation and resilience. UNEP FI hosted the second of two panels bringing the private sector perspective on this issue.

 

14 November | Making Transition Plans Work: Policy pathways for credible net zero finance
Time: 11:30–12:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Spanish Pavilion, Blue Zone

UNEP FI spoke at this session examining both the progress and persistent challenges in developing and implementing transition plans across large companies and financial institutions. The Net Zero Policy Taskforce’s new report was also presented, which UNEP FI helped develop.

 

14 November | Finance Day — Transition Plans: From planning to implementation and reporting
Time: 15:00–16:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: CASE House, BalacoolBar, Av Marechal Hermes – Praça Kennedy, 2 – Campina, Belém – PA, 66010-040

CASE is a coalition of leading Brazilian companies committed to advancing the nature and climate agenda through private sector engagement. CASE aims to showcase implemented and scalable solutions; promote cross-sector dialogue and mobilization; reaffirm Brazil’s potential in aligning economic development, sustainability, and social justice. UNEP FI presented our work with members on transition planning.

 

14 November | COP30 Dialogues: Insurance, Climate and Nature
Time: 15:40–16:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Confederação Nacional das Seguradoras’ House of Insurance

UNEP FI joined a panel discussion on insurance for nature-based solutions. The focus of the panel was to discuss climate challenges and the role of the insurance sector, with a focus on developing innovative products and practices to mobilize investment and corporate action toward climate mitigation and adaptation.

 

15 November | Advancing Taxonomy Interoperability to Catalyze Private Capital Mobilization
Time: 09:00–10:00 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Action Agenda Pavilion – Axis 6 Thematic Room, Blue Zone

This event, organized by the Taxonomy Roadmap Initiative, SBCOP, and IDFC, showcased results and solutions related to sustainable finance taxonomies, including the new Principles for Taxonomy Interoperability, Global Taxonomy Mapper, and Taxonomy Roadmap Initiative. The activity was part of the COP30 Action Agenda, led by the COP30 Presidency, in partnership with the High-Level Climate Champions and the Marrakech Partnership.

 

15 November | Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean: The role and levers of financial institutions
Time: 14:30–15:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Just Transition Pavilion, Blue Zone

UNEP FI released its Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) report at this event where the discussion was on how financial institutions operating in LAC can embed a just transition approach into their corporate governance, strategy, and operations, while also responding to the needs, challenges, and opportunities of the region.

 

17 November | The Process of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Insurance Sector
Time: 10:00–11:00 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: House of Insurance

This panel brought together local and international experts to share insights, compare experiences, and develop practical recommendations across the Brazilian insurance ecosystem. UNEP FI spoke about our work with our insurance members on emissions reduction.

 

17 November | Unlocking Finance for Climate: From the Baku to Belem Roadmap to Systems Transformation
Time: 13:15–14:45 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: COP30 Blue Zone Side Event Room 7 

UNEP FI co-hosted this high-level dialogue convening representatives from governments, public development banks, international organizations, and the private financial sector to explore how finance can drive systems-level transformation in support of the Baku to Belém Roadmap and the Sharm el-Sheikh Dialogue.

 

18 November — Investors Resilience Challenge introduction: Mobilizing Private Finance for Climate Adaptation
Time: 12:30—13:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Action Room 4, Blue Zone

UNEP FI as secretariat of the Adaptation & Resilience Investors Collaborative launched the Investors Resilience Challenge on 10 November calling on greater alignment and scaling of adaptation finance by Development Finance Institutions and Multilateral Development Banks. This session presented the framework and discussed investment case studies.

 

19 November | Promoting adaptation measures and addressing climate risks
Time: 10:30–12:00 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: IDFC Pavilion, Blue Zone

UNEP FI presented the Principles for Responsible Banking Practical Guidance on Implementing Adaptation and Resilience.

 

19 November | Climate and Biodiversity Challenges: How can the finance sector respond?
Time: 11:30–12:30 BRT (UTC-3)
Location: Brazil Presidency Pavilion, Blue Zone

This session explored how financial institutions can integrate biodiversity considerations and ecosystem protection into their strategies and investment decisions through innovative risk assessment policies and nature-positive investment approaches.

 

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