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Igarapé at COP30: check out our agenda
The Igarapé Institute arrives at COP30, in Belém, with a full agenda of events, debates, and launches. Our presence combines high-level discussions with concrete proposals for nature finance, combating environmental crime, and strengthening global climate governance.
Together with governments, communities, the private sector, academia, and multilateral organizations, we will present studies and initiatives to protect the forest and its peoples, unlock responsible investments, and expand regional and global cooperation.
Below you can find our agenda (subject to updates), organized into three main areas. Click on each theme to see the full schedule of events:
NATURE FINANCE
Event name: Under the Radar: Territorial and Regulatory Security Risks in Brazil and Colombia
Date: November, 11th
Time: 09:30 - 10:30
Location: Estação Amazônia Sempre – Museu Goeldi
Speakers: Yanê Amoras Lima (AIC); Robert Muggah (Igarapé Institute); Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé); Humberto Freire (Polícia Federal); Juan Garzón (researcher).
Registration: http://bit.ly/3WxoCTt
Event name: Nature on the Balance Sheet – Process and Roadmap
Date: November 11
Time: 10:00 - 11:15
Location: Japan Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Naoko Ishii, Hiroyuki Isono, Shigeo Nakamura, Carlos Nobre, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Mark Gough
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: The Amazon Assessment Report 2025: Connectivity of the Amazon for a Living Planet
Date: November 11
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Science Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Safe, Just, and Systemic: Science-Based Pathways for Climate Policy
Date: November 12
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Location: Science Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Sandrine Dixson-Declève; Johan Rockström; Wendy Broadgate; Fatima Denton; Carlos Nobre; Ilona Szabó de Carvalho; Laura Pereira; Tim Lenton
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: White Paper Launch: “A Private Sector Roadmap for a Sustainable Amazonia”
Date: November 12
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Estação Amazônia Sempre – Museu Goeldi (Armazém 4A, Complexo Porto Futuro II)
Registration: http://bit.ly/3X4MoGE
Speakers: Denis Minev; to be confirmed
Event name: Scaling Nature Finance with the Nature Investment Lab – Unlocking Nature Finance: From Risk to Scalable Investment Pathways
Date: November 13
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Location: Assembleia Paraense – Av. Almirante Barroso, 4614, Belém
Registration: http://bit.ly/4ns6mpL
Event name: From Investment to Impact: The Role of the Private Sector in Restoring Priority Territories
Date: November 13
Time: 15:10 - 16:40
Location: Forests Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Secretariat of Biodiversity, Ministry of the Environment – Thiago Belote, Forests Director; Igarapé Institute – Ilona Szabó, President and Co-founder (TBC); Nestlé – Representative (TBC); Tetra Pak – Representative (TBC); Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB) / World Economic Forum – Representative (TBC)
Access: Upon accreditation in the Blue Zone
Event name: Presentation of the Flagship Publication – Amazonia: Strategies to Foster Resilient and Sustainable Growth
Date: November 13
Time: 15:30 - 16:30
Location: Pavilhão do BID (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó; Anabel González; other high-level speakers
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Cocktail Reception: DeriskingAmazonia
Date: November 13
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Location: Museu das Amazônias (Armazém 4A, Complexo Porto Futuro II, Reduto)
Speakers: Ilan Goldfajn, Ilona Szabó, Marcelo Medeiros
Registration: http://bit.ly/47iozkM
Event name: From Risk to Opportunity: Financing High-Integrity Restoration in Tropical Forests
Date: November 14
Time: 16:45 - 18:15
Location: Side Event Room 5 (Blue Zone)
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: World Climate Summit – Fireside chat 9B: MRV That Moves Money – Nature Tech for Credits, Compliance and Claims
Date: November 14
Time: 15:00 - 15:30
Location: Assembleia Paraense – Av. Almirante Barroso, 4614, Belém
Registration: Participation subject to World Climate Summit registration
Event name: Bioeconomy Panel – Why and How to Scale Bioeconomy in the Amazon?
Date: November 14
Time: 18:45 - 19:45
Location: Parque da Bioeconomia (Porto Futuro II – Belém)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó; Manoel Serrão (Funbio); others to be confirmed
Registration: To be confirmed
Event name: Transforming Illicit Economy Ecosystems into Green Enterprise Ecosystems in Brazil and the Amazon Basin
Date: November 17
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: CasAmazônia – Tv. Campos Sales, 752, Campina, Belém
Registration: https://bit.ly/3Lm9mGC (upon confirmation)
Event name: Derisking Innovation for Biodiversity and Natural Capital
Date: November, 17th
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: IDB Lab (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Robert Muggah; Constanza Gómez Mont (C Minds)
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Event name: Confronting Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon Region: From Recognizing Challenges to Collective Action
Date: November 8
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Location: CCCA Climate Hub (Casa CCCA) – Rua Dr. Malcher, 421, Cidade Velha, Belém – PA
Speakers: Melina Risso; Rodrigo Botero; Mauricio Cabrera Leal; Dubán Canal; Andrea Sarmiento
Registration: Not informed
Event name: Public Security, Climate Justice and Organized Crime in the Amazon
Date: November 10
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Pavilhão do Ministério Público (Zona Verde)
Speakers: Melina Risso; Daniel Azeredo; Lincon Aguiar; Lívia Pagotto
Registration: Open to the public
Event name: Innovative Solutions to Strengthen the Rule of Law in the Amazon
Date: November 10
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: CasAmazônia – Tv. Campos Sales, 752, Campina, Belém
Speakers: Melina Risso; Robert Muggah; Rodrigo Agostinho; Izabella Teixeira; Paulo Amaral; Tasso Azevedo
Moderator: Caio Borges
Event name: Governance in the Northwestern Amazon Border Areas
Date: November 11
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: Estação Amazônia Sempre – Museu Goeldi
Speakers: Maryi Serrano; Melina Risso; César Gamboa Balbín
Moderator: TBD
Registration: Registration at the Museum
Event name: The Role of the Justice System in Combating Environmental Crimes — Panel 1
Date: November 12
Time: 09:00 - 11:30
Location: Auditório do MP-PA
Speakers: Melina Risso; Brenda Brito; Daniele Galvão
Moderator: MP-PA (to be confirmed)
Event name: Strengthening Regional Cooperation Against Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon: Traceability as a Strategic Tool
Date: November 12
Time: 13:45 - 14:45
Location: Pavilhão Brasil – Zona Verde (Espaço Jandaíra)
Speakers: Melina Risso; Luis E. Fernandez; Humberto Freire de Barros; Eduardo Bizzo; Daniela Pereira Madeira
Registration: Open to the public
Event name: From Illegal Extraction to Organized Crime: Regional and Global Challenges of Gold Mining for Security and Governance in the Amazon
Date: November 18
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Pavilhão CAF/OTCA (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Alex Castro; Roberto Reis Monteiro Neto; Mauricio Cabrera Leal; Melina Risso
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: State Efforts to Combat Environmental Crime in the Legal Amazon
Date: November 19
Time: 12:15 - 13:30
Location: Legal Amazon Consortium Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Melina Risso
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Launch of the CDESC Index on Territorial Vulnerabilization
Date: November 19
Time: 14:00
Location: Pavilhão do UNODC (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Laura Trajber Waisbich
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Dismantle Environmental Crime and Reduce Risks in the Amazon
Date: November 20
Time: 16:15 - 17:15
Location: Pavilhão RCF (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Bram Ebus (moderator – to be confirmed); Brenda Brito; Laura Trajber Waisbich; Andrés Velasco; Adam Forbes; Rodrigo Botero
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Event name: From Trade-offs to Synergies: Aligning Climate and Biodiversity Policies
Date: November 11
Time: 13:15 - 14:45
Location: Side Event Room 4 (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Laura Trajber Waisbich; government representatives from Brazil and Colombia; EMBRAPA; University of Oxford; University of Lancaster; Greenpeace; SOS Mata Atlântica; WWF
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Reimagining Climate Governance for Justice and Implementation
Date: November 12
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Pavilhão das Fundações Climáticas Regionais (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele; Caroline Rocha; Leonardo Nemer Brant; Patricia Espinosa (TBC); Michał Kurtyka (TBC)
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Critical Minerals Event
Date: November 12
Time: 17:00
Location: Science Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Robert Muggah; Olivia Lazard
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: 2025 Brazil Town Hall – UNF
Date: November 13
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Location: Casa TED
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele
Registration: By invitation only – to be confirmed
Event name: Voices of the Amazon at COPs: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Date: November 13
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Location: Sala de Sessão (Tribunal Pleno) – TRT-8, Travessa Dom Pedro I, Umarizal, Belém
Registration: https://bit.ly/3Jqh8ig (upon confirmation)
Event name: Aligning Ambitions from FfD4 to COP30: Financing a Fair, Equitable and Inclusive Future
Date: November 15
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: SDG Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone
Event name: Climate–Nature Synergies: Strategic Insights for COP30 and Beyond
Date: November 17
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Location: CECG Office Space (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele
Registration: By invitation only
Event name: Toward a Coherent Climate Architecture: Linking Multilateral Reform to Local Resilience
Date: November 19
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Location: SDG Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele
Registration: Access with accreditation for the Blue Zone