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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
Under the Radar: Territorial and Regulatory Security Risks in Brazil and Colombia
Date: November 11
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 (Federal Police); Juan Garzón (researcher).
Access: http://bit.ly/3WxoCTt
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
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Safe, Just, and Systemic: Science-Based Pathways for Climate Policy
Date: November 12
Time: 9:00 -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
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Launch of the White Paper "Private Sector Roadmap for a Sustainable Amazon"
Date: November 12
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Estação Amazônia Sempre – Museu Goeldi (Armazém 4A, Complexo Porto Futuro II)
Access: With registration confirmation http://bit.ly/3X4MoGE
Speakers: Robert Muggah (Instituto Igarapé) Denis Minev (COP30 Special Envoy), Valmir Ortega (Belterra), Joanna Martins (Manioca), James Scriven (CEO, IDB Invest)
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
Speakers: TBC
Access: With registration http://bit.ly/4ns6mpL
From Investment to Impact: The Role of the Private Sector in Restoring Priority Territories
Date: November 13
Time: 15:10-16:40
Location: Forest Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó (Igarapé); TBC
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Presentation of the Flagship Publication – Amazonia: Strategies to Foster Resilient and Sustainable Growth
Date: November 13
Time: 15:30 - 16:30
Location: IDB Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó; Anabel González; other high-level panelists
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
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
Access: With registration confirmation http://bit.ly/47iozkM
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)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó (Igarapé); Bernardo Strassburg (IIS); Jack Hurd (WEF); Avinash Persaud (IDB); Rita Mesquita (Brazil Ministry of Environment)
Registration: Access with Blue Zone accreditation
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
Speakers: Maria Eduarda Assis (Igarapé); Tony Lent (Capital for Climate)
John Colas Vice Chair, Oliver Wyman Financial Services Americas
Access: With registration at the World Climate Summit
Bioeconomy Panel – Why and How to Scale the Bioeconomy in the Amazon?
Date: November 14
Time: 18:45 - 19:45
Location: Bioeconomy Park (Porto Futuro II – Belém)
Speakers: Ilona Szabó (Instituto Igarapé); Manoel Serrão (Funbio); other participants to be confirmed
Access: With registration https://bit.ly/49C5w6k
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
Speakers: Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé); Rodrigo Bottero (FCDS)- TBC
Mauricio Cabrera, Former Vice-Minister, Colombia – TBC
Access: With registration confirmation https://bit.ly/3Lm9mGC
Derisking Innovation for Biodiversity and Natural Capital
Date: November 17
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: IDB Lab (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Robert Muggah; Constanza Gómez Mont (C Minds)
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Public Security, Climate Justice and Organized Crime in the Amazon
Date: November 10
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Public Prosecutor’s Office Pavilion (Green Zone)
Speakers: Melina Risso; Daniel Azeredo; Lincon Aguiar; Lívia Pagotto
Access: Open to the public
Innovative solutions for strengthening 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; moderated by Caio Borges
Access: Not informed
La gobernanza en las áreas transfronterizas de la Amazonia noroccidental
Date: November 11
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: Estação Amazônia Sempre – Museu Goeldi
Speakers: Maryi Serrano; Melina Risso; César Gamboa Balbín; Moderator: TBD
Access: With registration at the Museum
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)
Speakers: Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé)
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
The Role of the Justice System in Addressing Environmental Illicit Activities — Panel 1
Date: November 12
Time: 09:00 - 11:30
Location: MP-PA Auditorium
Speakers: Melina Risso; Brenda Brito; Daniele Galvão; moderated by MP-PA (to be confirmed)
Access: With prior registration https://ceaf.mppa.mp.br/app/learning/courses/oficina-colaborativa-sobre-aprimoramento-de-estrategias-legais-para-combater-ilicitos-ambientais-presencial
Strengthening regional cooperation against illegal gold mining in the Amazon: traceability as a strategic tool
Date: November 12
Time: 13:45 - 14:45
Location: Brazil Pavilion – Green Zone (Espaço Jandaíra)
Speakers: Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé); Luis E. Fernandez (CINCIA); Humberto Freire de Barros (PF); Eduardo Bizzo (BNDES); Daniela Pereira Madeira (CNJ)
Access: Not informed
Confronting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region: from recognizing challenges to collective action
Date: November 18
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
Access: Not informed
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: CAF/OTCA Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Alex Castro; Roberto Reis Monteiro Neto; Mauricio Cabrera Leal; Melina Risso
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
State Efforts to Combat Environmental Crimes in the Legal Amazon
Date: November 19
Time: 12:15 13:30
Location: Legal Amazon Consortium Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé)
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Launch of the CDESC Index on Territorial Vulnerabilization
Date: November 19
Time: 14:00
Location: UNODC Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Melina Risso (Instituto Igarapé)
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Territories in Resistance: Confronting the Complex Network of Crimes
Date: November 19
Time: 14:45 - 16:15
Location: COP do Povo (Room 4)
Speaker: Laura Trajber Waisbich (Instituto Igarapé)
Access: Open to the public
Strengthening regional cooperation to dismantle environmental crime and reduce risks in the Amazon
Date: November 20
Time: 16:15 - 17:15
Location: RCF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Julia Almeida (moderator); Brenda Brito; Laura Trajber Waisbich; Andrés Velasco; Adam Forbes; Rodrigo Botero, Alex Castro (to be confirmed).
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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 (Instituto Igarapé); representatives of the governments of Brazil and Colombia; EMBRAPA; University of Oxford; University of Lancaster; Greenpeace; SOS Mata Atlântica; WWF
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Reimagining Climate Governance for Justice and Implementation
Date: November 12
Time: 11:15 - 12:15
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele (Instituto Igarapé); Caroline Rocha (LACLIMA); Leonardo Nemer Brant (ICJ); Kaveh Guilanpour (C2ES)
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Critical mineral-crime connection in the Amazon Basin
Date: November 12
Time: 10:00
Location: Science Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Speakers: Robert Muggah; Olivia Lazard
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Intergenerational town hall: the Global South lights the way to the future Set 2 – Equity & Power
Date: November 13
Time: 14:05 - 14:20
Location: Casa TED
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele (Instituto Igarapé); Mwanahamisi Singano (Pan-African Feminist)
Access: By invitation only – to be confirmed
Voices of the Amazon at the COPs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Date: November 13
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Location: Session Room (Full Court) – TRT-8, Travessa Dom Pedro I, Umarizal, Belém
Roundtable co-organized by Instituto Igarapé, NUPI, CCCA, COIAB, COICA and IPAM
Access: With registration confirmation https://bit.ly/3Jqh8ig
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)
Speakers: Giovanna Kuele; Carlos Alvarado; Gene Leon; GWL Voices representative; Patricia Espinosa; Laurence Tubiana (TBC); Nisreem Elsaim.
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation
Climate–Nature Synergies: Strategic Insights for COP30 and Beyond
Date: November 17
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Location: Global South Office (Blue Zone)
Roundtable co-organized by Instituto Igarapé and Ambition Loop
Access: By invitation only
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 (Instituto Igarapé); other participants TBC
Access: With Blue Zone accreditation