FGVces at COP30
We have a long track record of participating in the Conferences of the Parties (COP), but since 2011 the Center for Sustainability Studies at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGVces) has served as an “observer organization,” a category reserved for institutions engaged in research, teaching, outreach, and capacity-building on issues related to climate change.
At COP30, our presence will once again reflect what we do through applied research and our engagement with topics that are essential to the Conference:
- Impact-oriented research: For 20 years, we have contributed to the formulation of corporate strategies and public policies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. We also help develop fairer value chains and encourage companies, investors, and financial institutions to align their strategies with sustainability principles.
- Presence in the Amazon: We work directly in territories, including in the Brazilian Amazon. The Juruti Sustentável project, launched in 2006, generated territorial development indicators built from listening to communities affected by large-scale projects. This practice has become part of the Center’s DNA, which has carried out projects in Jirau and Belo Monte and, more recently, in the BR-319 corridor in the state of Amazonas.
- Education for sustainability: Through formal and informal teaching and learning processes, we train people to act strategically in complex systems, respecting planetary boundaries, confronting social inequalities, and reinventing people-centered organizations and economies focused on well-being and good living.
- Knowledge dissemination: Through social media, events, and media engagement, we bring the debate on socioenvironmental issues to the broader public in clear and compelling language.
Below you can follow FGVces activities, news, and updates. You can also explore our curated content designed to support governments, companies, academia, and civil society in implementing the COP30 Action Agenda.
Blue zone
12 Nov | 11:30 AM–1:00 PM | UN Global Compact Pavilion
Nov 12 | 6:30–8:00 p.m. | Side Event Room 3
This event brings together diverse perspectives around a shared vision of resilience, justice, and cultural continuity. At its core are four interconnected themes that guide the conversation and collective experience:
Climate justice and inclusive decision-making, ensuring the full participation and leadership of Indigenous peoples in charting pathways for climate and development.
Intergenerational transmission of ancestral knowledge as the foundation for cultural resilience and adaptive governance.
South–South and transcontinental cooperation, connecting voices and experiences from the Amazon, the Pacific, and Africa in a spirit of solidarity and shared purpose.
Arts and heritage as instruments of climate diplomacy, fostering empathy, dialogue, and systemic change through creative and cultural expression.
Together, these themes set the tone for the session—celebrating the land and its guardians, connecting generations and continents, and reimagining our shared future through culture and justice.
13 Nov | 11:00–12:00 | Finland Pavilion
14 Nov | 1:00–2:00 PM | CNI Booth
Nov 17 | 1:15–2:45 p.m. | Side Event Room 6
The Making Finance Work for Climate Coalition—representing 40% of global financial assets and more than 500 public development banks across developed and emerging markets—will host a discussion on scaling both the quantity and the quality of climate finance for emerging markets and developing economies.
18 nov | 16:00 | Spain Pavilion
Nov 19 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | UN Global Compact Pavilion
Nov 19 | 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | World Climate Impact Hub Pavilion
Nov 20 | 5:15–6:15 PM | Food Roots and Routes Pavilion
Green zone
12 Nov | 5:00–6:00 PM | Ministry of Tourism Pavilion
Nov 14 | 10:00–11:00 a.m. | iCS – Belém+10 Space: Climate, Nature, and Development
14 Nov | 3:00–4:00 PM | CNT Pavilion (National Confederation of Transport)
Nov 17 | 10:00–11:00 a.m. | City Park | Caixa Space
Nov 17 | 2:00–6:00 PM | Federal Prosecution Service Pavilion
19 Nov | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Development Station
The purpose of this session is to discuss the role of the business sector in building a just, inclusive, and integrity-driven transition. Acknowledging that the climate crisis requires consistent responses, the debate will demonstrate that corporate engagement in the face of the climate emergency must interconnect other structural pillars – such as integrity, human rights, and socio-environmental justice – positioning them as the foundations of a fair and sustainable economy.
Panelists:
Jean Michel – Executive Manager of Social Promotion at SEST SENAT
Marcela Greggo – Project and Services Manager at Instituto Ethos
Marina Ferro – Executive Director at InPACTO
Marina Esteves – Researcher at the Environmental Policy and Economics Program (PEA) at FGVces
COP do Povo (People’s COP)
Nov 12 | 8:30–10:00 AM | Hybrid
The session aims to reflect on and highlight civil society strategies to address future extreme events and strengthen climate resilience in traditional territories across the Amazon — a region historically marked by pressures and threats.
Organizations and community leaders will share concrete lessons from the responses to extreme droughts, criminal fires, and deforestation that affected the Amazon between 2023 and 2024. In the context of COP30, the discussion seeks to contribute to advancing climate justice — inseparable from the protection of territories and the rights of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and small-scale farmers.
This collective initiative is co-organized by the Independent Territorial Monitoring Network (Rede MTI), Center for Sustainability Studies of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGVces), Indigenous Territorial Monitoring Management of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (GEMTI/COIAB), Agro é Fogo Initiative, and the Forests and Finance Coalition.
Casa Arapyaú
Nov 20 | Closing Roundtable of the COP
Casa Arapyaú – Cazamazônia: Tv. Campos Sales, 752 – Campina, Belém – PA, 66015-090
FGVces is aligned with COP30’s priority in Belém: accelerating the large-scale implementation of climate solutions, an objective anchored in 30 specific targets in its Action Agenda. To make this shift from ambition to execution a reality, there is a critical demand for practical knowledge, reliable data, and robust tools from governments, the private sector, and civil society.
Recognizing this need, FGVces is providing a strategic selection of its intellectual output, including research and methodologies, to offer the technical support required for implementing the Action Agenda.
October 31 | Event in São Paulo
Road to COP 30: Connecting Cities and Nature
This Friday, 10/31, the São Paulo City Hall, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, promotes the meeting “Road to COP30: Connecting Cities and Nature”.
The event will feature a program full of activities and panels, one of which will be mediated by Jessica Chryssafidis, a researcher at FGVces (Restoration of urban ecosystems through urban and peri-urban agriculture). Free registration.
October 16 | Event
Webinar COP30: what should we know and what can we expect?
Mediated by researcher Tainá Holanda, the webinar brought together specialists, leaders, and organizations from the Amazon to discuss the functioning of the COP, expectations for COP30 in Belém, and the importance of social participation in the climate agenda. The recording is available on the FGVces YouTube channel. Check it out!
October 02 | Informative
COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon and the expectations of civil society
Despite the growing participation of leaders from indigenous peoples and traditional communities in COP spaces, their influence on official decisions on the climate agenda is still insufficient, as highlighted in the latest informative report from the Independent Territorial Monitoring Network (MTI).
September 30 | Event
Road to COP30: governance perspectives for climate adaptation and financing
Mariana Nicolletti, coordinator of the FGVces Adapta program, participated in the event promoted by IBGC and Chapter Zero Brazil. On the occasion, two panels were promoted, curated by FGVces and ANBIMA, and the launch of the 3rd edition of the Board Scorecard.
September 24 | Press
From carbon to resilience: Brazil at the forefront of corporate reporting on adaptation
In an article published in Valor Econômico, Mariana Nicolletti, from FGVces, explains why the pioneering initiative in adaptation reporting will strengthen the integration between public policies and private strategies and can transform climate risk management into an opportunity
September 12 | Podcast
Podcast Let's Talk, Café com Pesquisa | COP30 in Brazil
Marina Esteves, from FGVces, and Caroline Rocha, from LACLIMA, discuss the main themes that will be on the agenda at COP30, such as the updating of NDCs, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the Global Goal on Adaptation, and the paths for climate financing.