2025 Agenda

In their opening remarks, the High-Level Climate Champion alongside WBCSD, CEBDS and SBCOP leaders will highlight what the priorities are for the global private sector and the need of strategic collaboration to deliver transformative solutions to build a prosperous, safe, inclusive, sustainable future for all.

In their opening remarks, representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, UNEP-FI, PRI, IFC and GCF will explore the recommendations of the Baku to Belém Roadmap and other pathways to unlock and redirect finance for the climate transition in emerging and developing economies.

This session will bring together leaders who played an important role in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement to reflect on what is needed to redirect efforts to implementation and to successfully deliver the solutions to secure a safe and prosper future for all.

As COP30 marks a decisive shift from negotiation to implementation, the agreements reached in Belém must now translate into credible business cases in boardrooms. This session designed by WBCSD will spotlight the new era ambitious business leaders are entering – defined by a pivot from isolated initiatives to aligned execution across entire value chains and in partnership with governments.

Leaders from business, finance, and government will explore together the shift from pledges to proof, focusing on the concrete actions that generate both economic value and measurable climate impact, ranging from demand-side policies and credible data systems to delivery-focused partnerships. Panellists will share how leading companies are turning ambition into execution, where coalitions are accelerating progress, and what is needed from COP30 to connect corporate action with national implementation – creating a reinforcing cycle of policy certainty, capital allocation, and market uptake. The outcome aimed for: A shared implementation agenda to scale emissions reductions, faster.

Climate finance is growing faster than ever, driven mainly by private capital. However, a significant financing gap persists. Despite progress, current emissions pathways still point to a 3.2°C temperature rise. A 4x investment scale-up is required. 

In addition to the increase in capital flows, there are distribution challenges, as certain regions and sectors are not getting the funding they need for mitigation and adaptation efforts. 

This session will explore what are the barriers to unlock finance to emerging and developing economies, how to unlock them and the role of the insurance industry as a critical piece to enable capital to flow.  

● Solution 1: Climate Bonds Initiative, presented by Sean Kidney, CEO at Climate Bonds Initiative
● Solution 2: Reinvest+, presented by Natalia Dias, Managing Director & Division Chief at IDB Invest
● Solution 3: Nature Investment Lab, presented by Maria Eugênia Buosi, Director at Climate Ventures
● Solution 4: Urbem, presented by Jorge Hargrave, Director at Marae Investimentos
● Solution 5: Accounting for Life: why your next P&L must measure more than profit, presented by Alexandre Leão, Sustainable Finance & Business Integration Lead at Natura

This session will examine pathways for transforming agrifood systems to deliver climate mitigation, resilience, food security and income for populations across diverse geographies. Panelists will highlight scalable innovations—such as land restoration, sustainable supply chains, integration of regenerative practices, climate-smart farming, among others —that can function as “super-leverage points” in the granary of solutions.

● Solutions 6: Announcement of Citrosuco PSA Carbon Agro Program, presented by Head ESG, Citrosuco
● Solutions 7: CCAT Announcement, presented by Daniel Brandão, partner and NbS Director at Vox Capital
● Solutions 8: Sustainable Landscapes Partnership, presented by Jon Banner, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Impact Officer at McDonald’s
● Solutions 9: Better Life Farming, presented by Gabriela Burian at Global Partnership Lead at Bayer
● Solution 10: Flora Journey: Danone’s regenerative agriculture initiative to mitigate climate change and strengthen resilience across milk chain, presented by Fabrice Salamanca, VP Global Public Affairs at Danone

This session will highlight strategies to halt and reverse deforestation, restore degraded ecosystems, and protect marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Speakers will focus on how finance, governance, integration of new metrics and methodologies and cross-sector collaboration are key to ensure an economy that is positive for people and nature.

● Solutions 11: Capital Mobilization for Nature-based Solutions, presented by Luciana Costa, Managing Director of Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Climate Change of BNDES
● Solution 12: Case Bank of America, presented by Alex Liftman, Global Environmental Executive at Bank of America
● Solution 13: Capital for Climate Mobilization Campaign, presented by Tony Lent, co-founder at Capital for Climate
● Solution 14: Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition, presented by Mauricio Bianco, Vice-President at Conservation International
● Solution 15: Biodiversity as a Platform for Breakthrough Innovation, presented by Stephani Saverio CEO & Founder at Nintx
● Solution 16: Rare Brasil, presented by Monique Galvão, Executive Director at Rare Brasil

This panel will explore the systemic transformations required to decarbonize three of the most emissions-intensive sectors: energy, industry, and transport. These sectors are at the core of the global economy—and at the heart of the climate challenge.

Through cross-sector dialogue, the session will highlight leading practices, scalable technologies, and enabling frameworks that can accelerate the transition to net zero. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of policy coherence, finance, innovation, and public-private collaboration to drive meaningful progress.

● Solution 16: Acelen, presented by Marcelo Nogueira, CFO at Acelen
● Solution 17: Energy + Opportunity Coalition, presented by Agnes Dasewicz, Chief Program and Investment OfficerGlobal Energy Alliance for People and Planet
● Solution 18: Circularity Leadership, presented by Anthony Watanabe, CSO at Indorama
● Solution 19: 80 Million Clean Cookstove Project, presented by Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Climate Change and Circular Economy

This panel will explore how cities, infrastructure systems, and water resources can be made more resilient in the face of increasing climate risks. As urban areas expand and climate impacts intensify, the need to invest in adaptive, inclusive, and future-ready solutions has never been more urgent.

The session will bring together leaders from government, finance, urban planning and philanthropy to explore strategies and ways of financing adaptation that protect people, assets, and essential services—while also enabling sustainable growth and improved quality of life

● Solution 20: Reduce embodied carbon in buildings through low carbon glass, presented by Emmanuel Normant, CSO at Saint-Gobain
● Solution 21: APEX Green City Tool – Mobilizing Green Investments in Cities, presented by Diep Nguyen Van Houtte, Senior Manager at IFC
● Solution 22: Regenera RS, presented by Marcel Fukuyama, co-fundador do Sistema B Brasil

Patricia Ellen (LatAm Partner of Systemiq) will host a dialogue with Bekoy Tupinambá, Indigenous activist.