Partner Events and Roundtables
The Climate Action Innovation Zone brought together a diverse ecosystem of leaders, innovators, and change-makers who drove real progress towards a net zero, nature-positive future.
Alongside the flagship Sustainable Innovation Forum and Climate Implementation Summit, a dynamic programme of partner events took place across three days, hosted by leading organisations, coalitions, and initiatives shaping the global climate agenda.
Attendance was by application only, with places reserved for senior professionals, decision-makers, and sustainability experts whose work aligned with the mission of advancing climate implementation and collaboration.
Participants joined partner events within the Climate Action Innovation Zone at COP30 and contributed to the collective action shaping our shared future.
06 November 2025
Sustainable Mining and Energy Transition: Unlocking Investments and Fostering Brazil’s Potentialities in the Sector
- 6 November 2025
- 17:00 - 18:00
The roundtable aims to present the highlights of the study “Brazil’s Role in the Global Agenda of Strategic and Critical Minerals” and discuss the main opportunities and requirements to develop... [more]
Private Sector Mobilization for Resilient Growth
- 6 November 2025
- 16:30 - 18:00
This high-level event will convene multilateral development banks (MDBs), private-sector leaders, and institutional investors to advance concrete strategies and partnerships that unlock private capital for climate-resilient growth across Latin America... [more]
Private Sector Engagement in Climate Projects
- 6 November 2025
- 15:30 - 17:00
Private sector engagement for climate actions is crucial for reaching the climate goals. The International Climate Initiative (IKI) is a funding programme of the German government that promotes climate protection... [more]
Financing Urban Climate Solutions for a Just and Inclusive Transition – The Lagos Case for Global Cities
- 6 November 2025
- 14:00 - 15:00
This high-level private roundtable will spotlight Lagos State’s leadership in driving Africa’s subnational climate finance agenda. As Africa’s largest and most dynamic megacity, Lagos is pioneering scalable models that translate... [more]
Decarbonization Pathways in the Agri-Food Industries
- 6 November 2025
- 12:30 - 14:00
The energy transition and climate impacts present significant challenges as well as opportunities for the agriculture sector and their supply chains. What do corporates, banks, and insurers need to know... [more]
Scaling Impact through Collective Action in Agricultural Value Chains
- 6 November 2025
- 12:30 - 13:30
This roundtable will convene leaders from business, finance, development and policy to explore how collective action can unlock scalable impact across agricultural value chains. Participants will discuss how to align... [more]
Building Inclusive Digital Infrastructure for Sustainable Growth
- 6 November 2025
- 11:30 - 12:30
This Roundtable, hosted by ai71, will explore how emerging technologies and digital public infrastructure can foster inclusive and sustainable growth across both developing and developed economies. As governments and industry... [more]
Charting a Net-Zero Course: Leveraging Meteo-Oceanographic Intelligence for Low-Carbon Navigation
- 6 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:00
The roundtable will examine how advanced environmental data and real-time forecasting can accelerate decarbonization in maritime transport. With shipping responsible for 3% of global GHG emissions and the IMO targeting... [more]
Unlocking $5 billion to accelerate regenerative landscapes in Brazil: What will it take?
- 6 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:00
As part of the COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes initiative, in 2025 the LAB has established itself as the leading hub for private sector-led, multistakeholder alignment on pathways for... [more]
Closing the Resiliency Gap: Accelerating Climate Adaptation
- 6 November 2025
- 09:30 - 10:30
Today, the world invests only one-third of what’s needed to protect people and assets from climate hazards—a resiliency gap that leaves billions at risk as temperatures rise toward 2°C. Proven,... [more]
A Climate Journey for financial institutions in Latin America & the Caribbean
- 6 November 2025
- 09:30 - 11:00
This roundtable will serve as a space for the discussion of climate strategies, through practical examples from regional peers, to reinforce climate leadership and transition financing efforts across Latin America’s... [more]
07 November 2025
Carbon Measures Executive Breakfast
- 7 November 2025
- 08:00 - 09:30
Partner organizations of the Carbon Measures Coalition are invited to have their executives attend this meeting. The future programming of the coalition and its next steps will be the topic... [more]
Climate transition plans: connecting corporates, investors and governments
- 7 November 2025
- 08:45 - 11:00
The roundtable will explore the intersections and feedback loops between corporate transition plans, transition finance and climate policy, including jurisdiction-specific sector transition plans. It will bring together finance, investment, business,... [more]
Pragmatic Business Solutions for Carbon Accounting and Emission Reductions
- 7 November 2025
- 09:00 - 12:00
COP30 arrives at a critical moment for global policymakers. The world needs more energy to drive human prosperity. It also needs to lower greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change.... [more]
Financing Africa’s Green Transition: Empowering Local Solutions for Global Impact
- 7 November 2025
- 09:00 - 10:30
This session explores how locally driven innovation and subnational action are accelerating Africa’s green transition. As the continent’s largest economic hub, Lagos is pioneering scalable climate solutions that bridge policy,... [more]
Mobilizing Sustainable Capital for Climate and Development
- 7 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:00
As the world prepares to come together at COP30 to continue to pursue climate action, there is an opportunity to focus on how to pursue climate objectives whilst supporting socioeconomic... [more]
From Sustainability to Scalability: Role of Capacity-building and A Perspective from EMDEs
- 7 November 2025
- 11:30 - 15:00
Sustainability has been gaining momentum in most countries over the past decade, driven by a confluence of factors including evolving policies, technological advancements, and increasing global awareness of sustainability challenges,... [more]
Energy, Food, and Water: The Climate Nexus of Resilience
- 7 November 2025
- 12:30 - 14:00
Companies face rising exposure to the physical impacts of climate change, with $25 trillion in cumulative financial impact on the world’s largest companies due to changing climate exposure. Despite this... [more]
Nature Metrics Piloting Stories: nature measurement in action
- 7 November 2025
- 12:30 - 13:30
The Nature Positive Initiative is hosting a Roundtable to share the latest updates on the development of universal, credible and practical State of NatureMetrics. As the piloting phase wraps up,... [more]
Nature at the Core: Reimagining Forestry for a Resilient Future
- 7 November 2025
- 14:00 - 15:00
This private session will convene high-level diverse stakeholders that operate across forestry value chains globally to exchange material business opportunities enabled through sustainable forest management and nature-smart operations. Designed as... [more]
Innovative low carbon land use models: cattle ranching as part of the solution
- 7 November 2025
- 14:00 - 15:00
This roundtable will bring together key figures in the field to explore regenerative livestock farming as an effective low-carbon land use model. The session will feature Mariama Vendramini, who will... [more]
Nature Data as Infrastructure: Innovation for Scalable, Finance-Ready Action
- 7 November 2025
- 15:30 - 16:30
As the COP30 Action Agenda pivots from ambition to implementation, one persistent barrier remains: nature is under-measured, under-priced and under-utilised in decisions. Unlike climate, where carbon accounting, markets, and data... [more]
Next Gen Sustainability: Designing the solutions for tomorrow’s chemical industry
- 7 November 2025
- 15:30 - 16:30
With growing climate concern and increasing regulatory complexity, the chemical industry needs to take a leading position in innovating solutions to support the next generation of sustainable products. We will... [more]
Navigating a resilient low-carbon transition: Exploring the strategic roles and coordination of central banks and finance ministries
- 7 November 2025
- 15:30 - 16:30
Navigating a resilient low-carbon transition: Exploring the strategic roles and coordination of central banks and finance ministries This event marks the official launch of the Network for Greening the Financial... [more]
Founders vs. Future: Startups pitching solutions to South America’s toughest sustainability challenges
- 7 November 2025
- 16:30 - 18:15
Get ready for Founders vs.Future – a high-energy pitch event spotlighting the next wave of sustainability innovation. Co-hosted by Ambev and the 100+ Accelerator, this official side event of the... [more]
Unlocking Climate Capital: widening the policy toolkit and accelerating the use of blended finance in EMDEs for clean energy and broader climate action
- 7 November 2025
- 16:30 - 18:30
The roundtable will convene senior experts and decision-makers from governments, central banks and financial authorities, as well as representatives from bilateral donors, MDBs and other DFIs, the private sector, academia,... [more]
08 November 2025 - Climate Implementation Summit
Please note side events on this day are exclusively for attendees of Climate Implementation Summit
Driving the Low-Carbon Transformation: The Business Case for Powershoring, Clean Energy and Sustainable Biofuels
- 8 November 2025
- 10:15 - 12:15
This event is for attendees of Climate Implementation Summit. Context: The energy transition and the decarbonisation of industrial value chains and international transport are no longer optional climate actions —... [more]
Scaling the role of Philanthropy for Climate Action in Brazil
- 8 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:30
Please note this event is invite only. Context: The climate crisis is reshaping economies, ecosystems, and societies worldwide. Brazil has a pivotal role in shaping responses to these changes. With... [more]
From Capital Markets to Adaptation on the Road to Belém+10
- 8 November 2025
- 13:40 - 15:40
This event is for attendees of Climate Implementation Summit. Global climate finance reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2023, yet the scale of investment still falls far short of what is... [more]
Nature Finance and Sustainable Land Use
- 8 November 2025
- 16:00 - 17:30
This event is for attendees of Climate Implementation Summit. The global transition to a low-carbon economy requires unprecedented capital flows into naturebased solutions, regenerative agriculture, and sustainable land use. Brazil... [more]
08 November 2025
From Concept to Capital: Unlocking finance for industrial development in Brazil
- 8 November 2025
- 08:00 - 11:00
This event will bring together key Brazilian and international partners to highlight how innovative mechanisms are accelerating industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen development in Brazil. It will showcase how three complementary... [more]
Nature Positive Future: Aligning People, Planet and Prosperity
- 8 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:00
As the world shifts from ambition to implementation, the Nature Positive agenda—aimed at stopping and reversing the loss of nature by 2030—must be central to the global climate response. This... [more]
Implementation Dialogue Enabling Business and Government to Move Faster Together
- 8 November 2025
- 11:00 - 12:30
This private roundtable will bring together a small group of forward-looking government, business, and finance leaders to explore how aligned countries and companies can better coordinate to accelerate sustainable growth... [more]
Where Capital Will Flow Next: Scaling Corporate-Sponsored Nature-based Solutions
- 8 November 2025
- 11:30 - 12:45
A curated showcase of corporate-led Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Brazil that are ready to scale and open for investment. Drawing from the COP30 Brazil NbS Capital Mobilization Survey (Deloitte Brazil... [more]
Copper and the Energy Transition
- 8 November 2025
- 12:30 - 14:00
S&P Global is leading a new study called “Copper in the Age of AI” that assesses the strategic importance of copper amid surging global demand despite a widening supply gap.... [more]
From Plans to Progress: Finding common pathways and the next frontiers for aligned action.
- 8 November 2025
- 13:30 - 14:30
Join Unilever, Inter IKEA Group, and ERI for a dynamic 60-minute workshop exploring how Corporate Climate Transition Action Plans (CTAPs) can be better aligned with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to... [more]
The Materiality Mindset: Transforming Assessments into Strategic Opportunities
- 8 November 2025
- 14:00 - 15:00
In today’s complex climate and regulatory landscape, materiality is becoming central to how companies should plan, invest, and report on their sustainable transition plans. Yet, too often, materiality assessments remain... [more]
The Emissions Reduction Accelerator (ERA): High-Level Roundtable: Unlocking Business Value Through Value Chain Decarbonization
- 8 November 2025
- 15:30 - 16:30
This closed-door roundtable will bring together senior executives from WBCSD member companies, partners, and invited guests to discuss how the Emissions Reduction Accelerator (ERA) can help translate global ambition into... [more]
