Sesssion Desription
COP30 in Belém marks a historic first: a UN Climate Conference hosted in the Amazon, a region where climate impacts and solutions converge. In response to the Brazilian Presidency’s call for a global mutirão, a collective effort to accelerate climate action, the Neighbourhood of the Mutirão for Cities, Water and Infrastructure comes to life.
This inaugural event will formally launch the Neighbourhood, a 100sqm space composed of 4 pavilions, celebrating its vision and setting the tone for the two weeks of events that will take place in the space during COP30. This event will bring together high-level representatives aligned with the COP30 Presidency Agenda, especially Axis 4: Cities, Infrastructure and Water. By placing people and territories at the center of climate discussions, the neighbourhood aims to generate lasting impacts before, during, and after COP30.
Key expected outcomes include:
- Greater recognition of the urban agenda as central to climate action within COP30 discussions and outcomes.
- Strengthen water security, sound water management and water risk reduction as climate solutions within UNFCCC dialogues as well as contribute to advancing the operationalization of water-related COP Presidency initiatives and cooperative ventures
- Greater integration of disaster-resilient infrastructure into national adaptation strategies, along with positioning resilient infrastructure as an investment priority, can unlock the ‘resilience dividend’ and drive adaptation finance.
- Greater integration of the buildings and cooling sectors' pivotal role in climate action.
- Stronger visibility and voice for cities and regions as climate actors, working in alignment with national governments and global frameworks.
Agenda
Facilitated by Ambassador Antonio da Costa, Ministry of Cities of Brazil
| Item | Presenters | Timing |
1. Introduction | Ambassador Antonio da Costa, Ministry of Cities of Brazil | 2 mins |
2. Opening by convening ministers of Brazil
| Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister of Cities Waldez Góes, Minister of Integration and Regional Development Renan Filho, Minister of Transportation Gleisi Hoffman, Chief Minister of Institutional Relations | 8 mins |
| 3. Opening by the pavilions’ hosts | Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director; and Yves-Laurent Sapoval, French Urban Envoy, GlobalABC Co-Chair (for Buildings and Cooling pavilion)
Anaclaudia Rossbach, UN-Habitat Executive Director, and Gino Van Begin, ICLEI President (for Cities and Regions Hub)
Tanmay Kumar, Secretary, MoEFCC, Government of India (for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure pavilion)
Thomas Rebermark, Director of the Swedish Water House (for Water for Climate pavilion) | 10 mins |
| 4. Ribbon cutting and a photo moment with all speakers |
| 5 mins |
| 5. Cocktail reception |
| 65 mins |
Explore more about the Neighbourhood via the official announcement here.
This page will be updated as more details become available. Check back soon for additional information on speakers, timing, and session details.
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