The COP30 United Nations climate change summit
The 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP30 will be held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025.
Some of the key areas of discussion at COP30 are likely to include implementing updated national climate plans (NDCs), reviewing progress on the Global Stocktake, advancing climate finance, and ensuring a just transition away from fossil fuels.
In the lead up to, and during COP30, staff from the Grantham Research Institute, the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx), the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre and the Just Transition Finance Lab will be taking part in events and publishing reports and articles related to topics under discussion at the summit. This page will be regularly updated in the lead up to and during COP30.
COP30 and beyond: what was achieved in Belém?
Join us online for our Post COP30-review on Wednesday 26 November 2025
News, announcements and commentaries
How much can business contribute to financing climate resilience? (LSE Business Review) November 2025
Adaptation does not keep pace with increasing climate impacts – October 2025
Turning promises into progress: why NDCs need clear implementation plans – June 2025
Pre-COP30 events
21 October 2025
From headwinds to pathways: navigating just transition finance ahead of COP30
This event marks the launch of the report Headwinds and Structural Constraints: Mapping forces challenging just transition finance.
27 October 2025
Unlocking climate action opportunities: progress amid geopolitical turbulence
This event will serve as a timely preview of the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP), offering insights into where meaningful progress can be made on international climate action.
5 November 2025
The growth story of the 21st century: the economics and opportunity of climate action
This event marked the publication of a new book by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern in which he challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development. During this lecture Nicholas Stern called on leaders, businesses, and individuals alike, ahead of the COP30 climate change summit to take the future in their hands, and recognise that delay is the riskiest option of all.
Events in São Paulo, Brazil
Check details here of events hosted or co-hosted by Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx) during the pre-COP discussions in São Paulo, Brazil.
Events at COP30, Belém
Monday, 10th November 2025
Climate Litigation in Amazon
14:00-15:15 (local time/GMT-3)
SEMAS/PA Pavillion
Joana Setzer will be speaking at this event.
Tuesday, November 11 at 14:30-16:00
Adaptation Gap Report 2025
14:30-16:00 (local time/GMT-3)
Special side event room 4 (Paraná)
This event marks the launch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP’s) Adaptation Gap Report 2025 “Running on empty” on the global progress on adaptation planning, finance and implementation
Timo Leiter will be speaking at this event.
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Measuring the results of MDB Just Transition Activities
11.00-12.00 (local time/GMT-3)
MDB Pavilion, COP30 Blue Zone
Organised by the Multilateral Development Bank Just Transition Working Group.
Jodi-Ann Wang will be speaking at this event
Accelerating climate implementation: scaling action through NDCs and technology development and transfer
15:00-16:30 (local time/GMT-3)
Side Event Room 8, Hangar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Belém, Brazil
This session will focus on accelerating climate policy implementation through data and advanced tools (including a scalable digital tool for Brazil) and the improvement of the UNFCCC’s Technology Mechanism, featuring the role of climate technology development and transfer.
Speakers:
- Dr Michal Nachmany (CEO and Founder, Climate Policy Radar)
- Dr Joana Setzer (Associate Professor Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics)
- Marcelo Poppe (Leader of projects, LaClima)
- Pedro Ivo (Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) TBC
Tracking corporate and national climate action for investors
17:00-17:45 (local time/GMT-3)
Finnish Pavilion, Hangar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Belém, Brazil
This event will begin with a presentation of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre’s climate assessment tools to evaluate the performance and 1.5C alignment of companies and countries. The presentation will include an overview of the key findings of our latest flagship reports: State of the Corporate Transition 2025 and State of the Sovereign Transition 2025 (forthcoming). The public and private sectors must take coordinated action to reduce emissions to net zero and greater focus on the intersection and synergies between corporate and national transition planning will be key.
A panel including international perspectives will discuss the findings of these two reports and discuss how transition planning, including at the sectoral level, can be coordinated across stakeholders. This event will inform attendees about how governments and companies are planning to implement their climate goals, drawing on the TPI Centre’s data, while exploring the ways in which these complementary analyses can inform each other.
Speakers:
- Anna Salminen, Chief Specialist, Finland Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Rahul Ghosh, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Moody’s
- Flávia Bedicks, Policy Lead – ESG, CDP
- Moderator: Antonina Scheer, Deputy Director for Policy, TPI Centre at LSE
Thursday 13 November 2025
IPCC – Assessing impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in the Seventh Assessment
11:30-13:00 (local time/GMT-3)
Side Event Room 2
This event will provide an update on the progress of work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC’s) Working Group II contribution to the Seventh Assessment Report with an insight into the vision and the science to be assessed by the Bureau and incoming lead authors.
Spekers: Chair, IPCC; Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II; Vice-Chair for the IPCC WGII; Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 18 (Prof. Carmen Lemos); Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Technical Guidelines on Assessing Adaptation (Dr. Timo Leiter)
Legal and governance innovations for ambitious just transitions: Learning from design and implementation
11:30 – 12:30 (local time/GMT-3)
Spanish Pavillion
Moderator: Lara Lázaro Touza. Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.
Speakers:
- Alina Averchenkova. Distinguished Policy Fellow / London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Asa Hjálmarsdóttir. Member of Parliament / Iceland
- Andrés Ávila. Executive Director of Environmental Policy and Legislation / POLEA / México.
- Lara Lázaro Touza. Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute / Spain.
- Marina Estrada Muñiz. Generación Clima Spanish Youth Delegate / UNICEF Young Advisory Group / Spain
The event will be broadcast live via the Fundación Biodiversidad YouTube channel
Competitiveness, cost of living and cutting emissions: Can policy do it all?
11:30-13:00 (Paris time/GMT + 1)
OECD COP Virtual Pavilion – joining details can be found here
This session will present the OECD’s new Effective Carbon Rates report. Following the presentation, experts will share their views on the above issues, offering perspectives on how to ensure effectiveness and efficiency given increasing policy diversity.
Misato Sato will be speaking at this event
Scaling Impact: Evolving Blended Finance Models for Energy Transitions Aligned with SDGs
16.45-18.15 (local time/GMT-3)
Side Event Room 3, COP30 Blue Zone
Organised by the UN Joint SDG Fund.
Jodi-Ann Wang will be speaking at this event
Friday 14 November 2025
Investing in sovereign climate action: Outlook from COP30
09:00-10:00 (local time/GMT-3)
Korean Pavilion, Hangar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Belém, Brazil
This session will spotlight the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre’s “State of the Sovereign Transition 2025” report alongside the release of the latest sovereign assessment data for 85 countries on the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool.
Following a presentation on the latest developments in sovereign climate action, with a focus on Korea and its regional peers, panellists will explore the policies and governance structures needed to make Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) investable and accelerate transition finance flows. They will also reflect on the ongoing COP30 negotiations and how they may shape the next decade of investment opportunities. Insights from academic research combined with practitioners’ perspectives will foster an open dialogue among decision makers driving the low-carbon transition.
Speakers:
- Claudia Gollmeier, Head of Investment Management APAC & MEA, Managing Director, Singapore, Colchester Global Investors; Chair, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Sovereign Debt Advisory Committee; Co-Chair, ASCOR
- Peter van der Werf, Head of Active Ownership, Robeco
- Sang Hyun Kwak, Director, Future Vision and Strategy Division, Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Moderator: Antonina Scheer, Deputy Director for Policy, TPI Centre at LSE
Register here to follow the livestream for this event
Leveraging Climate Finance (CF) Flows in a Changing Geopolitical World to Mobilise Resources for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
11:00-12:00 (local time/GMT-3)
NDC Partnership Pavilion, Belém, Brazil
Organiser: South Africa Presidential Commission on Climate
Jodi-Ann Wang will be speaking at this event
Legal and governance innovations for ambitious just transitions: Learnings from design and implementation – UNFCC side event
11:30—13:00 (local time/GMT-3)
Side Event Room 9
Reflecting on essential climate governance functions the panel will discuss instruments to enhance ambition and policy coherence, limit backsliding & foster public participation while ensuring a just transition away from fossil fuels and towards socially acceptable renewable deployment.
Speakers:
- Alina Averchenkova | Grantham Research Institute, LSE
- Andrés Ávila | POLEA
- Aparajita Banerjee | IDOS Research
- Julián Martínez Bejarano | Just Transition Institute, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
- Lara Lázaro Touza | Elcano Royal Institute
Adjudicating Climate Disputes in a New Era: Implementation and Conciliation
13:00-14:25 (local time/GMT-3)
Online event – check here for joining details
How is the landscape of climate change related disputes evolving in light of recent Advisory Opinions, and what is the role of conciliation – the default of most States under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement in resolving such disputes? How can different forms of dispute settlement assist in addressing climate reparations?
Legal roundtable event jointly hosted by International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), LSE’s Grantham Research Institute; Global Network for Human Rights & Environment; Université Laval; Caribbean Environ Law Unit, Faculty of Law, Univ West Indies at Cave Hill.
Joy Reyes will be speaking at this event.
Corporate net zero accountability: how do we get there?
15:00 -15:50
Australian Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
How can governments combat greenwashing and enhance high-integrity corporate and financial climate efforts? What tools and mechanisms can help move beyond target-setting towards implementation? Accountability mechanisms are an emerging area of climate policy that seek to turn climate commitments into net zero delivery. Building on insights from the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy’s second report (formally launched at COP30 on 11 November 2025), this panel will discuss key policy developments and regulatory trends.
Panel members:
- Jacqueline Peel (moderator) Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, University of Melbourne.
- Helena Viñes Fiestas, Commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority and Chair the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Spanish Financial Markets Authority and Co-chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy.
- Nathan Fabian, Co-chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Principles for Responsible Investment.
- Ciyong Zou (TBA), Deputy to the Director-General and Managing Director of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
- Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.
- Kaya Axelsson, Head of Policy and Partnerships at Oxford Net Zero.
Legal Research and Climate Change
17:00-18:00
Instituto de Ciências Jurídicas – Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
This academic panel discussion will reflect on the Advisory Opinions on the climate emergency.
Joana Setzer will be a panellist at this event.
Saturday, 15th November 2025
Higher Education for Climate Action Pavilion
16:00-17:15
Blue Zone
This event will focus on the knowledge, research and science needed to build a case to hold corporate polluters accountable in a litigation setting.
Joana Setzer will be speaking at this event.
Tuesday 19 November 2025
Building Green Investment Pathways for Global South Regions
11:15 – 12:15 (local time Belém, Brazil)
RCF Pavilion, COP30, Belém
Organiser: International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST), India
Jodi-Ann Wang will be speaking at this event
Our team at COP30
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director and Interim Executive Director of the Just Transition Finance Lab
Joana Setzer
Associate Professorial Research Fellow
Timo Leiter
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Antonina Scheer
Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director, Policy – TPI Global Climate Transition Centre
Jodi-Ann Wang
Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance)
Jameela Joy Reyes
Policy Officer
Eleonore Soubeyran
Policy Fellow
Nick Godfrey
Distinguished Policy Fellow (Public Finance and Economics)
