Brazil Enters Final 100-Day Push to Make COP30 a Turning Point for Climate Action

August 5, 2025

8:08 am

Brazil’s COP30 Presidency is intensifying preparations to position Belém as a global hub for climate implementation from November 10–21.
The strategy centers on four pillars — negotiation, action agenda, mobilization, and leadership summit — with Circles, Councils, and Special Envoys driving inclusive, solutions-focused outcomes.
A new roadmap aims to mobilize $1.3 trillion in climate finance for developing countries by 2035, alongside initiatives on adaptation, forests, and finance.

Scaling Up for a Decisive COP

With 100 days until COP30, Brazil is accelerating its “global mutirão” to cement the conference as a catalyst for a new decade of climate implementation.

COP30 President-Designate André Corrêa do Lago emphasized: “When it comes to climate change, there is no path forward but together. This moment demands that we deepen our trust and belief in the power of multilateralism.”

The preparations focus on turning multilateral collaboration into concrete solutions, ensuring the Amazonian host city of Belém becomes the epicenter of climate ambition and action.

Circles, Councils, and Special Envoys

Inclusive governance structures are central to Brazil’s approach:

Circle of Ministers of Finance — 35 countries shaping policy on climate finance, multilateral bank reform, and regulatory frameworks, feeding into a joint COP29-COP30 $1.3 trillion roadmap.
Circle of Former COP Presidents — past leaders refining Paris Agreement implementation mechanisms.
Circle of the Peoples — Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and traditional community leaders ensuring broader participation and transparency.
Special Envoys — regional and thematic advocates linking COP30 to diverse sectors.
Councils — expert bodies in economics, science, AI & innovation, and adaptation advising on key issues.

COP30 CEO Ana Toni stressed:

“The Circles, Councils, and Envoys have been instrumental in breaking silos, aligning agendas, and turning complexity into action.”

Negotiations and Action Agenda

Progress in Bonn set the stage for substantive talks in Belém, including:

Indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation.
Advancing Just Transition frameworks.
Completing the Paris Agreement’s Global Stocktake.

The Action Agenda — spanning six thematic axes and 30 objectives — is mobilizing governments, businesses, and civil society to bridge commitments with practical solutions. COP30’s Climate High-Level Champion Dan Ioschpe is ensuring private sector engagement, while Youth Climate Champion Marcele Oliveira is driving grassroots mobilization.

The Next 100 Days

Key milestones before November include:

August — Latin American and Caribbean Environment Ministers’ meeting in Mexico.
September — Leaders’ Summit on NDCs co-hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and President Lula during the UN General Assembly.
October — ASEAN meeting in Malaysia and Pre-COP in Belém.

Priority areas — adaptation, forests, and finance — will be anchored by initiatives such as the Tropical Forest Forever Facility to secure large-scale biome protection with predictable funding.

“Our focus is to consolidate contributions into concrete solutions and substantive negotiation outcomes, ready to make COP30 a platform of implementation and collective action,” said Toni.

Brazil’s message is clear: in the next 100 days, it’s not just about preparing a conference — it’s about laying the foundations for a decade of decisive climate action.