Join us for a series of four panel discussions on COP30, the Amazon, and climate: “COP30 Belém: Why does it matter? What’s the most we can hope for? How can we make that happen?“. Panelists and audience members will have a chance to learn about the UNFCCC COP process; learn why the Amazon is critical and complicated for climate progress; discover some of the things that Brazilian and international organizations are doing to reduce emissions, enhance community resilience, and promote sustainable development; and learn more about ways to have an impact on the COP negotiations and climate goals more broadly.
February 21, 10am ET/ 12pm AMT: The State of Climate Negotiations, and Why COP30 is Important
This is the first installment of a 4-part webinar series. This event is on the state of climate negotiations, and why COP30 is important for multilateralism, for global progress on climate, for Brazil and the Amazon, and for civil society goals for COP30. Timmons Roberts and Marcela Vecchione will moderate, and we will be joined by Harjeet Singh of of Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, Maureen Santos of People’s Summit, and Socioenvironmental Platform BRICS Policy Center and Rachel Cleetus from Union of Concerned Scientists.
March 14, 11am ET/ 12pm AMT: The Amazon and Climate Change – Physical and Social Elements
This session brings together experts to discuss the natural science of the Amazon, the contributions of Indigenous knowledge to conservation efforts, and the broader implications for global climate action. This webinar is part two of a four-part series on the road to COP30 and what we can expect from the negotiations. Lise Tupiassu will moderate, and we will be joined by Francisco de Assis Costa of Federal University of Para, Ana Felicien of the Institute of Amazonian Agriculture/National Indigenous Experimental University of Tauca (UNEIT), and Carlos Nobre of University of Sao Paulo and Amazon Third Way Initiative/Amazonia 4.0 Project.
April 4, 11am ET/ 12pm AMT: How to have an impact – Civil Society and Social Movements Perspectives
April 25*, 11am ET/ 12pm AMT: Subnational Climate Politics in the Amazon *(POSTPONED FROM MARCH 28)
