50 sq.m leading space in the Blue Zone of the UN Climate Change 'Conference of the Parties' where digital innovators meet with global climate community to showcase the potential of emerging tech for the implementation of the UN SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
Hosted annually in the Blue Zone by UNFCCC observer organizations with TOP global speakers offline & online
2-week events programme:
- Panels
- Workshops & Hackathons
- Awards
- Accelerators & Incubators
Topics:
- Finance & Impact Investing
- Climate Tech
- Energy Transition
- Africa
- Water & Oceans
- Biodiversity
- Blockchain & AI
- Youth Engagement
The Digital Innovation Pavilion (DIP) provides a platform for partners and sponsors to position business leadership on their priority topics.
Provide a platform for developing international and government relations, connecting with global climate innovation leaders from the UNFCCC and Climate Chain Coalition networks.
Enhance public relations for a global audience, strengthening partner’s brand as a global climate innovation leader.
Offer high-level speaking and outreach opportunities for partners and sponsors.
Networking Day
Monday, November 10
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Culture as Catalyst: How Art, Music & Technology Mobilize Climate Movements
Carolina Schneider Comandulli - Honorary Research Fellow, Anthropology Department/University College London
Movements are built not on data alone, but on story, song, and shared experience to build connections. This panel explores how technology can amplify the cultural forces - art, music, and storytelling - that transform environmental awareness into collective action. In collaboration with UCL-MAL, Flourishing Diversity, Earth Calling, Bridging Ventures, Selvagem and Global Artivism, we explore how multimedia methods can be used to cultivate global networks for climate action. We examine how digital innovation can deepen belonging, bridge disciplines, and support decolonising practices. Together, we imagine a future where technology nurtures the emotional and cultural ecosystems that make global movements effective.
Speakers:
- Joanna Little - Founder and Director of Music Matters and Earth Calling
- Prof. Rajiv Joshi - Leadership, Bridging Ventures | The B Team | Columbia Univ | C. Figueres | GCAP | Regeneration | Just Transition
- Jerome Lewis - Professor of Anthropology, University College London
- Anna Dantes - Editor and curator, Selvagem
- Scott Hill - Filmmaker, DJ, Vice-President, the Institute for the Development of Art and Culture (IDAC)
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Digital Public Infrastructure
Tuesday, November 11
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Together for Global Impact: Fostering Public-Private Collaboration
Luis Neves - CEO, GeSI
TCP aims to advocate for international partners to collaborate with us in promoting carbon reduction and highlighting the importance of leveraging technology for this purpose. We will work with the government, as well as domestic and international partners, to take collective action.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Paul Peng - Chairman, TCP (online)
- Lin-Yi Tsai - Director General, Climate Change Administration, MOENV (online)
- Jack Huang - Consultant, UN
- Bjorn-Soren Gigler - Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist (SNE), EU Commission
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Air Water Generation for All
Dr. Padmini Murthy MD, MPH - Professor Emeritus / Senior Director of Partnerships, AeroNero
The world is facing a water crisis at an unprecedented scale. Over 2 billion people already live in water-stressed regions, and by 2050, that number will surpass 60% of the global population. Water sources are drying up, centralized infrastructure can't reach remote or underserved areas, the use of water in microplastics, chemical leaching, and a growing environmental toll.
The panel organized by Aero Nero, a pioneer in AWG (Air Water Generation) at COP30 will convene leaders from Governments, Private and Public Sector to discuss the crucial role AWG technology plays in Leaving No One Behind by providing water for all always.
Speakers:
The panel organized by Aero Nero, a pioneer in AWG (Air Water Generation) at COP30 will convene leaders from Governments, Private and Public Sector to discuss the crucial role AWG technology plays in Leaving No One Behind by providing water for all always.
Speakers:
- Rasmus Stuhr Jakobsen - CEO, CARE Denmark
- Leah A. Dundon - Director Vanderbilt Climate Change Initiative, Vanderbilt University
- Olumide Idowu - Founder & CEO of International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI–Africa)
- Dr Spencer Thomas - Grenada’s Ambassador and Special Envoy for Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- Dr Sri Hari Govind MBBS, MPH, MS - Climate and Youth Advisor For Asia Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Official Press Conference of Digital Innovation Pavilion @ COP30 – Area D, Press Conference Room 2
Kenza Benmoussa - Climate entrepreneur, Impact Tides
Speakers:
- Miroslav Polzer - Founder and CEO, IAAI GloCha & Climate Chain Coalition
- Alexey Shadrin - Founder and CEO, Evercity
- Alberto J. Palombo - CEO @ Fomenta-X | Rotary@COP30 Chair - Rotary International / The Rotary Foundation / ESRAG
- Erdem Aksakal - Global Director Sustainability Product Marketing, SAP
- Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva - Coordinator for scientific and technological affairs and bilateral relations, Department of Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil COP30 Presidency (TBC)
1:15 - 2:30 PM
CODES Virtual Side Event on Harnessing Digital for Environmental Sustainability: Leveraging Common Action for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age
Digital technologies and AI can drive transformative climate and environmental action but only if deployed responsibly. This COP30 side event, organized by the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), will highlight concrete initiatives demonstrating how sustainable digitalization can accelerate NDC implementation and align with the Belém agenda.
Speakers:
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Speakers:
- Giovanna Aguiar - Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services
- Shadrack Ngene - Kenya Wildlife Secretary, Lusaka Agreement Task Force
- Dirk Messner, - Prof. Dr. President, German Environment Agency
- Golestan (Sally) Radwan - Chief Digital Officer, UNEP
- Reina Otsuka - Global Lead Digital for Planet, UNDP
- Jorge Laguna-Celis - Head, One Planet Network, 10YFP, UNEP
- Bjorn-Soren Gigler, PhD - Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist, European Commission
- Julia Fink - Advisor Twin Transition, Digital and Green Transformation, GIZ
- Robert Wagner - Environmental Data Scientist, German Environment Agency
- Odile Joblin - Programme Manager LEADS Programme, Future Earth
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3:30 – 4:30 PM
Digital Infrastructure for Systemic Climate Action: Building the Market for Regional Transitions
Sandrine Dixson-Declève - Co-President, Club of Rome
How can digital public infrastructure unlock systemic climate action? This session explores how open digital systems like CityCatalyst and key initiatives like URBind connect cities, industry, and finance—turning data into investable portfolios. Featuring insights from CHAMP Brazil, NetZero Cities, AI4Cities and the Collaborative for Systemic Climate Action’s COUGAR.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Kirsten Dunlop - CEO, Climate-KIC
- Dr. Martin Wainstein - Executive Director, OpenEarth Foundation
- Fernanda Scur - Pyxera Global
- Dusan Chrenek - DG CLIMA (Virtual)
5:00 – 6:00 PM
DPI for Climate Community of Practice Networking event (TBC)
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Day I
Wednesday, November 12
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Create Sustainable Resilience: A Digital Empowerment Journey for Industry
Bjorn-Soren Gigler - Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist (SNE), EU Commission
The session will focus on applications closely related to the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), virtual power grids, and energy storage technologies. This includes areas such as smart manufacturing, energy-saving management, process optimization, data governance, and carbon management. The goal is to drive internal corporate efforts towards a low-carbon, high-efficiency future through the adoption of technology.
Speakers:
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Speakers:
- Amy Ku - CSO, AUO (online)
- Alex Liu - Americas Region ESG Manager, Delta Electronics
- Grace Liu - CSO, Acer (online)
- Erdem Aksakal - Global Director Sustainability Product Marketing, SAP
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10:30 - 11:30 AM
Three Pillars, One Asset: Restores nature. Sustains communities. Removes carbon. "Beyond offsets."
Binka Le Breton - Director, Iracambi Rainforest Research Center, an award-winning author, environmentalist, and activist
The session introduces the Balance methodology, a peer-reviewed, scalable approach that integrates biodiversity, social equity, and climate mitigation. It demonstrates how nations can deliver on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement without relying on offsets. Led by Balance's founder, Daniel Morrell, a pioneering environmentalist and co-creator of the term 'carbon neutral', the event will explore how a new model of biodiversity-led climate action can transform national economies.
Keynote Speaker: Dan Morrell - CEO, Balance Eco
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Keynote Speaker: Dan Morrell - CEO, Balance Eco
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1:30 – 2:30 PM
Uganda Pearl Carbon Platform Presentation
David Gonahasa - Team Lead Industry 4.0+, at the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI Secretariat), Uganda
Uganda is taking a major step toward building sovereignty in climate finance with the launch of the Pearl Carbon Platform, a national digital system developed in partnership with Evercity.
The platform enables structuring carbon projects and has already onboarded ten flagship initiatives across forestry, agriculture, and energy. By introducing carbon forward contracts, it allows investors to trade credits today for future delivery, unlocking early-stage financing for impactful projects.
Join us to learn how the Pearl Carbon Platform is setting a precedent for other nations to establish digital, sovereign climate finance systems and empower local innovators to lead the low-carbon transition.
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The platform enables structuring carbon projects and has already onboarded ten flagship initiatives across forestry, agriculture, and energy. By introducing carbon forward contracts, it allows investors to trade credits today for future delivery, unlocking early-stage financing for impactful projects.
Join us to learn how the Pearl Carbon Platform is setting a precedent for other nations to establish digital, sovereign climate finance systems and empower local innovators to lead the low-carbon transition.
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
Payments for Environmental Services
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4:30 – 5:30 PM
Financing Early-Stage Nature-Based Solutions
Alexey Shadrin - Founder & CEO, Evercity
This session explores innovative financing mechanisms that enable early-stage nature-based solutions to scale from concept to impact. The discussion will highlight how investors, platforms, and project developers can work together to unlock capital for high-integrity climate projects.
Speakers:
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Speakers:
- Natasha Salmi - Analyst, ClimateAligned
- Sergey Ivlev - Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Vlinder
- Andrea Resende - Investment Manager, IMPACT Earth
- Laia Romero - CEO and Co-founder, Lobelia Earth
- Marco Andrés González Carantón - Co-Founder and CLO, BIOFIX (online)
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Africa Day
Thursday, November 13
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Prosper and Innovate: Digital Empowerment for Environmental Coexistence
Luis Neves - CEO, GeSI
Digital empowerment enables businesses not only to optimize their own operations but also to actively respond to external needs, playing a key role in improving community well-being. By utilizing innovative technology, we can not only strengthen social resilience but also empower islands and developing countries, collectively moving towards a more sustainable and equitable future.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Ewing Liu - Chief of Staff and VP of Sales, Leotek Electronics USA LLC (online)
- Nivaldo Gagliardo - Operation VP, ADATA, Technology Co., Ltd.
- Alex L. J. Shyy - Deputy Secretary General, ICDF
- Phoebe Chen - Founder, Taiwan Green Energy for Charity Association
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Africa Rising: AI & Innovation for a Climate-Smart Future
Kenza Benmoussa - Climate entrepreneur, Impact Tides
As the world accelerates toward digital and green transitions, Africa stands as a rising powerhouse, where AI, innovation, and investment converge to redefine the fight against climate change. This side event at COP30 will showcase the continent’s transformative potential to lead global sustainability through technology, creativity, and inclusive growth.
The dialogue will spotlight how AI driven solutions are unlocking new possibilities for climate resilience, from data-informed agriculture and smart water management to renewable energy optimization and impact finance. It will bring together African innovators, policymakers, investors, and youth leaders to share experiences, build partnerships, and attract investment toward climate-smart ecosystems.
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The dialogue will spotlight how AI driven solutions are unlocking new possibilities for climate resilience, from data-informed agriculture and smart water management to renewable energy optimization and impact finance. It will bring together African innovators, policymakers, investors, and youth leaders to share experiences, build partnerships, and attract investment toward climate-smart ecosystems.
Speaker:
- Erdem Aksakal - Global Director Sustainability Product Marketing, SAP
- Bjorn-Soren Gigler - Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist (SNE), EU Commission
- Genevieve Leveille - CEO, AgriLedge / COO, LiquidAcre
- Rushank Bardolia - Founding Partner, Green Earth Agro
- Jui Joshi - Senior Partner, Climate Collective
- David Dao - Researcher and entrepreneur, Founder and Executive Director, GainForest
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
One Digital Health and Integral Ecology: Fostering SDGs in the One Health Framework through Data
Domenico Vito - Climate Consultant, Environment and Health Data Analyst
This side event explores how the convergence of digital innovation, One Health, and Integral Ecology can advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognizing the interdependence between human, animal, and environmental health, the session highlights the importance of data-driven approaches to support early detection, prevention, and coordinated responses to global challenges such as pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change.Through case studies and digital platforms, participants will discover how interoperable data ecosystems—combining health informatics, environmental monitoring, and community-based citizen science—can enhance local resilience and global cooperation. The event draws on the One Digital Health framework and the ecological ethics of Laudato Si’ to promote a more integrated and equitable model of planetary health governance.
Panelists will discuss methodologies for harmonizing health and environmental data, the role of AI in biosurveillance, and digital inclusion strategies that ensure all communities benefit from technological progress. The session aims to inspire policies and partnerships that align digital transformation with ecological stewardship and human well-being, fostering a culture of care and sustainability across sectors and borders.
Speakers
Panelists will discuss methodologies for harmonizing health and environmental data, the role of AI in biosurveillance, and digital inclusion strategies that ensure all communities benefit from technological progress. The session aims to inspire policies and partnerships that align digital transformation with ecological stewardship and human well-being, fostering a culture of care and sustainability across sectors and borders.
Speakers
- Cristina Romanelli, WHO (online)
- Dylan Feldman, IES, The Genesis of the Paper
- Prof. Margherita Ferrante, University of Catania, Co-chair of the International One Health Conference
- Dr Gabriela Fernandez, MOC-LAB SDSU
- Roberta Ianna, MASE
- Dr. Jordi Serrano Pons, Planet Health Innovation network
1:30 - 2:30 PM
From Data to Action: Bridging the Twin Transition through South–South Collaboration
Julia Elisabeth Fink - GIZ
Data can turn climate pledges into measurable progress. Join us at the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavilion for a side event showcasing how countries like Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa use digital innovation to strengthen NDCs, GHG monitoring, and climate finance tracking. Together with ITU’s Green Digital Action, GIZ will explore how data and AI can bridge continents, foster South–South collaboration, and accelerate the Global Stocktake. Discover real examples of how digital tools are driving climate action — and how shared innovation can help countries deliver on their climate ambitions.
Moderators: Julia Fink (GIZ), Ana Gabriela Fernandez Vergara (ITU)
Speakers:
Moderators: Julia Fink (GIZ), Ana Gabriela Fernandez Vergara (ITU)
Speakers:
- Tomas Lamanauskas - DSG ITU
- Ian Mutai - CTO, Verst Carbon (Kenya)
- Lamine Diatta - Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition (Senegal)
- Alexandre Moraes – ANATEL (Brazil)
- Sonja Berdau – GIZ Brazil
4:15 – 6:15 PM
Official COP30 Side Event of DIP partners
"Empowering Youth & Community Climate Action & Carbon Markets with Digital Public Infrastructure"
"Empowering Youth & Community Climate Action & Carbon Markets with Digital Public Infrastructure"
Miroslav Polzer - Founder and CEO, IAAI Glocha
Showcasing how Digital Public Infrastructure empowers youth, communities, & climate entrepreneurs for verified climate action, circular economy, and carbon markets. integrates multi-stakeholder partnerships, links to COP30 Global Mutirão, Rotary, Digital Innovation Pavilion.
COP30 Blue Zone, Side Event Room 8
COP30 Blue Zone, Side Event Room 8
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Day II
Friday, November 14
9:30 - 11:30 AM
Formation of a Digital Platform for the Carbon Market in Central Asia
Dr. Bakhyt Yessekina - Member of the Green Council under the President of Kazakhstan, Director of the "Green Academy" REC
This session will explore the carbon potential of Central Asia and present the OECD’s digital platform for carbon market development. Organized by the Green Academy (Kazakhstan) in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and with the support of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), the discussion will focus on strengthening digital tools for GHG monitoring and certification.
Participants will analyze regional opportunities under Article 6 mechanisms and elaborate practical recommendations for establishing a digital carbon platform to enhance transparency, investor confidence, and cross-border cooperation in carbon markets.
Speakers:
Participants will analyze regional opportunities under Article 6 mechanisms and elaborate practical recommendations for establishing a digital carbon platform to enhance transparency, investor confidence, and cross-border cooperation in carbon markets.
Speakers:
- Mansur Oshurbayev - Vice-Minister, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Perumal Arumugam - Manager, Markets, Non markets and stake holder interaction, UNFCCC
- Jan-Willem van de Ven - Head of Policy, Green Climate Fund
- Kaiyrzhan Kozhayev - Chairman of the Board, JSC “National Space Company “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary”
- George Safonov - Key Expert, SIPA/IDDRI Project
- Peline Atamer - Director of the SIPA Program, OECD
- Christopher Gerry - Rector, University of Central Asia
- Damilya Tasmagambetova - Chief Editor, Information Agency "Caravan Info"
- Seitgali Galiyev - Head of the Digitalization Department, Institute of Mining Industry, Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Gani Nygymetov - Rector, Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Digital Integrity in Environmental Commodities and Carbon Markets
Ana María Zapata - Manager of Climate Change Consulting and Carbon Markets
Services at StoneX
Services at StoneX
Speakers:
- Nathalie Flores - Vice President of Carbon Markets, StoneX
- Wes Geisenberger - VP of Sustainability & ESG, Hedera Foundation
- Thomas Schroeder - Head of Environmental Products, EDF Trading
- Carlos de Martins - Chairman of the Board of ACX Brazil
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Digital Impact Bonds: Where Finance Meets Tech for Impact
Alexey Shadrin - CEO and Founder, Evercity
Speakers:
- Gerrit Sindermann - Executive Director - Green Digital Finance Alliance
- Bruce Keith - Co-Chief Sustainability Officer, Regia Capital
- Sean Kidney - CEO and Co-founder, Climate Bonds Initiative
- Arend Kulenkampff - Lead for Innovative Finance, NatureFinance
4:30 - 5:30 PM
The Future of Green Capital (In partnership with Top Tier Impact)
Alex Cornell du Houx - President, Co-Founder, Elected Officials to Protect America
This COP30 panel explores how finance, policy, and innovation can accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy. Alex Cornell du Houx introduces the One Earth Financial Framework for state and local partnerships. Kevin demonstrates AI-driven climate finance modeling to inform policymaking. Andrea Romero shares how New Mexico’s sovereign wealth fund can drive independence from oil and gas. Heather Buchanan offers a UK perspective on aligning banking with net-zero goals. Together, they outline how public policy and finance can unite to build a sustainable, resilient future.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Derek Gallo - Founder and Managing Partner, Dharma Investments
- Kevin Barrow - Founder, Stewards AI
- Andy Katz - Director at the East Bay Municipal Utility District in California
- Heather Buchanan - CEO, Co-Founder, Bankers for Net ZeroBest
6:00 - 7:00 PM
DIP Friends x TTI Reception
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Day II
Saturday, November 15
9:00 - 10:00 AM
AI-Powered Local Climate Action: Africa’s Resilience Revolution
Joseph Nganga - CEO and Founder, Africa Climate and Energy Nexus (AfCEN)
At COP30’s Digital Innovation Pavilion, this demonstration spotlights AfCEN – Africa’s AI-powered climate investment platform – and its use of hyperlocal data to drive climate resilience on the ground. See how African-led digital innovation – from Nairobi’s tech hubs to remote smallholder farms – accelerates project development, unlocks finance, and empowers communities. Targeted at investors, donors, and project developers, this session presents a new paradigm where local priorities meet global capital, proving that AI and localized data can transform climate action from the grassroots up.
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10:30 - 11:30 AM
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Innovation for Change: Digital Solutions for our Planet's Urgent Challenges
Moritz Zimmermann - GIZ/DGI Action
The Digital and Green Innovation (DGI) Action is a Team Europe project co-financed by the European Commission, Germany, and France, and implemented by GIZ, AFD, Expertise France, Enabel, EstDev, and RVO. DGI supports innovators with grants and technical as well as investment advisory to scale their solutions and organizes multi-stakeholder policy dialogues.
Organized in hybrid format at the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavillion, this session will serve as a showcase of the power of digital and green innovation to address our most urgent climate and environmental challenges. Hosted at the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavilion, the event will demonstrate solutions that are already making an impact on the ground.
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Organized in hybrid format at the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavillion, this session will serve as a showcase of the power of digital and green innovation to address our most urgent climate and environmental challenges. Hosted at the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavilion, the event will demonstrate solutions that are already making an impact on the ground.
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
Standardizing Carbon Markets: Improving Transparency and Traceability with AI, DLT & IoT
Jonathan Rackoff - Global regulatory & tech policy executive | Former White House lawyer and litigation partner | Advising on digital infrastructure, data governance, and emerging tech — from web3 & AI to ClimateTech & carbon markets
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4:30 - 5:30 PM
Culture as Climate Action: Music, Peacebuilding, and Global Community Resilience
Hosted by AmazonArt Foundation in partnership with Opus for Peace, this session positions music and the arts as a catalytic bridge for empathy and community-led climate action. It features Master Cellist and Rotary Peace Fellow Maestro Diego Carneiro, a Belém native and founder of AmazonArt, performing his original, interactive "Amazonian Elegy", accompanied by an original composition by Opus for Peace Co-Founder, John Waller. The performances will be followed by a 20-minute panel on the critical role of culture, music, and the arts in fostering peace and the collaborative spirit essential for effective localization of climate action globally—both reflecting core Rotary priorities.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Diego Carneiro - Founder, AmazonArt Foundation
- John Waller - Co-Founder, Opus for Peace
- Alberto Palombo - Director, ESRAG
Global Mutirao
Monday, November 17
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Storytelling for Climate Resilience: Empowering Youth for Local Adaptation and Peace
Dr. Mark Terry - Executive Director, Youth Climate Report
Building climate resilience and peace in conflict-affected and climate-vulnerable regions, explores how youth-led storytelling, innovation, and community-driven action are reshaping the global climate justice narrative. It emphasizes the critical role of youth not only in responding to climate impacts but in actively formulating solutions, influencing policy, and driving implementation at localand global levels. Through creative media, grassroots leadership, the session highlights how young people, are transforming climatediscourse and building pathways toward peace and sustainability.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Dr. Mark Terry - Executive Director, Youth Climate Report
- Nisreen Elsaim - Former Chair - UN Secretary General’s Youth Climate Advisory Group, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Alliance for Local Adaptation & Peace (YALAP)
- Kasha Sequoia Slavner - Director, 1.5 Degrees of Peace, Founder The Global Sunrise Project
- Roaa Alobeid - Co-founder of United Beyond Borders & Founder of the platform Kalimate to make climate knowledge accessible for non English speakers
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Global Mutirao Integrators Round Table
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12:00 - 12:20 PM
Launch of the AI-Powered Smart Compost Bin: Local Innovation for Global Climate Action
This session will unveil an AI-powered, solar-driven compost bin designed to help households and communities manage organic waste efficiently while promoting sustainability. Following a survey that revealed that 80% of African agricultural/ non agric households don’t compost yet cannot afford to buy fertiliser, this innovation was created by Zambian innovator Patricia Longwani, the smart bin uses sensors and IoT to monitor temperature and moisture, sending live alerts and visual indicators for optimal composting. The project demonstrates how digital innovation and localized AI solutions can empower everyday climate action through accessible technology.
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12:30 - 1:15 PM
Meeting of Waters: The Pulse of the Guamá
Meeting of Waters: The Pulse of the Guamá is a multidisciplinary session in the Blue Zone at COP30, bringing together science, policy, music, and artistic performance to highlight water as the foundation of climate action. Featuring Dr. Stefan Uhlenbrook (science), Marie-Claire Graf (policy), BioSample (music), and Charlotte Qin (visual art), the event explores the Guamá River as a living system and a symbol of global water challenges. The session integrates Noéa, a hydrological intelligence that transforms environmental data into emotional experience, offering policymakers and youth negotiators a new way of perceiving rivers, rainfall, and melting ice — not as numbers, but as feeling.
Hosted by Meeting of Waters (MoW), a Swiss NGO based in Geneva, the event gathers four complementary voices:
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Hosted by Meeting of Waters (MoW), a Swiss NGO based in Geneva, the event gathers four complementary voices:
- Dr. Stefan Uhlenbrook (World Meteorological Organization) – providing a scientific view of hydrology, freshwater stress, and our rapidly shifting water cycles, with insights into early-warning systems and water-related climate risks.
- Marie-Claire Graf (Youth Negotiators Academy) – representing youth diplomacy and global climate governance, speaking to the integration of emerging AI tools into negotiation processes and the role of youth in shaping water-centered climate solutions.
- Rico Manzano & Bruno Gári (Biosample) – creating an immersive spatial-audio environment, blending experimental sound design with the sensory rhythms of the Guamá River to enhance the collective experience.
- Charlotte Qin (Moderator, Meeting of Waters) – guiding the session and offering a visual and embodied artistic performance that brings visitors into emotional contact with the states of water as a living system.
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
GloCha Digital Public Infrastructure for Action for Climate Empowerment
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4:30 - 5:30 PM
From COP27 to Touba: The Making of Senegal’s Pioneering Article 6.2 Initiative
An inside look at Senegal’s Touba MERP Compost Initiative, the country’s first privately funded Article 6.2 project and a pioneering example of cooperative approaches in practice.
This fireside chat brings together Sonaged, Hedera, and Straatos to unpack the project’s journey since its signing at COP27—sharing what truly happens behind the curtain of cooperative approaches.
The speakers will explore the operational, regulatory, and technical challenges encountered, provide an update on current progress as machinery arrives and facilities prepare for deployment, and discuss how digital systems and verifiable data infrastructure will support Touba’s scale-up nationally and position it as a replicable model for the wider region.
Designed as an open and informal conversation, the session welcomes audience participation for questions, reflections, and shared perspectives throughout.
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This fireside chat brings together Sonaged, Hedera, and Straatos to unpack the project’s journey since its signing at COP27—sharing what truly happens behind the curtain of cooperative approaches.
The speakers will explore the operational, regulatory, and technical challenges encountered, provide an update on current progress as machinery arrives and facilities prepare for deployment, and discuss how digital systems and verifiable data infrastructure will support Touba’s scale-up nationally and position it as a replicable model for the wider region.
Designed as an open and informal conversation, the session welcomes audience participation for questions, reflections, and shared perspectives throughout.
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Ocean & Blue Economy Day
Tuesday, November 18
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Nature-based solutions: The Power of Artificial Intelligence as a driver of the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems
The panel discusses how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are reshaping agriculture into a key driver of decarbonization. Using Solinftec’s innovative solutions, it explores how technological advances can enhance climate resilience, protect ecosystems, and foster adaptation to climate change. By integrating robotics and AI, the company demonstrates solutions capable of reducing carbon emissions by up to 94% and water use by 80%, while eliminating chemical pesticides. The discussion highlights the role of digital innovation in promoting clean, efficient, and regenerative agricultural systems, and examines the public policies needed to scale up the adoption of sustainable technologies in the field.
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Speakers:
- Giuliano Ramos Alves - Gerente de Sustentabilidade e Projetos Associação Brasileira de Agronegócio (ABAG)
- Natália Machado - Global Institutional & Government Relations, Solinftec
- Léo Carvalho - Solinftec
- Olga Sytnyk - Awaken
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12:00 - 1:00 PM
AI for Sustainable Development Microplastic Detection and AI Case Studies
This side event examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be harnessed as a catalyst for sustainable development and environmental protection. By showcasing applied research and real-world initiatives, it highlights the power of AI for the Environment (AI-E) in achieving the SDGs, particularly SDG 6 (Clean Water), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 14 (Life Below Water).The session will feature pioneering work on AI-driven microplastic detection, demonstrating how machine learning, image recognition, and remote sensing technologies can be combined to monitor and mitigate marine pollution in real time. Additional case studies will explore AI-based environmental monitoring systems that enhance data accuracy, scalability, and transparency.
Speakers will address ethical AI design, open data governance, and digital inclusion to ensure that innovation contributes to equitable and responsible environmental management. The discussion will also connect with the Global Digital Compact, emphasizing how collaborative AI ecosystems can empower local actors, scientists, and policymakers to make evidence-based decisions. By bridging science, technology, and sustainability, this event will demonstrate how AI can transform environmental data into actionable insights, fostering a greener, fairer, and more intelligent digital future for people and planet.
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Speakers will address ethical AI design, open data governance, and digital inclusion to ensure that innovation contributes to equitable and responsible environmental management. The discussion will also connect with the Global Digital Compact, emphasizing how collaborative AI ecosystems can empower local actors, scientists, and policymakers to make evidence-based decisions. By bridging science, technology, and sustainability, this event will demonstrate how AI can transform environmental data into actionable insights, fostering a greener, fairer, and more intelligent digital future for people and planet.
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
The Human Library: Stories of Resistance, Climate and Territory
This Human Library invites participants to listen to living stories from those who protect land, water, and life itself. Each “book” is a defender, an Indigenous guardian, community leader, or activist, sharing stories of resistance, care, and belonging to territory. Through dialogue, visitors encounter the human side of climate justice and the wisdom carried by those on the frontlines. This space honors storytelling as a form of protection and knowledge, creating an intimate exchange where listening becomes an act of solidarity and recognition of the Earth’s defenders as keepers of living memory.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Isatis M. Cintron - Director, ACE Observatiry
- Tabitha Rezaire - New Media Artist "health-tech-political", Amakaba
- Helena Gualinga - Indigenous Environmental and Human Rights Defender, ACE Observatory
- Pedro Kauā Itamares - Youth Climate Envoy & Jounalist, CECM - UFRJ
- Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia - Coordinator, Epu Lafken Mapu / Centro Indigena de Acción Integral
3:00 - 4:00 PM
HBCU Sustainable Africa Future Network
Felicia Davis - Founder, HBCU Green Fund
Presentations from 3 African youth focal points together with HBCU Green Fund board member and a senior advisor will share innovative youth-led adaptation projects and strategies that motivated the launch of a formal peer to peer campaign that connects African American and African youth A youth statement calling for access to financing accompanies this youth funding youth initiative.
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Speakers:
- Hussein Kassim - Ghana Focal Point, Ghana Young Climate Innovators Program
- Dr. Frances Roberts-Gregory - Board member, HBCU Green Fund
- Lucky Abeng - Nigeria Focal Point, Green Faith Africa
- Denise Ayebare - Uganda Focal Point
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4:30 - 5:30 PM
What the Digital Word Needs to See: Women's Climate Leadership on the Ground
Carolina Gracia Arbelaez, Myzelio
This panel will highlight how women-led and Indigenous-led conservation efforts are strengthening local economies, protecting and restoring ecosystems, and building community resilience, and why these grounded practices are exactly what needs to be visible and traceable in the digital age. Drawing on evidence from Daughters for Earth’s impact pilot study, the session will show how women’s leadership generates economic opportunities that are often overlooked, but that become legible and scalable when connected to thoughtful digital innovation.
The intention is to demonstrate that investing in women’s work on the ground is one of the most effective ways to drive systemic change, and that digital tools should evolve to track, value, and amplify these realities rather than erase them.
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The intention is to demonstrate that investing in women’s work on the ground is one of the most effective ways to drive systemic change, and that digital tools should evolve to track, value, and amplify these realities rather than erase them.
Speakers:
- Flavia Maia, Filha do Sol
- Ruth Alipaz, Ríos to Rivers
- Alexia Lecrecq, Start:Empowerment
- Isabel Cavelier, Mundo Comun
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Transform Carbon Accounting and Accelerate Climate Progress
As the use of artificial intelligence gains traction across the globe, there are polarized perspectives on its impacts, especially on climate change and progress towards carbon emissions reduction. This side event presents discourse on innovative deployment of AI with a focus on energy, climate, and environmental sustainability.
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Culture, Education & Knowledge Day
Wednesday, November 19
10:30 - 11:30 AM
The Chiara Project: Gendered Injustice, Health Inequities, and Surveillance along the Borderlands
This COP 30 session, presented by the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab at San Diego State University and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, showcases The Chiara Project a binational initiative addressing the environmental, social, and structural injustices faced by women along the U.S.-Mexico and Venezuela-Colombia borders. Through interactive geospatial dashboards, documentary storytelling, and community surveys, the project reveals critical disparities in healthcare access, violence, and digital surveillance. Featured studies include Healthcare Deserts and Gendered Injustice, Invisible No More, and the U.S.-Mexico Border Surveillance Study, offering data-driven insights within a One Health framework. This session invites participants both in person and virtually to explore how spatial data and community engagement can drive equitable, cross-border policy solutions that leave no one behind.
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Watch Live on YouTube
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Mongolia Paving the Way for Coal-Dependent Energy Systems and Economies to Embrace Clean Energy
Ms. Khulan Berger - Director of Development at Climate Bridges, Founder of Our Impact Mongolia
The world faces an urgent challenge: how to accelerate the clean energy transition while ensuring no one is left behind. For coal- and resource-dependent economies, this transition is not just a matter of technology but also about jobs, health, economic resilience, and social equity. The International Energy Agency estimates that coal still accounts for over one-third of global electricity generation, making the shift toward clean, affordable, and scalable alternatives one of the defining challenges of our time.
Mongolia exemplifies both the scale of the challenge and the promise of solutions. Over 60% of Ulaanbaatar’s winter air pollution originates from coal burning in ger district households. Indoor and outdoor pollution combined causes over 7,100 premature deaths annually and economic losses amounting to 10% of GDP. Historically, the Mongolian ger, an iconic nomadic dwelling, has always relied on chimneys for heating, reflecting a deeply embedded culture of coal and biomass use. Transitioning away from this legacy in one of the world’s harshest climates, where winters can reach -40°C, and in a coal-dependent economy, requires nothing short of a paradigm shift. Yet Mongolia, with its vast renewable energy potential and strong political commitment, is pioneering practical models for a just energy transition that could inspire other coal-dependent economies. The solution piloted for the ger districts is especially unique because it is homegrown, developed by Mongolian experts and innovators who understand the local context, cultural needs, and extreme weather conditions.
With support from partners including France, the People’s Republic of China, and UNDP, Mongolia is scaling up clean household energy solutions that integrate solar power, energy storage, smart metering, carbon finance mechanisms, and community engagement. These innovations aim to create a scalable and financially viable model for households in cold-climate regions, ensuring that the transition away from coal improves health, livelihoods, and economic opportunities.
The upcoming COP30 in Brazil offers a platform to share Mongolia’s lessons with the world showing how a coal-dependent economy can embrace renewables while protecting vulnerable communities. It also builds momentum toward UNCCD COP17 on Desertification in Mongolia in 2026, where climate resilience, land restoration, and sustainable energy systems will take center stage, positioning Mongolia as a regional leader in advancing the global climate agenda.
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Mongolia exemplifies both the scale of the challenge and the promise of solutions. Over 60% of Ulaanbaatar’s winter air pollution originates from coal burning in ger district households. Indoor and outdoor pollution combined causes over 7,100 premature deaths annually and economic losses amounting to 10% of GDP. Historically, the Mongolian ger, an iconic nomadic dwelling, has always relied on chimneys for heating, reflecting a deeply embedded culture of coal and biomass use. Transitioning away from this legacy in one of the world’s harshest climates, where winters can reach -40°C, and in a coal-dependent economy, requires nothing short of a paradigm shift. Yet Mongolia, with its vast renewable energy potential and strong political commitment, is pioneering practical models for a just energy transition that could inspire other coal-dependent economies. The solution piloted for the ger districts is especially unique because it is homegrown, developed by Mongolian experts and innovators who understand the local context, cultural needs, and extreme weather conditions.
With support from partners including France, the People’s Republic of China, and UNDP, Mongolia is scaling up clean household energy solutions that integrate solar power, energy storage, smart metering, carbon finance mechanisms, and community engagement. These innovations aim to create a scalable and financially viable model for households in cold-climate regions, ensuring that the transition away from coal improves health, livelihoods, and economic opportunities.
The upcoming COP30 in Brazil offers a platform to share Mongolia’s lessons with the world showing how a coal-dependent economy can embrace renewables while protecting vulnerable communities. It also builds momentum toward UNCCD COP17 on Desertification in Mongolia in 2026, where climate resilience, land restoration, and sustainable energy systems will take center stage, positioning Mongolia as a regional leader in advancing the global climate agenda.
Speakers:
- Mr. Manduul Nyamdeleg - Governor of Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Mr. Odkhuu Durzee - Advisor to Minister of Environment and Climate Change, The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
- Ms. Khaliut Baasansuren - Operations Manager, URECA LLC, Mongolia
- Riad Meddeb - Director of Sustainable Energy Hub, UNDP (Online)
- Enkh-Amgalan Tseelei - Senior Climate Change Officer, ADB Mongolia Resident Mission
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
Presenting a Pilot Initiative: Rotary–EU Climate Pact for Just and Integral Urban Ecological Transitions
Alberto Palombo - Chair, Rotary@COP30 Committee, ESRAG
This event presents the Rotary–EU Climate Pact initiative, a pilot project launched by Rotary Club Treviso in synergy with the European Climate Pact. The initiative is founded on the double role of Rotarians who also serve as an EU Climate Pact Ambassadors, creating a natural bridge between Rotary’s service ethos and European citizen engagement for climate action. It showcases how Rotary’s community-based model can drive just and integral ecological transitions through urban sustainability projects, climate education, business operations, and training programs for youth and public administrations.
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Watch Live on YouTube
4:30 - 5:30 PM
A new opportunity to serve: Launching the Rotary Club of Climate Action
Alberto Palombo - Chair, Rotary@COP30 Committee, ESRAG
Rotary is one of the world’s most extensive networks of engaged citizens, dedicated to supporting communities through humanitarian service — including climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience building. This club represents the first thematic Rotary club fully aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, mobilizing Rotarians to take meaningful climate action in their local communities and beyond.
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Speakers:
- Mario Cesar Martins de Camargo - Former President-Elect, Rotary International
- Paul Desanker - Manager of the National Adaptation Plans and Policy, UNFCCC Secretariat
- Jose Leonardo Campos Pinheiro - Governor 4720, Rotary International
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6:00 - 7:00 PM
Global Mutirão: Building the Conference of the People
The Global Mutirão moves from vision to practice. Communities, defenders, youth, and Indigenous peoples around the world have enacted new forms of insurgent climate co-governance through the People’s Global Climate Assembly. Rooted in collective autonomy and mutual aid, this session presents concrete pathways that connect local action with global accountability. It highlights how communities are reclaiming agency and advancing Action for Climate Empowerment within multilateral processes and beyond. The Mutirão offers a living alternative to top-down systems, with people shaping decisions, policies, and institutions together. It is both process and proof of #TheCOPWeNeed.
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Watch Live on YouTube
Biodiversity Day
Thursday, November 20
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Biodiversity Innovation for Traditional & Indigenous Knowledge
Gokul Rajendran - Founder & CEO, Govardhan
The Govardhan App leverages AI and Machine Learning to preserve and promote Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge through digital biodiversity innovation. The platform identifies plant species, predicts medicinal properties, and maps ethnobotanical data to connect biodiversity with community health practices. By integrating AI/ML models, citizen science, and cultural storytelling, Govardhan bridges ancestral wisdom with modern digital tools. This event showcases how technology can support Indigenous knowledge holders, researchers, and youth in co-creating solutions for biodiversity conservation, health innovation, and climate resilience, turning traditional wisdom into a living, interactive digital ecosystem.
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Speakers:
- Mahrouss Hisseine Youssouf - Executive Director and National Coordinator of (YOUVO CHAD) Youth volunteers Chad ACT4SDG organization
- Assem Gebreal M.D. - YOUNGO Health
- Mr. Anas Mahmud - NCCC of Nigeria
- Mr. Kurikindi Jipa - Kurikindi kaway
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12:00 - 1:30 PM
Empowering Citizens with ICTs for Climate Resilience
Prof. Nadejda Komendantova, IIASA
Join the Adaptation AGORA project for an interactive workshop at the COP 30 Digital Pavilion! We will showcase how innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools are revolutionizing citizen engagement and capacity building in climate adaptation.
Discover key project results, including our Policy Whitepaper and Digital Handbook, and get a firsthand look at our suite of ICTs: the Adaptation Collaboration Hub (ACH), Climate Data & Disinformation Academies, and our flagship Mobile App.
The highlight of the session is a live, interactive workshop where all participants can team up to compete using the Adaptation AGORA Mobile App. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience our tools and discuss how to overcome barriers to digital literacy and climate action.
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Discover key project results, including our Policy Whitepaper and Digital Handbook, and get a firsthand look at our suite of ICTs: the Adaptation Collaboration Hub (ACH), Climate Data & Disinformation Academies, and our flagship Mobile App.
The highlight of the session is a live, interactive workshop where all participants can team up to compete using the Adaptation AGORA Mobile App. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience our tools and discuss how to overcome barriers to digital literacy and climate action.
Speakers:
- Prof. Paola Mercogliano, CMCC
- Prof. Dr. Marina Matera, CMCC - EAE Barcelona
- Prof. Nadejda Komendantova, IIASA
- Dr. Dmitry Erokhin, IIASA
- Ms. Lucía Moreno Juste, IBERCIVIS
- Ms. Judith Biers Millán, IBERCIVIS
- Ms. Rosie Witton, SEI Oxford
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
Connecting Large Ocean States for Capacity Building to achieve the SDGs
Peace Boat will showcase the importance of capacity building for youth in scaling up climate ambition and in climate adaptation, in particular youth from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the front lines of the climate crisis and young leaders working towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It will focus in particular on the value of networks and peer to peer exchange of experiences and knowledge from the youth themselves including through storytelling, film and spoken word.
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Watch Live on Youtube
Road to COP31
Friday, November 21
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