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CIDSE@COP30 in Belém

!!! This article focuses on CIDSE’s activities at the official conference !!!

NEW: After COP30 — The World Cannot Ignore Belém’s Call for Climate Justice, CIDSE press release, 23 November 2025


CONTEXT 
After years of COPs in countries and contexts that did not allow for the full participation and mobilisation of civil society, the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP30) will take place in Brazil from 10 to 21 November 2025. Great expectations are being placed on this upcoming gathering in the symbolic location of Belém, close to the Amazon region and indigenous communities at the forefront of climate action. For the first time in years, a People’s Summit will be also organised from 12 to 16 November. CIDSE will be present in both spaces. You are invited to check our dedicated page on activities in Belém outside the official conference.

CIDSE Secretariat COP30 delegates. © CIDSE


OUR DELEGATION  
The CIDSE delegation in Brazil will consist of Secretariat staff and representatives of the following member organisations: CAFOD, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Cordaid, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, Entraide et Fraternité, Fastenaktion, FEC, Manos Unidas, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Misereor, SCIAF, Trócaire, and Vastenactie.

OUR ADVOCACY PRIORITIES 

– Global response to the nationally determined contributions (NDC) ambition gap 
– Climate finance and debt  
– Just transition

Read our Policy Brief and recommendations.  

PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES (all events are indicated in local time: GMT-3 | CET-4) 
Venue: Hangar Convention and Fair Centre of the Amazon, Av. Dr. Freitas, s/n – Marco, Belém – PA, 66613-902  – Access badge required.

TUE 11 NOVEMBER

NEW: See event report
11:30-13:00: “The Moral Imperative of Climate Finance: Addressing Ecological Debt in a Jubilee Year”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 5. Co-organised by CAFOD, Caritas Internationalis, CRS, Debt & Climate Working Group, Living Laudato Si’ Philippines.
See flyer.

11:30-13:00: “Advancing community-led approaches and climate justice in the IPCC Climate Change and Cities Report”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 3. Co-organised by Misereor, Pólis Institute for Social Policy Studies, Gujarat Mahila Housing Sewa Trust (MHT), Habitat International Coalition (HIC), Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Ltd (WIEGO) and Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA).  See flyer.

12:30-13:30: “Climate justice, NDCs’ implementation, and the contribution of faith groups“, Blue Zone, Cumaru Room, Brazilian Pavilion. Co-organised as part of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Tapiri COP30 initiative by Faith Network for Climate Justice.  

16:45-18:15: “Communities in the driving seat: Carbon Markets safeguards and alternatives”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 6. Co-organised by Fastenaktion, CIDSE, ADMU, Carbon Market Watch, Cordilleras Peoples’ Alliance, Ibon Africa, Indígenas de Mato Grosso, NewClimate Institute, Oeko-Institut, OPAN, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. See flyer.


16:45-18:15: “Responding to the Global South Catholic Bishops Conferences’ Call for Climate Justice”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 4. Co-organised by Kairos, Maryknoll Sisters, PROCLADE International, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, Medical Mission Sisters, Vivat International). See flyer.

WED 12 NOVEMBER

NEW: See report “Inequity, Inequality, Inaction“
15:00-16:30: 2025 Civil Society Equity Review Report launch, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 5. See flyer.

16:45-18:15: “Amazonia Free of Fossil Fuels: Indigenous Peoples present actionable solutions”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 6. Co-organised by MOCICC, Avaaz Foundation and ORAU. See flyer.

FRI 14 NOVEMBER

18:30-20:00: “Integral Ecology and Climate Justice: Voices in the Struggle for Change”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 4. Co-organised by SCIAF, Boston College and ESSC. See flyer.

SAT 15 NOVEMBER

13:30-14:30:“High-Level Side Event / Round Table zu TAFF (Transitioning away from fossil fuels/Abkehr von Fossilen), A12, Blue Zone, German Pavilion (livestreamed), Misereor speaker. 

TUE 18 NOVEMBER

11:15 – 12:15: “Pathways to Climate Governance: mobilising the Pre-COP process”, Green Zone, Uruçu Room, Brazilian Pavilion. Organised by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB). 

15:00-16:30: “Faith-based Partnerships Advancing the Paris Agreement in the United States with Global Solidarity”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 4. Co-organised by Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers with Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Bread for the World Institute.  

15:00-16:30: “Institutionalizing and financing Agroecology for climate change adaptation in Africa – Agroecology as a holistic approach for resilience”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 5. Co-organised by Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement (JVE). See Policy Paper.

THU 20 NOVEMBER

13:30-14:30: “Climate and the Cerrado: Community-led Strategies vs. Carbon Markets” A12, Blue Zone, German Pavilion (livestreamed), co-organised by Misereor. 

18:30—20:00: “Driving Inclusive and Equitable Climate Action for a Just Transition”, Blue Zone, Side Event Room 1. Co-organised by Franciscans International, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and World Council of Churches (WCC). 


CIDSE CONTACTS

Lydia Machaka
Policy Officer machaka@cidse.org

(Remote support)
Annia Klein
Communications Officer klein@cidse.org

(Onsite: 9-22 November)
Winnie Nalubowa
Volunteer nalubowa@cidse.org

(Onsite: 7-23 November)
Josianne Gauthier
Secretary General
gauthier@cidse.org(Onsite: 7-17 November)


VIDEO CLIPS

Liz Cronin, Climate Policy lead, CAFOD on climate finance.
David Knecht, Climate Justice Policy Officer, Fastenaktion on the climate ambition gap.
Mathieu Paris, Debt Advocacy Officer, CCFD-Terre Solidaire on climate and debt justice.
Judith Lachnitt, Food, Climate and Biodiversity Advocacy Officer, CCFD-Terre Solidaire on agriculture.
Madeleine Wörner, Climate and Energy Policy Officer, Misereor on the global energy transition
Bettina Dürr, Programme Manager Climate Justice, Fastenaktion on global stocktake.
Winnie Nabulowa, Systemic Change and Energy & Extractivism Volunteer, CIDSE on just transition.

RESOURCES


CIDSE 

Our members 

Our Allies 


Cover photo: COP30 stand at the UNFCCC’s SB62 Meetings, Bonn, 2025.
Credit: CIDSE.

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