10-21 Nov 2025
Belém, Brazil
Climate change is not a future risk. It is shaping daily life for billions, from failed harvests to flooded homes, with global disaster losses reaching about 320 billion US dollars last year. The need is rising even as support to tackle it is under pressure. That is precisely why Practical Action was at COP30, the world’s largest climate summit led by the United Nations.
We work with the people most affected by the intensifying environmental crises. We support communities to forge their own futures with solutions that foster resilience, create jobs and lasting prosperity.
We went to COP30 to push for proven solutions and back people’s leadership. From Indigenous-governed climate action to early warning and insurance that allows farmers to bounce back, and resilient food systems that create jobs and local opportunities, building a better future together.
When: Monday 10 November, 14:00-15:00
Where: Museo Goeldi
At the Amazonia Sempre Station, hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank, we shared practical approaches from Peru, Ecuador’s Shuar and Bolivia’s Tacana that protect forests and grow fair livelihoods through local leadership.
When: Tuesday 11 November, 15:45-16:30
Where: Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone
In this session with IRENA, GEAPP and NRCan, we showed how reliable clean energy can reach the hardest to serve and how productive uses of energy can help families and small enterprises earn more.
When: Wednesday 12 November, 10:00 -11:00
Where: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone
Led by FCDO, Kew Gardens, Chevening Brazil, Fundo Brasil, Amazônia de Pé, WWF. We showed how Practical Action has been working alongside Wampis, Awajún, Tacana, Shuar, Achuar and Aymara communities to strengthen agroforestry, biobusiness and local risk management, always starting from their own governance and priorities.
When: Wednesday 12 November, 11:30-12:00
Where: Press Conference Room 2, Area D, Blue Zone
Practical Action joined AIDESEP to call for climate and nature finance that reaches Indigenous organisations first, not last. We shared concrete routes to channel funds directly to Amazonian leadership and invited partners to back these proposals.
When: Monday 17 November, 15:30 – 16:30
Where: Action Agenda, Axis 1 Room, Blue Zone
Organised by IEA, IRENA, and SEforALL, this roundtable convened leaders from governments, international organisations, funders, and the private sector and explored the barriers to achieving universal electricity access across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
When: Tuesday 18 November, 10:00-11:00
Where: INCLUDE Pavilion (PV-C77), Blue Zone
This session, hosted by SNV and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), brought together leaders committed to transforming the global clean cooking landscape. We shared examples of our work on grounded, community-led lessons from Rwanda on what truly drives sustainable change in clean cooking.
When: Thursday 20 November, 11:30-13:00
Where: Side Event Room 2, Blue Zone
“Delivering for people and nature under Article 6” looked at making carbon markets fair for communities, with clear benefit sharing and links to the SDGs so mitigation and adaptation can advance together. Demet Intepe shared safeguards and metrics for routing funds locally and tracking outcomes.
When: Thursday 20 November, 16:45-18:15
Where: Side Event Room 4, Blue Zone
In this event we assessed progress and next steps to scale adaptation finance. This event was hosted by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance with Mercy Corps, Concern, Plan and Practical Action.
COP30 was held from 10th to 21st November in 2025. It was a climate conference led by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COP30 was held in Belém, Brazil, but a different country is chosen to host it every year.
The hottest year since records began.
Estimated deaths from extreme weather events by 2050.
Tropical primary rainforest lost in 2024, largely by fires.
International climate funding reaching Indigenous peoples’ organisations directly.
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