Friendship is participating in COP30 from November 10 to 21, 2025, to discuss integrated development and sustainable, locally led, nature-based climate adaptation.
Friendship News Desk,
November 5, 2025
Friendship is participating in the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP30) for the fifth consecutive year, and sixth time overall. The 30th edition of the UNFCCC conference will take place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to November 21, 2025.
Friendship will organise and/or take part in the following events, many of which are also accessible online:
Delivering on Climate and Biodiversity Action: Leveraging COP30 outcomes in Belem for CBD COP17
| Date: | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 13:15 – 14:45 (local time) |
| Venue: | UNFCCC Side Event Room 9 – Blue Zone |
| Description: | Recognizing the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss for ecosystems and healthy planet, Armenia organizes this event to consider the ways of leveraging COP30 outcomes in Belem towards successful global review of implementing the KMGBF at CBD COP17 in Yerevan in 2026. |
| Link: | More information about the event and participants |
The impact of locally-led nature-based solutions, now and in the future
| Date: | Thursday, 13 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 11:00 – 12:00 (local time) |
| Venue: | Luxembourg Pavillion – Blue Zone |
| Description: | Based on Friendship’s South-North community-based model, the side-event will: – review the needs existing in Bangladesh, one of the most vulnerable countries, for flexible partnerships and long-term resources for climate adaptation; – foster dialogue on adaptation and nature finance channeled to local actors, with different perspectives from Luxembourg, France, Bangladesh and Conservation International; – address Bangladesh’s new NDC 3.0 in which the country intends to become a “seller of high integrity qualitative carbon credits”, hence implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on carbon markets; – trigger interest in mobilizing additional resources to increase North-South solidarity and leverage further contributions from major institutional funders (GEF, GCF, Adaptation Fund, trust funds). |
| Event Link: | COP 30 Luxembourg |
| Key messages and outcomes: | Key message by Runa Khan Outcomes of the session |
From Belo Monte to Belo Sun: Apocalypse in the Amazon
| Date: | Thursday, 13 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 19:00 – 20:15 (local time) |
| Venue: | Extreme Hangout |
| Description: | – Opening performance: Violinist Marie-Kelle de Cannart – Framing the issue: Two short excerpts from my film Terra Libre (English version narrated by Captain Paul Watson). – Exclusive clip: A never-released segment from Amazonia, the Heart of Mother Earth with President Lula defending Belo Monte – Local voices: With Sumaúma (Eliane Brum) and two Indigenous representatives from Volta Grande do Xingu (Belo Monte/Belo Sun region). – Global river justice bridge: We’ll connect Xingu to the Klamath River Accord (post-removal of four dams on the Klamath; Indigenous-led victory by Yurok, Karuk, Klamath Tribes). – Comparative lens (Asia): Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship, to speak on river impacts in Bangladesh and Asia, widening the lens and strengthening the policy relevance. |
| Links: | Photos and key takeaway of the evening |
Round Table Discussion on Integrated Climate Adaptation: Bangladesh and the Global Context
| Date: | Friday, 14 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 10:30 – 11:30 (local time) |
| Venue: | Bangladesh Pavillion – Blue Zone |
| Description: | Highlighting Friendship’s long-standing work in restoring coastal ecosystems and empowering vulnerable communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Drawing on experiences from the Friendship Mangrove Plantation Initiative (2018–2025), the discussion will explore how biodiversity restoration and inclusive, community-led approaches can accelerate national and global adaptation goals. |
| Feedback: | Read the feedback of the session in presence of many high level participants, concluded by a nice memorable celebration! |
Climate Financing for Adaptation Solutions and Addressing Loss and Damage
| Date: | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 10:30 – 12:00 (local time) |
| Venue: | Bangladesh Pavillion – Blue Zone |
| Description: | Organised by NACOM in association with Concern Worldwide, Bangladesh and Climate Resilience Alliance, this session will spotlight practical pathways to build resilience and secure climate justice for vulnerable communities. |
| Event Link: | More information |
8th Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Investment Case Symposium: ‘Financing What Works: Outcomes based, Gender-responsive Investments for Climate Action’
| Date: | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 14:15 – 15:00 (local time) |
| Venue: | Global Landscape Forum – 8th Investment Case Symposium – Blue Zone (Action on Food Hub) |
| Description: | This session will explore how outcome-based, gender responsive investments can drive measurable progress in climate adaptation. Discussions will include innovative financing models that link resources directly to proven results in women’s empowerment, community resilience and ecosystem restoration. |
| Event Link: | https://connect.globallandscapesforum.org/e/8th-investment-case-symposium#exhibitor |
| Feedback: | Read the feedback of the session |
8th Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Investment Case Symposium: ‘Financing Nature’s Frontlines’
| Date: | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 15:15 – 16:15 (local time) |
| Venue: | Global Landscape Forum – 8th Investment Case Symposium – Blue Zone (Action on Food Hub) |
| Description: | Dragons’ Den session, where projects have two minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of experts in nature finance, who provide live feedback. This session is consistently one of the most anticipated events, drawing a large audience of investors, business leaders, and innovators from around the world. |
| Event Link: | https://connect.globallandscapesforum.org/e/8th-investment-case-symposium#exhibitors |
| Feedback: | More information about the 8th GLF Investment Case |
Friendship Climate Meet-Up at COP30
| Date: | Wednesday, 19 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 15:00 – 16:00 (local time) |
| Venue: | Blue Zone – Meeting Room 12 |
| Description: | A unique moment, open to anyone to speak up, with no pre-fixed agenda. A one of its kind session at COP30! |
| Feedback: | Read the feedback of the meeting |
Trust-Based Philanthropy for Community-Led Socio-Environmental Solutions
| Date: | Thursday, 20 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 14:00 – 15:30 (local time) |
| Venue: | Global South House – outside COP venue |
| Description: | Global South leaders coming together to explore trust-based philanthropy empowering community-led socio-environmental solutions. It examines how shifting power to local actors fosters justice, effectiveness, and lasting impact. Through practical insights and successful models, participants will reflect on the challenges and transformations needed in environmental philanthropy to dismantle hierarchical dynamics and position Global South communities as drivers of their own sustainable development. |
| Event Link: | Program – The Global South House The Global South House – YouTube |
| Feedback: | Read the feedback of the event |
Other events with a contribution of Friendship:
| Date: | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 12:20 – 13:30 (local time) |
| Venue: | Democratic Republic of Congo Pavilion – Blue Zone |
| Title: | Recognising Ecocide to Protect the World’s River Systems |
| Description: | Organised by Stop Ecocide International, the session will examine how making severe environmental destruction (ecocide) a crime under international law could deter harmful practices. Ecocide law represents a vital tool in the effort to prevent climate breakdown. By introducing enforceable accountability for the massive destruction of nature, it prevents the worst harms to the planet’s climate-regulating ecosystems like rainforests and oceans. |
| Link: | Event details and speakers |
| Date: | Thursday, 20 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 10:00 – 11:00 (local time) |
| Venue: | Luxembourg Pavillion – Blue Zone |
| Title: | Mobilizing Private Finance for Biodiversity: From Local Innovations to Scalable Models Delivering on Rio Conventions’ Targets |
| Description: | Organised by the Luxembourg Task Force on Finance for Biodiversity, a hub of expertise fostering knowledge-sharing and the development of innovative and socially responsible biodiversity finance solutions, this session will showcase concrete examples illustrating biodiversity restoration benefits on local communities with human rights at the centre. |
| Feedback: | Read the feedback of the session |
