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. |
| Event Link: | N/A |
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: | Luxembourg Pavilion – Blue Zone |
| Event Link: | COP 30 Luxembourg |
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 – Green Zone |
| 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. |
| Event Link: | N/A |
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. |
| Event Link: | N/A |
Climate Financing for Adaptation Solutions and Addressing Loss and Damage
| Date: | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 1030 – 1200 (local time) |
| Venue: | Bangladesh Pavillion |
| Description: | |
| Event Link: | N/A |
8th GlF Symposium – Financing What Works: Outcomes based, Gender-responsive Investments for Climate Action’
| Date: | Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025 |
| Time: | 1415 – 1500 (local time) |
| Venue: | Online |
| 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 |
8th Global Landscape Forum 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 |
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 |
