Prepared by the COP30
Communications Team
Thematic areas of focus: Adaptation,
Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular
Economy, Science, Technology and Artificial Intelligence
General Summary:
Elevating Adaptation
Through the Power of Technology
COP30 opened today in Belém with
a powerful demonstration of solidarity and commitment, inaugurating an era of
global climate action marked by implementation, inclusion, and
innovation. On the 1st, the Parties quickly adopted the official COP30
agenda—a strong sign of consensus reaffirming confidence in multilateralism and
the global determination to accelerate the Paris Agreement. This early
adoption, along with the election of Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago as
President of COP30, set a clear tone: this is a results-oriented COP,
transforming commitments into concrete actions for people and the planet.
Technology has emerged as the
driving force of the day. The Green Digital Action Hub and
the AI Climate Institute embodied the COP30 vision for a
just digital transformation, equipping developing countries with data, tools,
and training to design their own climate solutions. At the Agricultural
Innovation Showcase, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, and the Gates
Foundation announced USD 2.8 billion in new commitments and launched
the world's first open-source AI model for agriculture, aiming to
empower 100 million farmers by 2028.
Leaders also made significant
progress in financing for adaptation and resilience. The Loss
and Damage Response Fund, operationalized in record time, launched its
first funding call, while Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are
providing over USD 26 billion to low- and middle-income economies in
2024. The Bethlehem Declaration on Hunger and Poverty, announced
last week and endorsed by 44 countries, launched a new Partnership for
Climate-Resilient Social Protection and Smallholder Agriculture Financing.
The progress of Day 1 instilled a renewed sense of optimism—provoking the idea
that by upgrading adaptation through technology, the world is
redefining resilience, transforming vulnerability into strength, and ambition
into action.
Key Actions and Results:
Negotiations:
- COP30 begins in a spirit of collaboration, with the Parties
united around the agenda.
The adoption of the negotiated agenda on the first day of COP30 is a
powerful affirmation of global unity, signaling the international community's
collective commitment to multilateralism and joint climate action. At a time of
increasing geopolitical and environmental tensions, this early consensus
demonstrates the global determination to cooperate beyond differences and
implement urgent solutions that protect people, accelerate the Paris Agreement,
and build a safer and more sustainable future.
“I need to thank all the delegations for the fantastic agreement reached on
the agenda last night. This agreement will not only allow us to begin working
intensively today, but will also help us explain to the world why the
additional issues raised are truly important.” — Ambassador André Corrêa do
Lago, President of COP30
- Rapid Operationalization of the Loss and Damage Response Fund
The Loss and Damage Response Fund (LDRF) was operationalized in record time
and launched its first call for proposals of USD 250 million, moving from
design to execution and opening a crucial channel of support for developing
countries on the front lines of the climate crisis.
“This is a COP of implementation. Today we have great news in this regard.
The Loss and Damage Fund, which was recently created at COP28, has already
begun to operate. They launched a call for proposals of US$ 250 million,
showing the speed with which this fund — created less than two years ago — is
already moving towards implementation.” — Ana Toni, CEO of COP30
- Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago elected President of COP30
Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago was elected President of the 30th UN
Conference of the Parties on Climate Change. He will lead the work and drive
the agenda throughout the next year to accelerate climate implementation.
- Action Agenda:
- Leadership
and Action for a Green Digital Future
Partners launched the Green Digital Action Hub, a new online cooperation
platform to leverage technological innovation against climate change, based in
Brazil as a legacy of COP30. The GDA Hub will provide tools, knowledge, and
data to help nations scale up green technologies, reduce the environmental
impact of technology, and ensure access to sustainable digital solutions for
all. Based on the COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action — supported by 82
countries and over 1,800 stakeholders.
- Launch of the AI Climate Institute
The AI Climate
Institute (AICI) — a new global initiative launched at COP30 — aims to empower
people and institutions in developing countries to use artificial intelligence
(AI) in climate action. Based on equity and sustainability, AICI will
strive to promote AI as an empowering tool, enabling countries in the Global
South to design, adapt, and implement their own AI-based climate solutions,
including lightweight and low-energy models suited to local contexts. The
institute will offer training programs (workshops for
policymakers on AI concepts, climate data, and use case exploration; advanced
labs for technical professionals; hands-on experience building
resource-efficient and real-world AI applications) and a Digital
Learning Repository with courses and case studies on climate
applications in different sectors.
- Launch of Nature's Intelligence Studio:
▪ By showcasing the Amazon and
other biodiverse regions as innovation hubs, the Studio will drive
nature-inspired innovation for local sustainable development. Led by the
University of Oxford (TIDE Centre) in partnership with INPA and the Development
Bank of Latin America (CAF), the studio will be based in Latin America
and the Caribbean, initially in Belém.
▪ It will promote research,
policy engagement, and legislative models to protect biologically inspired
innovations and ensure the sharing of benefits for local innovators and the
communities that safeguard the biodiversity idea bank.
▪ On November 14th, the Studio
will launch an “ideathon” with CAF to support innovators developing
nature-inspired solutions, as well as unveil the Nature Innovations
Energy Atlas, an open AI tool that connects industry energy challenges to
biomimetic solutions.
- Accelerating Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Digital
Public Goods (DPG) for Climate:
Brazil’s Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services, the
Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), and ITS Rio have published a Plan to
Accelerate Solutions (PAS) that includes the launch of the DPG Climate
Collection — a global repository of Digital Public Infrastructure
(DPI) and Digital Public Goods (DPG) for climate — offering more than
20 open-source tools to at least 30 countries that can apply these
innovations to issues such as disaster response, energy, water, and
agriculture.
- DPI Innovation Challenge for People and Planet:
Launched in conjunction with JICA, Co-Develop, the Gates Foundation, the
Center for Digital Public Infrastructure (CDPI), and the Boston Consulting
Group (BCG), and in official partnership with the COP30 presidency, this
Challenge selected five innovators developing transformative solutions
based on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for climate and social resilience, awarding
each of them USD 100,000 in funding to support the development and field
testing of their solutions. Winners include Trust Carbon, Kazam, Akvo, Rahat,
and Circularise. More information can be found here.
- Joint statement of multilateral development banks for COP30:
Accelerating action for adaptation and resilience
▪ In Belém, the Multilateral
Development Banks (MDBs) announced that, since 2019, they have doubled
their support for adaptation investments, allocating more than USD 26
billion to low- and middle-income economies in 2024.
▪ To further boost this
collective effort toward adaptation investment, the MDBs launched a new
framework for nature financing, including: (i) Common Principles for
Monitoring Nature Financing and (ii) Practical Guidance for
Selecting Outcome Metrics. These tools are designed to help
develop high-quality financial products and attract more private
capital to nature.
- Race for Resilience Campaign
Led by more than 40 partner
initiatives and 1,700 members in 164 countries, the campaign announced
that 437 million people—about one in 18 people—now live with greater
climate resilience, supported by USD 4.18 billion in funding for adaptation
and better protection of 18 million hectares of ecosystems.
This follow-up effort, the first
of its kind led by non-state actors, shows collective progress towards the goal
of reaching 4 billion people by 2030, demonstrating that inclusive adaptation,
led locally and enabled by financing, not only protects lives but also
generates opportunities, equity, and sustainable development worldwide.
- The Fundamental Role of Combating Hunger and Poverty through Climate
Justice
A new Partnership for
Climate-Resilient Social Protection and Family Farming Financing was
launched today as part of the COP30 Action Agenda. The Partnership promotes
the Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) with clear and
measurable objectives to drive action and track progress, including support for
country-led national implementation plans for adaptive social protection,
family farming, and access to water solutions in Benin, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Zambia, and the Dominican Republic.
▪ By 2028, the plan
establishes a joint coordination group of climate finance donors to
align portfolios in support of efforts to combat hunger and poverty.
▪ The launch builds on the
adoption, on November 7th, of the Belém Declaration on Hunger, Poverty and
Human-Centered Climate Action by 44 countries, a historic
commitment developed with the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty.
- Climate-Smart Agriculture at Scale:
Two innovative digital tools have
been launched to support climate-smart agriculture at scale:
▪ Brazil and the United Arab
Emirates, in partnership with the Gates Foundation, Google, and leading global
agricultural institutions, announced the world's first open-source
Large-Scale Language Model (LLM) focused on agriculture — a step
toward a more resilient and equitable global food system.
▪ The farmer-centric “AIM
for Scale” forecasting tool will empower more than 100 million
producers by 2028 with real-time information, strengthening
climate-smart decision-making, risk preparedness, and inclusive innovation in
agricultural systems worldwide.
- Agricultural Innovation Showcase — $2.8 billion for Farmer Adaptation
and Resilience and Strengthening Global Food Systems
International donors have
announced more than USD 2.8 billion for adaptation and resilience
of farmers, to strengthen global food systems.
▪ In support of the Brazilian
Presidency's call for COP30 to make this the "COP of implementation,"
the commitments aim to expand support for smallholder farmers in poorer
regions facing the most severe impacts of extreme weather events. The
funds will be invested in technologies and tools to help farmers adapt, build
resilience, and strengthen local food systems that feed and employ billions of
people.
"Agricultural innovation
is the engine of climate resilience."
— Mr. Martin van Nieuwkoop,
Director of Agricultural Development, Gates Foundation
Global Mobilization:
- Today marked the official opening of the COP30 Green Zone, the
Summit's dedicated space where civil society, public and private institutions,
and global leaders connect to promote concrete climate solutions, broaden
public dialogue, and strengthen new networks and alliances.
▪ In a panel discussion on "The
Role of Popular Mobilization in Addressing the Climate Crisis," Mikaelle
Farias, a young activist from the COP30 Presidency's Young Climate
Champions team, spoke about actions aimed at including children and young
people at the center of these official negotiation spaces, ongoing
initiatives—such as the Youth City Camp—and efforts to ensure that young
people and children are mentioned in the final texts of the COP30
negotiations.
“This is the COP with the highest participation of children and young people in the last three years. We are experiencing a symbolic moment here in Belém, which shows our ability to join forces, build collective efforts and mobilize to face climate change.” — Mikaelle Farias, COP30 Young Climate Champions Team.
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