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Advancing Environmental Synergies: Toward UNEA-7 and Beyond
Building momentum toward the next UN Environmental Assembly, stakeholders from government, business, banking, and civil society engaged in a dialogue about the growing evidence that synergies are achievable and essential for addressing the world’s interlocking crises.
Showcase of Highlighted Results and Solutions Land Restoration for Climate: Private Sector Progress and Solutions
A side event showcased rising global momentum for land restoration, with the Riyadh Action Agenda surpassing one hundred initiatives and the COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes mobilising more than USD nine billion in private investment.
What is the Role of Non-State Actors in Delivering Carbon Capture and Storage, Including in Latin American and Caribbean Countries?
Amid rising interest in regional decarbonisation, a side event showed how Carbon Capture and Storage is gaining traction across Latin America and the Caribbean, revealing scientific advances, new regulatory frameworks, and early projects driving CCS readiness.
Accelerating the Legacy of Rio: Driving Synergistic Implementation of the Rio Conventions at COP 30 and Beyond
Connecting the dots between the three Rio Conventions addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation, stakeholders launch a collaborative platform to drive synergistic solutions to these interlocking dimensions of a planet at risk.
Financing a Resilient Built Environment: Solutions for Infrastructure, Housing and Informal Settlements
With a warming planet putting billions of lives and livelihoods at risk, government officials and experts on policy and technical solutions urged scaling up finance to build resilient housing and achieve justice and equity for the world’s vulnerable communities and informal settlements.
1.5°C and the Perils of Ignoring Science: Tipping Points in the Cryosphere, Their Impacts, and How to Avoid Them
Cryosphere science shows irreversible ice loss is underway, but can be slowed with emission cuts. At a side event, scientists warned negotiators often soften evidence, urging choices guided by science.
From Forest to Finance: Unlocking Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration through Nature-based Solutions in Guatemala
Seeking to open new fronts in the climate fight, researchers, policymakers, and aid agencies shared their experiences in developing credit markets and science-based measures to scale up finance for nature-based solutions.
From Ambition to Action: Unlocking Climate-SDG Synergies
Experts at a side event showcased how linking climate action with development priorities can save money, improve results, and support communities, sharing new research that identifies practical ways countries can achieve more by acting on both together.
COP 30 Health Day
A morning session opened Health Day at COP 30, uniting Parties and partners to endorse the Belém Health Action Plan and discuss the finance, coordination, and practical measures needed to protect communities facing rising climate-related health risks.