COP30 Morning Brief – November 12

Published on Nov 12, 2025 9:00 AM - Modified a day ago

Day 3: Wednesday, 12 November

Prepared by the COP30 Communications Team

Thematic Focus: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and HR, Info Integration, Workers

Empowering and Equipping People to Accelerate Progress

Today, COP30 spotlights a people-powered transition where work, learning, and culture shape a fair and resilient future. The day begins with the launch of the Global Initiative on Jobs & Skills for the New Economy, introducing its first Flagship Report and Action Agenda to help nations and industries weave decent jobs and training into their transition pathways.

Sessions on Indigenous Adaptation elevate locally led climate solutions and new approaches to direct financing, while the Asset Owners Summit brings leading investors together to align capital with transition goals. A roundtable on Skills Development for Women and Youth highlights on-the-ground innovation advancing the just transition, and Narratives and Storytelling to Face the Climate Crisis explores how art and culture can shift mindsets and inspire change.

Across all discussions, Day 3 underscores that effective climate action begins with people — their skills, creativity, and shared commitment to a livable future.

COP30 Presidency Press Briefing (1:15PM; PC Room 1):

Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President
Ana Toni, COP30 CEO
Ambassador Liliam Chagas, Director of the Climate Department, Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Túlio Andrade, Director of Strategy and Alignment, COP30

Date: 12 November
Time: 1:15 PM
Location: Press Conference Room 1

COP30 Presidency Press Conference @ 6:30 PM

The COP30 Presidency will host a thematic press conference on empowering and equipping people to accelerate progress.

Remarks from:

Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President
Ana Toni, COP30 CEO
Nick Stern, Chair of the Board, SYSTEMIQ
Bruno Quick, Technical Director, SEBRAE Nacional
Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Date: 12 November
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Press Conference Room 1

Key Moments

Action Agenda events are run and owned by respective organizers, event details are subject to change.

9:00AM - 10:15AM High-Level Launch of the Global Initiative “Jobs & Skills for the New Economy and presentation of its first Flagship Report and Action Agenda”
Launch of the “Global Initiative for Jobs & Skills for the New Economy” at COP30 aims to connect governments, industry and civil society to integrate jobs and skills into economic and climate strategies. The initiative will support governments in embedding jobs and skills into national plans and mobilize public and private finance by identifying needs, leveraging climate funds, and establishing shared investment mechanisms.”
Location: Special Event Room No 3, “Parnaíba” (Theatre), Blue Zone

9:30AM - 10:30AM Promotion of Information Integrity on Climate Change
This interactive workshop brings together diverse stakeholders to advance information integrity on climate change through stronger international collaboration, research, and innovation. It will provide a platform to develop strategic communication campaigns promoting accurate, science-based information, share tools and policies that ensure transparency, and explore financing opportunities through the Global Fund for Information Integrity on Climate Change. The event will also emphasize corporate responsibility, encouraging ethical communication and sustained investment in reliable, accountable climate reporting.
Location: Action Agenda Axis 6 Thematic Room

10:30AM - 12:00PM High-Level/Ministerial Event “Indigenous Adaptation”
This high-level roundtable highlights Indigenous-led adaptation pathways from the territories to the world, fostering a strategic dialogue between governments, Indigenous leaders,multilateral funds and the UNFCCC. The outcomes will strengthen climate policies and direct financing mechanisms.
Location: Special Events Room 1 - São Francisco (Square-60)

12:30PM - 1:30PM Launch of the PAS and Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Public Procurement for a Just Transition
This high-level event will launch the Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) for Sustainable Public Procurement, promoting climate action and a just transition. It will conclude with a Ministerial Declaration uniting governments in a commitment to use public procurement as a tool for a just transition.
Location: Action Room 6

2:30PM - 5:45PM High-Level Event “Asset Owners Summit”
A high-level, closed-door summit for influential asset owners and corporate leaders to build consensus on: top priority solutions and geographies for the transition, effective policies that accelerate capital deployment into these markets and the fiduciary case and narrative for transition finance.
Location: Special Events Room 1 - São Francisco (Square-60)

4:15PM - 5:15PM High Level Event of the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change – Outcomes and Way Forward
The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched by the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Government of Brazil during the G20 Summit in 2024 and for the first time, this topic has become part of COP’s Action Agenda. The High-Level Event will present the outcomes of the Global Initiative and invite other actors to join this collective effort.
Location: COP30 Blue Zone, Brazilian Pavillion, Sumaúma Auditorium

5:00PM - 6:00PM Narratives and Storytelling to Face the Climate Crisis
This session explores how culture, storytelling, and the arts can drive climate awareness and behavioral change for sustainable living. It gathers artists (Luciano Hulk and Gilberto Gil), leaders (Min. Margareth Menezes, Minb. Claudia Roth and Davi Kopenawa) and policymakers and many others to showcase creative initiatives that mobilize society in support of the 1.5°C goal.
Location: Axis 5 Thematic Room

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