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COP30 Morning Brief – November 15

Published on Nov 15, 2025 9:00 AM - Modified 20 days ago

Day 6: Saturday, 15 November

by the COP30 Communications Team

Thematic Focus: Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases

Building the Financial and Ethical Foundations for a Just Transition

Saturday highlights finance as the key driver of the climate transition, focusing on unlocking catalytic capital to scale solutions and support those who need it most. The morning opens with the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade, aligning economic systems with climate ambition and highlighting necessary financial and trade reforms. Simultaneously, a session on taxonomy interoperability will show how harmonized sustainable finance frameworks can unlock cross-border capital, especially for emerging markets.

Brazil and the Green Climate Fund will unveil new Country Platforms and a South–South Knowledge Hub to enhance coordinated investment planning and technical cooperation. The afternoon features the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets, alongside a ministerial on the Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T, translating recommendations into pathways to mobilize USD 1.3 trillion annually.

The day concludes with the COP/CMP/CMA Plenary following SB63, formalizing SB outcomes and shifting from technical to political negotiations. Day 6 underscores that aligning financial systems, policy frameworks, and cooperative action is essential to a more equitable, resilient, and prosperous future.

COP30 Presidency Press Conference @ 1:30 PM

A briefing providing a holistic update on the progress made across the Action Agenda in Week 1.

Remarks from:
- Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President
- Dan Ioschpe, COP30 Climate High-Level Champion
- Bruna Cerqueira, COP30 Action Agenda Director

Date: 15 November
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Press Conference Room 1

COP30 Presidency Press Conference @ 7:00 PM

A briefing summarizing the key negotiation and consultation outcomes of Week 1. This briefing will start promptly once the Plenary is over.

Remarks from:
- 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

Date: 15 November
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Press Conference Room 1

Key Moments:

  • 9:30AM – 10:30AM Advancing Taxonomy interoperability to catalyze capital mobilization
    This event spotlights global efforts to align sustainable finance taxonomies, catalyzing private capital flows for climate action. Leaders and countries will share solutions and tools to accelerate cross-border investment, with a focus on emerging markets and inclusive transition.
    Location: Action Room 6, Action Agenda Thematic Spaces
  • 10:30AM – 12:00PM High Level Ministerial: Solidarity Levies
    Governments from across regions join forces to expand the Premium Flyers Solidarity Coalition, committing to introduce levies on premium air travel as a new source of finance for climate action, adaptation, and loss and damage. The event will also launch the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force Report: “The Untapped Potential of Solidarity Levies.”
    Location: SE Room 2 - Madeira, Blue Zone
  • 12:30PM – 2:00PM High Level Ministerial: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
    Co-hosted by Brazil’s Ministry of Finance and the Green Climate Fund, this high-level session will announce new Country Platforms for climate and nature finance and launch a South–South Knowledge Hub to boost technical cooperation, peer learning, and investment alignment across regions.
    Location: SE Room 1 - São Francisco, Blue Zone
  • 2:30PM - 4:00PM Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets
    Ministerial roundtable to discuss the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets, a collaborative initiative aimed at fostering mutual understanding of compliance carbon markets and carbon pricing mechanisms.
    Location: SE Room 1 - São Francisco, Blue Zone
  • 3:30PM - 4:30PM Super pollutants – the world's climate emergency brake
    This high-level session will demonstrate how countries, coalitions, and organizations are moving from ambition to delivery, embedding super pollutant mitigation into national strategies, investments, and sectoral plans. The event will showcase how fast action on super pollutants may be a cost-effective way to slow warming and deliver immediate benefits.
    Location: Action Room 6, Action Agenda Thematic Spaces ​
  • 4:00PM - 7:00PM COP/CMP/CMA Plenary following the closure of SB63
    The COP, CMP and CMA convene in a joint plenary to receive the reports from SBSTA 63 and SBI 63. During the session, Parties will formally move draft decisions from the Subsidiary Bodies into the main negotiating tracks, marking the transition from technical to political negotiations, paving the way for final decisions later in the COP.
    Location: Plenary 1 - closed session

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