We’re always working with collaborators across the globe to make progress on international climate action. At COP 30, our experts are speaking at events hosted by Woodwell Climate and our partners, focused on ambitious solutions to the greatest challenge of our time.
Learn more about these events below—this page will continue to be updated with information. All listed times are in BST.
Beyond these events, you can find us at the Woodwell Climate Collaboration Space, OF-G64.
Meeting Room Tapajos, in Area C
17:00-18:00
Hosted by Google.org.
This event will be live-streamed on the UNFCCC YouTube channel.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Manoela Machado, Research Scientist
Side Event Room 2
18:30-20:00
The Global South is reframing climate multilateralism by advancing nature-based, inclusive, and systemic solutions. Countries rich in biodiversity lead a key role in linking climate resilience, food security, and ecosystem integrity to accelerate the Paris Agreement’s implementation.
Hosted by IPAM Amazônia, Fundación Dom Cabral, Global Environmental Institute, and Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Climate Justice Pavilion
10:00-12:00
Hosted by the Ford Foundation.
Woodwell speaker:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
Agrizone Auditório A1 (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
12:40-13:55
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Nature Hub Pavilion
16:00-17:00
Hosted by Woodwell Climate Research Center.
Woodwell speakers:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Casa Balaio (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
Hosted by IPAM Amazônia, Climate and Society Institute, Asian Development Bank Institute.
9:30-11:00
Brazil-China Partnership for a Green Trade
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Michael Coe, Senior Scientist
11:15-12:45
Innovating for the Future of Food Security
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Ethiopian Pavilian
11:30-13:00
This event will present success stories and challenges in the Ethiopian context, and outline areas for collaboration with development partners for possible areas of international cooperation across prioritized sectors. The event will bring together high-level representatives from the Government of Ethiopia, other countries, UN Agencies, international organizations, civil society organizations, and others.
Hosted by the Ethiopia Ministry of Planning and Development and the United Nations Development Program.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Matti Goldberg, Director of Government Relations – International
TED Countdown House (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
15:30-16:15
Satellite imagery and environmental datasets are transforming how we respond to the planet’s greatest threats. MapBiomas maps deforestation, Woodwell Climate Research Center monitors permafrost and carbon emissions, and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) leads community mapping for humanitarian and disaster response. This panel explores how these organizations turn data into a tool for justice, exposing environmental crimes, driving urgent climate action and supporting climate resilience.
Learn more about this event and request an invitation.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Christina Schädel, Senior Research Scientist
Casa Balaio (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
13:30-15:00
Woodwell speakers:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Casa Amazônia
9:30-10:30
Hosted by Instituto Arapyaú.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Nature Hub Pavilion
11:45-12:45
Hosted by the Nature 4 Climate Coalition.
This session integrates science-based integrity with feasibility. It presents emerging research from SHIFT-CM and others that show how digital MRV, durability-risk mapping, and adaptive baselines improve both trust and performance.
Woodwell speakers:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
Casa Balaio (outside blue zone)
13:30-15:00
Woodwell speaker:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
Casa Bayer,9 Av. Nossa Sra. de Nazaré, 319 (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
14:45-18:00
Woodwell speaker:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
Nature Hub Pavilion
17:30-19:00
Hosted by the Nature 4 Climate Coalition.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Cryosphere Pavilion
18:30-20:00
Hosted by Woodwell Climate Research Center, Alfred Wegener Institute, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Christina Schädel, Senior Research Scientist
Sala Castanheira, Pará Pavillion, Green Zone
9:30-10:20
Hosted by Woodwell Climate Research Center, Amazonia Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Rockefeller Foundation, and State Secretariat for Environment, Climate and Sustainability of Pará (SEMAS).
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Wayne Walker, Vice President of Science, Senior Scientist
Side Event Room 3
11:30-13:00
This event showcases jurisdictional REDD+ programs and stakeholders coming together to deliver positive impacts for people and forests at scale. Hear from: jurisdictional leaders and Indigenous Peoples on high-integrity outcomes; and donors and investors on paths to accelerate capital mobilization.
Hosted by Conservation International and Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator, Inc.
Woodwell speakers:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
WHO Health Pavilion
12:00-13:00
Hosted by Asia Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood, SLYCAN Trust, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security, and Woodwell Climate Research Center.
Health has been formally recognized as a central target within the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), with indicators expected to be agreed upon by the end of COP30. This session will examine how governments and stakeholders can operationalize the GGA health framework to achieve measurable adaptation outcomes. The discussion will focus on how evidence-based planning and integrated adaptation approaches can address climate-related impacts on human health and health systems, and build resilience across sectors and scales.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Marcia Macedo, Senior Scientist
Agrizone Auditório 2 (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
14:00-15:15
This event will bring together producers, scientists, and financial institutions to discuss how forests and agriculture can coexist profitably and sustainably through practical examples. The dialogue will highlight real cases, scientific evidence, and finance pathways that demonstrate how Brazil can produce competitively while conserving its natural resources by connecting science, practice, and finance.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Legal Amazon Consortium Pavilion
Hosted by Amazonia Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), Interstate Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon, All-China Environmental Federation (ACEF), Center for Environmental Education and Communications (CEEC) from the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment
11:00
The air we breathe: connections for air quality and green cities
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Marcia Macedo, Senior Scientist
15:30
Agriculture’s future tool box: AI and regenerative practices
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Planetary Science Pavilion
11:30-12:30
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Ethiopian Pavilion
16:30-18:00
Climate change is intensifying risks to economies, ecosystems, food systems, and communities worldwide. Translating climate data and financial risk into actionable resilience strategies remains a key challenge, particularly for emerging economies formulating and implementing their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and for communities and governments to prepare corresponding plans.
The objectives of this panel are threefold. First, strengthen understanding of climate-related financial risk assessment and its role in driving adaptation investment. Second, build science-based knowledge and tools for capacity development in developing countries, enabling effective risk assessments and implementation of NAPs. And third, highlight climate impacts on food systems and opportunities to improve Ethiopia’s food security. Drawing from Ethiopia’s experience, the session will highlight effective governance, partnerships, and data use for local decision-making.
Woodwell speakers:
- Dr. Matti Goldberg, Director of Government Relations – International
- Dr. Christopher Schwalm, Vice President of Science, Senior Scientist
Axis 3, slots 1 and 2
9:30-10:30
Hosted by the COP30 Presidency Envoys.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Open Society Pavilion
11:00-12:00
Hosted by Ambition Loop and Folio.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Praça da República, IGA (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
15:00-16:00
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Marcia Macedo, Senior Scientist
TED Countdown House (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
17:30-19:00
Inclusive, innovative strategies are needed to achieve global climate finance goals. We will discuss approaches that are already promoting planetary health, Indigenous self-determination, and nature-positive outcomes together with the safeguards that communities and buyers demand. Featuring the Xipaya Indigenous Community leading ethical, nature-based credits, in conversation with leaders in this space.
Learn more about this event and request an invitation.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Wayne Walker, Vice President of Science, Senior Scientist
World Climate Hub Pavilion
10:00-11:00
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
DRC Pavilion
12:20-13:20
Woodwell speakers:
- Dr. Glenn Bush, Associate Scientist
- Joseph Zambo, Forests & Climate Change Coordinator, Projet Équateur
Agrizone Auditório 1 (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
14:00-14:25
With an integrated approach, the Amaggi Regenera program combines technological innovation, partnerships with institutions, and its own certification protocols. The program promotes a low-carbon agricultural system focused on economic, climate, and social sustainability.
The Brazilian agribusiness sector is part of the country’s climate solution and is well-positioned to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy without sacrificing agricultural productivity growth.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Press Conference Room 2, Area D
16:00-16:30
Translation English-Spanish-Portuguese available.
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Wayne Walker, Vice President of Science, Senior Scientist
TED Countdown House (this event is outside the Blue Zone)
16:00-17:30
Tropical forests influence climate locally, regionally, and globally beyond their role in the carbon cycle. They shape moisture and energy flows, moderating temperatures and rainfall. This session explores these effects, their policy implications—especially for agriculture—and key directions for future research.
Learn more about this event and request an invitation.
Hosted by Woodwell Climate Research Center.
Woodwell speakers:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor
- Dr. Michael Coe, Senior Scientist
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
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Norway Pavilion – D-149
10:00-11:00
Woodwell speaker:
- Dr. Ludmila Rattis, Assistant Scientist, GALO Project Coordinator
Pará Pavillon – Green Zone
11:30-12:20
Hosted by IPAM Amazônia.
Woodwell speaker:
- Frances Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor