BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//iveo//Event COP31 - German Climate Pavilion//DE
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:COP31 - German Climate Pavilion
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Istanbul
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0ecd19e5-ca3d-4fbd-b06e-f0d894c820fe@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T133727Z
DTSTART:20261109T090000Z
DTEND:20261109T093000Z
SUMMARY:Walk-In Session: NegotiateCOP
DESCRIPTION:How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexity of global climate diplomacy?\n\nHow can artificial intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexities of global climate diplomacy?\n\nIn this interactive **walk-in-session\, Johannes Jacob and Robin Nowok**\, part of the **German delegation**\, will introduce the latest version of **“NegotiateCOP”** – an AI-powered tool designed to assist users in navigating the immense and often fragmented landscape of UNFCCC submissions and decision texts.\n\n**NegotiateCOP** covers an extensive collection of official UNFCCC data\, including **more than 8\,000 submissions from the Parties** and **over 950 decisions from the COP\, CMP\, and CMA**. The tool makes this large and complex body of negotiation documents easier to search\, explore and compare\, helping users identify country positions and potential thematic alignments.\n\nNegotiateCOP is a joint initiative of the Data Labs of the **Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, the Federal Foreign Office\, the Federal Ministry for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)\,** and the **Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)\,** developed in close collaboration with negotiators from the Global South.\n\nFollowing its launch at COP30\, the team gathered extensive feedback from users and developed new concepts in dedicated user workshops. Based on this feedback\, the updated version for COP31 offers **new features as well as improved overall performance and usability**.\n\nThe event is designed to be **hands-on**\, allowing participants to explore **NegotiateCOP** on their own\, test its features\, search for and compare negotiation documents\, and discover countries’ positions and thematic alignments. Johannes and Robin will be available throughout the event to demonstrate features\, answer questions\, and discuss how AI could support **more equitable\, transparent\, and inclusive climate negotiations.**\n\nSprecher: Robin Nowok\, Johannes Jacob
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ceac1e64-b068-432a-b98b-0c5499bb08d4@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261109T100000Z
DTEND:20261109T110000Z
SUMMARY:Measuring carbon footprints for sustainable food systems
DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion on challenges and barriers for harmonization of carbon footprints in agriculture\n\nEntlang der Wertschöpfungsketten der Ernährungssysteme sowie auch für landwirtschaftliche Betriebe steigen die Anforderungen\, Treibhausgasemissionen auf Betriebs- und Produktebene zu erfassen. Angetrieben wird diese Entwicklung durch unternehmerische Ziele (z.B. SBTi)\, regulatorische Vorgaben (wie CSRD) sowie Rahmenwerke für Kohlenstoffmärkte. Da die Berechnungen oft nicht vergleichbar sind\, fokussiert sich die Session auf die Notwendigkeit von harmonisierten Berechnungsmethoden für einzelbetriebliche Klimabilanzen und für carbon footprints von Nahrungsmitteln für nachhaltigere Ernährungssysteme.\n\nn dieser organisierten Podiumsdiskussion erörtern wir aktuelle Ansätze zur Bilanzierung von Treibhausgasen auf Betriebsebene sowie entlang der Wertschöpfungskette von Ernährungssystemen. Wir gehen der Frage nach\, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen Carbon Footprints bei der Transformation zu klimafreundlicheren Ernährungssystemen darstellen\, und diskutieren\, welche unterschiedlichen nationalen Ansätze für einzelbetriebliche Klimabilanzen zwischen den Ländern existieren und wie diese besser harmonisiert werden können.\n\nSprecher: Anne Roth\, Claudia Heidecke\, Ali Segura Moran
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:242f90a3-9fdf-4c7f-804c-67fd01a4f2b5@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261109T113000Z
DTEND:20261109T123000Z
SUMMARY:From Global Indicators to Local Resilience: Making adaptation work for most vulnerable communities
DESCRIPTION:As climate change intensifies heatwaves\, floods\, and other extreme weather events\, cities and communities are increasingly responsible for protecting people’s health and well-being. Children\, young people and other vulnerable groups face disproportionate risks\, yet their needs and experiences are not always adequately reflected in adaptation planning\, monitoring and reporting.\n\nThe adoption of the Belém Adaptation Indicators under the GGA marked an important step towards measuring global adaptation progress. As countries begin to put these indicators into practice\, attention must now turn to what may still be missing and how the framework can capture socially differentiated vulnerabilities\, local realities and tangible outcomes for communities.\n\nThis session will connect the UNFCCC negotiations with adaptation implementation on the ground. It will examine how the indicators can be strengthened through child-sensitive and socially disaggregated data\, as well as respond to the local realities and facilitate access to adaptation finance. Representatives from cities and civil society will share how adaptation planning currently takes place at the local level\, particularly in relation to heat resilience\, and how cross-border and multilevel cooperation can strengthen local capacities. Drawing on German–Turkish municipal cooperation and experiences from other national and local contexts\, the discussion will identify what COP31 should deliver to make the GGA deliver for communities.\n\nSprecher: Revati Phalkey\, Youssef Nassef
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:cc8025a8-a03f-4a79-8e3d-0c31c9964547@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261109T130000Z
DTEND:20261109T140000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging ACE and the Belém Gender Action Plan: Local Solutions for just and inclusive climate policy
DESCRIPTION:Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is most effective when it is rooted in local realities and driven by the people most affected by climate change. Across the Global South\, youth and children\, women and gender diverse people as well as and local communities are leading innovative\, gender-responsive approaches to education for sustainable development with a focus on climate education\, participation and action. This event will explore what ACE looks like in practice\, the lessons emerging from the frontlines and how local solutions can inform negotiations and German climate policy.\n\nYouth participants from the Children’s and Youth Environmental Rights Lab will present their findings and their demands. Additionally\, the demands for ACE negotiations will be presented. We will then explore the synergies between ACE and the Belem Gender Action Plan and how they can drive the implementation of the action plans. Further\, we will reflect on Germany's role in advancing inclusive and locally led ACE through international cooperation. Guiding questions:\n\nHow can ACE be effectively implemented in practice?\n\nWhat role does ACE play in promoting the active and equal participation of young people\, gender diverse people and local communities from the Global South and North in climate processes?\n\nWhat are the connections between ACE and gender justice?\n\nWhat can we learn from the Belém GAP for the ACE negotiations?
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:055f0498-1d10-4f72-9a9d-456fe8cd99f9@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261110T080000Z
DTEND:20261110T090000Z
SUMMARY:Urban Water Catalyst Initiative
DESCRIPTION:Mobilising private capital for resilient services in cities – how the Catalyst Initiative is making urban water utilities fit-for-finance!\n\nWater ressources\, drinking water supply and wastewater management are under severe pressure worldwide as a result of climate change\, pollution\, ageing infrastructure and the need for expansion. In cities\, municipal water suppliers are primarily responsible for this. However\, they are usually unable to secure a reliable supply for a rapidly growing urban demand. As a result\, there is a massive supply shortfall (SDG 6).  \nLack of sufficient equity capital\, lack of efficient operation and a knowledge gap concerning climate risks affecting their business and increasingly impacting utilities agglomerates in an estimated funding gap of US$ 140 billion per year.  \nThe **Catalyst Initiative helps to close these gaps**. The **Urban Water Catalyst Initiative (UWCI) is a global initiative with initial funding from Germany**\, the Netherlands and the Stone Family Foundation\, that addresses this challenge by mobilising private local capital.\n\nThe session will showcase the initiative’s approach to financing and how it can effectively drive **climate resilience** for water and sanitation services in urban areas\, **as an integral component of a commercial business model**.\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ae2ce166-dc2d-46ab-aa08-f32a9c5b75a4@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T133727Z
DTSTART:20261110T090000Z
DTEND:20261110T093000Z
SUMMARY:Walk-In Session: NegotiateCOP
DESCRIPTION:How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexity of global climate diplomacy?\n\nHow can artificial intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexities of global climate diplomacy?\n\nIn this interactive **walk-in-session\, Johannes Jacob and Robin Nowok**\, part of the **German delegation**\, will introduce the latest version of **“NegotiateCOP”** – an AI-powered tool designed to assist users in navigating the immense and often fragmented landscape of UNFCCC submissions and decision texts.\n\n**NegotiateCOP** covers an extensive collection of official UNFCCC data\, including **more than 8\,000 submissions from the Parties** and **over 950 decisions from the COP\, CMP\, and CMA**. The tool makes this large and complex body of negotiation documents easier to search\, explore and compare\, helping users identify country positions and potential thematic alignments.\n\nNegotiateCOP is a joint initiative of the Data Labs of the **Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, the Federal Foreign Office\, the Federal Ministry for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)\,** and the **Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)\,** developed in close collaboration with negotiators from the Global South.\n\nFollowing its launch at COP30\, the team gathered extensive feedback from users and developed new concepts in dedicated user workshops. Based on this feedback\, the updated version for COP31 offers **new features as well as improved overall performance and usability**.\n\nThe event is designed to be **hands-on**\, allowing participants to explore **NegotiateCOP** on their own\, test its features\, search for and compare negotiation documents\, and discover countries’ positions and thematic alignments. Johannes and Robin will be available throughout the event to demonstrate features\, answer questions\, and discuss how AI could support **more equitable\, transparent\, and inclusive climate negotiations.**\n\nSprecher: Robin Nowok\, Johannes Jacob
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:32bb54be-053e-448c-8348-8297fc86b802@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T161038Z
DTSTART:20261110T100000Z
DTEND:20261110T110000Z
SUMMARY:Modern Grids as the Backbone of Secure\, Affordable and Clean Electrification
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:245b3e46-dc06-49e3-b48d-2ef97c26a57b@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T064943Z
DTSTART:20261110T120000Z
DTEND:20261110T130000Z
SUMMARY:How can industrial electrification become a driver of competitiveness? German solutions
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5d5bc4ed-c3e7-410f-ab60-76d2911535d7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261110T133000Z
DTEND:20261110T143000Z
SUMMARY:Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels: National Roadmaps for a Resilient and Competitive Future
DESCRIPTION:At COP28\, governments agreed to accelerate the global energy transition by tripling renewable energy capacity\, doubling energy efficiency improvements\, and transitioning away from fossil fuels (TAFF). Recent geopolitical crises have underscored the risks of fossil fuel dependence and reinforced the importance of expanding affordable renewable energy for competitive economies and resilient societies.\n\nAs international efforts on TAFF are gaining momentum through initiatives such as the Global TAFF Roadmap\, the Santa Marta Process\, and preparations for the Second TAFF Conference\, attention is shifting toward the practical question of how countries can translate global energy transition goals into national pathways that reflect their development priorities and economic realities.\n\nThis event will provide an open platform for government representatives\, international organizations\, civil society\, private sector and development partners to discuss how international partnerships can provide **meaningful support to national TAFF roadmaps** and how these roadmaps can support **national development priorities\, energy security\, and economic resilience**.\n\nThe discussion will focus on:\n\n-   National priorities\, opportunities\, and challenges in developing TAFF roadmaps\n    \n-   Lessons learned from emerging country experiences\n    \n-   Integrating TAFF into broader development\, energy\, and climate strategies\n    \n-   International cooperation\, financing\, and technical support needs\n    \n-   Strengthening partnerships ahead of the Second TAFF Conference\n    \n\nAgenda:\n\n-   Opening Remarks (*tbc:* *Dr. Heike Henn\, Designate State Secretary\, Federal Ministry for the Environment\, Climate Action\, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany)*\n    \n-   Panel: Country Perspectives on National TAFF Roadmaps\n    \n-   Fishbowl Discussion with public\, private and civil society stakeholders\n    \n-   Closing Remarks (*Fentje Jacobsen\, WWF-Germany Director Climate and Energy*)\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e99d1f69-81bb-42c0-906e-7b7dce82f9ca@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T064943Z
DTSTART:20261110T150000Z
DTEND:20261110T160000Z
SUMMARY:It’s the economy\, stupid! - Water risks and their implications for financial systems and macroeconomic policy
DESCRIPTION:**The proposition: from water risk recognition to financing its reduction**\n\nThe next water crisis will not stop at the riverbank. Drought\, flooding\, water pollution and the degradation of water-regulating ecosystems disrupt industrial production\, food and energy supply\, infrastructure reliability and trade. These losses travel from catchments into corporate revenues and operating costs\, collateral values and insurance claims\; from there into bank balance sheets\, public budgets\, inflation\, debt sustainability and the cost of capital. The physical impacts are place-specific\, but supply-chain and financial contagion may be regional or global. The resulting challenge for COP31 is no longer simply to persuade financial actors that water matters. Water-related risks are increasingly recognized as financially material\, yet water remains incompletely represented in macroeconomic analysis\, financial supervision and the way infrastructure projects are valued\, financed and governed. Globally\, the value of water-related risks amounts to 7-9 per cent of global gross national product. In a study of the euro-area financial system\, nearly 60% of loans analyzed were exposed to companies with unmet flood-protection needs.\n\nThis is not another ESG disclosure discussion. Water is becoming a determinant of competitiveness\, creditworthiness and long-term asset value. The relevant question is whether better risk recognition creates incentives for resilience or simply makes exposed communities\, companies and governments less financeable. The side event will confront a critical challenge: **water-related risks are increasingly recognized and priced by financial markets\, yet this growing awareness has not translated into commensurate investments in water resilience.** It will invite senior policymakers\, central bankers\, financial institutions\, including credit agencies and multilateral development banks to articulate what they can change\, individually and collectively\, to close the gap between risk recognition and investment in water resilience.\n\n**1\\. Why water is a macroeconomic and fiscal issue**\n\nA stable hydrological cycle is a productive input\, not an environmental externality. When ecosystem degradation removes natural flood protection or dry season flows\, infrastructure performance deteriorates even if its engineered structures are sound. This is the passage from basin conditions to the profit-and-loss account\, bank balance sheet and national budget. The fiscal stakes are high: governments can invest strategically in water resilience today or face mounting economic losses\, emergency expenditures\, shrinking fiscal space and rising borrowing costs tomorrow. This calls for integrating location-specific hydrology and ecosystem scenarios into growth and inflation forecasts\, fiscal-risk statements\, public investment management\, sovereign-debt analysis and expenditure sequencing. The policy choice remains unresolved. Which water assets and natural systems merit priority investment because their failure would destabilize economic activity? How should a Ministry of Finance decide between ex-ante adaptation CAPEX and ex-post fiscal losses? One thing is clear. Early adaptation and water-resilient investment can actually strengthen long-term fiscal sustainability.\n\n**2\\. From Water-Risk Exposure to Financial Stability and Resilience**\n\nWater-related shocks move from basin conditions into the financial system through falling corporate revenues\, rising operating costs\, deteriorating collateral values and insurance losses. As exposures accumulate\, they can weaken bank balance sheets and threaten financial stability. Yet financial authorities still struggle to translate local hydrological and ecosystem pressures into asset-level credit analysis\, portfolio stress tests and macro-financial models. OECD (2025) calls for stronger water-specific supervisory expectations\, scenario analysis\, data\, disclosure and sustainable finance taxonomies. The next challenge is to assess not only gross exposure to hazards\, but also the residual financial risk after credible adaptation. Meanwhile\, rising premiums and insurance protection gaps can undermine collateral and restrict credit\, reinforcing vulnerability. The unresolved question is how lenders\, insurers\, rating agencies and supervisors can translate verified risk reduction into financing and underwriting decisions without driving capital and insurance away from those emerging economies that need resilience investment most. This requires credible metrics connecting basin risk to cash flows and portfolios\, evidence of avoided losses\, and incentives for financing adaptation rather than simply repricing exposure.\n\n**3\\. From Water Governance to Investable Resilience**\n\nSound water governance and management are increasingly becoming prerequisites for attracting sustainable finance. Credible water allocation\, basin governance\, hydrological modelling\, ecosystem monitoring and risk management help investors assess whether water resources and natural infrastructure can sustain long-term economic activity. The Climate Bonds Initiative’s 2026 Water Infrastructure Criteria illustrates how these traditional water management functions are becoming relevant to investment eligibility and certification. The question “Can this watershed support growth?” is therefore increasingly a financial one\, linking water security\, economic competitiveness and investment decisions.\n\nYet translating the economic value of water resilience into investable opportunities remains challenging. Many investments in water security\, ecosystem restoration and climate adaptation generate value primarily through avoided losses\, reduced financial risks and protected economic activity rather than directly monetisable revenues. The challenge is to convert these benefits into measurable financial value\, credible revenue mechanisms and bankable investment opportunities. This requires coordinated interventions across three levels: the enabling policy and regulatory environment\, resilient project design and appropriate capital structuring. Emerging instruments\, including blue and resilience bonds\, sustainability-linked finance\, guarantees\, blended finance and performance-based payments\, offer promising approaches to mobilising private investment. However\, scaling these solutions requires more than financial innovation. Governments must establish credible water governance and enabling conditions\; commercial banks and investors must integrate resilience into investment appraisal\, credit decisions and financial products\; and MDBs and development cooperation partners must support project preparation\, risk mitigation and commercially viable investment pipelines. Closing the gap between the economic value of resilience and its financial investability is essential to directing capital towards water security at scale.\n\n**The purpose of the high-level dialogue**\n\nCOP31 offers an opportunity to move from a shared diagnosis of water-related financial risks towards a common agenda for coordinated action. Ministries of Finance\, central banks\, financial supervisors\, credit rating agencies\, insurers\, commercial banks and development finance institutions bring complementary perspectives and capabilities to this challenge. Closer collaboration could help strengthen the integration of water risks into macroeconomic and financial decision-making\, recognize and reward investments that demonstrably reduce risks\, and mobilize capital for water resilience without further marginalizing vulnerable economies and communities. The challenge is to identify where these complementary roles intersect\, which barriers require collective solutions\, and how public and private actors can work together to translate financial risk awareness into investment at scale.\n\nThe German Development Cooperation can contribute valuable experience in bridging the hydrological\, institutional and financial dimensions of water resilience. Through technical cooperation\, it supports water governance\, basin planning\, regulatory frameworks\, project preparation and financial-sector capacity development\, helping connect investment needs with potential financiers. Building on this experience\, the session will explore how earlier investor engagement\, targeted technical assistance and closer coordination between policy reforms and investment preparation can help address barriers to private capital mobilization and deliver measurable results. The dialogue will seek to identify practical opportunities for collaboration and complementary action to strengthen economic and financial resilience through investment in water security.\n\nSprecher: Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:cbae87f8-07f5-46e5-9410-ad9a2ca3cde0@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261111T073000Z
DTEND:20261111T083000Z
SUMMARY:Climate in the age of security
DESCRIPTION:Harnessing co-benefits\, navigating trade-offs\n\n*Current security and geopolitical concerns are sidelining climate issues on the political agenda. Climate mitigation and adaptation\, e.g. a fossil phase-out and environmental protection\, have well-known benefits for security even beyond avoiding dangerous climate change. Deploying resilient renewable energy systems improves energy sovereignty\, natural infrastructure serves civil protection\, and joint ecosystem conservation contributes to conflict prevention. However\, this requires long-term strategies and addressing national and international distribution effects. Also\, a balance between natural infrastructure and resource use (including for security) needs to be found\, to avoid irreversible damage to natural life-support systems. An integrated security policy therefore includes prevention- and resilience-based approaches\, and must acknowledge and explicitly address potential trade-offs.*\n\n*The event will explore the security-climate nexus\, its role for climate negotiations\, international cooperation and local stability\, engaging with national and international stakeholders.*\n\nSprecher: Hans-Otto Pörtner\, Sabine Schlacke\, Niklas Höhne
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:428da3ef-09a7-478b-8f13-8572da75865a@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T071221Z
DTSTART:20261111T090000Z
DTEND:20261111T103000Z
SUMMARY:Circularity as a Strategic Enabler to Climate Action 
DESCRIPTION:**We are living through a triple planetary crisis which share a common root: the linear economic model of “extract‑produce‑dispose”. The OECD’s Environmental Outlook on the Triple Planetary Crisis stresses this linkage\, while the International Resource Panel shows that extraction and processing of materials alone generate more than 55 % of worldwide greenhouse‑gas emissions. Consequently\, a sole focus on the energy transition cannot close the emissions gap.** \n\n**What is needed is a radical paradigm shift toward circularity: redesigning how materials are conceived\, used and reintegrated so that they remain in the economic system as long as possible and yield their highest value. The climate agenda now reflects this insight. At COP 28 circular economy appeared for the first time in a formal cover decision\, and the Mitigation Work Programme created a dedicated strand on the mitigation potential of circular approaches. Under the Turkish Presidency “Zero Waste” became a top priority of the Action Agenda\, signalling that material flows and climate outcomes are seen as inseparably linked.** \n\n**This side event convenes government representatives\, researchers who have built the evidence base\, private‑sector pioneers implementing solutions\, and think‑tanks translating science into policy pathways. Our goal is to connect the political priorities set by the Turkish Presidency with the technical and economic feasibility already demonstrated by science\, business and civil society.**\n\nSprecher: Carsten Schneider\, Murat Kurum\, TUR Environment Minister\, Adalberto Maluf\, National Secretary\, BRA Environment Ministry\, Janez Potočnik\, Co-Chair\, International Resource Panel\, James Skea\, Chair\, IPCC\, Claas Oehlman\, BDI\, Amanda McKee\, Director\, NDC Partnership\, Wen-Yu Went\, Executive Lead\, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1559d8d7-161f-4bc7-bfc1-48d771e213fc@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261111T110000Z
DTEND:20261111T120000Z
SUMMARY:Unlocking the Circular City: City-Business-Collaboration for Zero Waste & Industrial Decarbonization
DESCRIPTION:The transition to circular economy is a key driver for climate neutrality\, resource efficiency\, and industrial resilience. Yet circular economy approaches are not systematically integrated into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In addition\, translating national climate and circular economy strategies into action and creating societal co- benefits (such as the implementation of the Federal Government's National Circular Economy Strategy) will largely depend on local action where municipalities and businesses collaborate closely.\n\nThis event will showcase how cities and industry can jointly close material loops\, drastically reduce CO₂ emissions and deliver local benefits. Drawing on experiences from Mannheim and Barcelona Metropolitan Area\, it will demonstrate how European cities create incentives for circular innovations in dialogue with industry and civil society. Together with ICLEI\, Zero Waste Europe\, and Corporate Leaders Europe\, it will explore how supportive policies and city–business partnerships can scale these approaches and strengthen the role of circular economy solutions in NDC implementation worldwide.\n\nQuestions for discussion:\n\n\\-  What levers do cities have to offer local companies financial (or other) incentives for circular innovations?\n\n\\- Where do circular business models currently fail due to regulatory barriers at the national/EU level? What local solutions exist?\n\n\\- How can circular economy solutions be better integrated to NDCs?\n\nSprecher: Prof. Dr. Diana Pretzell\, Frederic Ximeno Roca\, Goksen Sahin\, Manon Jourdan\, Ursula Woodburn\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:c1c68dd5-77b6-4ba7-97f5-944fd050a5b7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261111T150000Z
DTEND:20261111T163000Z
SUMMARY:Youth & Negotiator World Café
DESCRIPTION:This World Café brings together youth and negotiators for an open and informal exchange on key negotiation topics such as adaptation\, finance and just transition. In 4-5 small discussion rounds\, participants will have the chance to share experiences\, ask questions\, and better understand the challenges faced in international climate negotiations.  \nEach table will be moderated by youth representatives who help guide the conversation while keeping plenty of space for spontaneous dialogue. The focus is on creating an atmosphere where both youth and negotiators can speak freely\, learn from each other\, and explore how collaboration across generations can strengthen climate action.  \nBy breaking away from formal negotiation settings\, the event encourages genuine conversations\, helps reduce hierarchies\, and lays the groundwork for lasting connections that support future advocacy and cooperation.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:43771248-a640-4939-b068-693c11526978@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T131341Z
DTSTART:20261112T090000Z
DTEND:20261112T100000Z
SUMMARY:From Climate Risk to Municipal Action: Building Urban Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Cities concentrate people\, infrastructure\, economic activity and investment\, but also many of the risks associated with a changing climate. They are therefore places where climate impacts are felt particularly strongly\, but also where planning\, investment and practical interventions can translate climate ambition into concrete action.\n\nUsing urban heat as a concrete climate challenge\, this interactive training seminar will bring together municipal practitioners to exchange practical experience and jointly reflect on local adaptation. Stuttgart will present its current approach to tackling heat stress through the Climate Innovation Fund and forthcoming “Stuttgart Challenge”\, and will bring a concrete challenge from its ongoing work into the session. A second city from the Connective Cities network will contribute its own experience with urban climate adaptation and heat action.\n\nBuilding on these inputs\, the session will move into a structured peer-to-peer exchange centred on the challenge case presented by the City of Stuttgart. Drawing on their own municipal experience\, participants will work together to reflect on the challenge and develop practical recommendations. The exchange will conclude with five key takeaways\, highlighting how peer learning between cities can help strengthen and advance local climate adaptation.\n\nSprecher: Sabine Drees\, Jimmy Yoedsel\, Hauke Diederich\, Jan--Moritz Jericke
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1ba548d1-50a9-4dca-a0e4-bf4c94462f23@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261013T212911Z
DTSTART:20261112T110000Z
DTEND:20261112T120000Z
SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Food Security
DESCRIPTION:Redefining Security\n\nThe Council on Foreign Relations\, in cooperation with the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University\, and the Center for Climate and Security will host a on hour long round table discussion on food weaponization and the implications for international policy. Food insecurity is no longer merely a humanitarian concern — it is a vector of geopolitical instability\, a tool of statecraft\, and an accelerating dimension of the global security crisis. Drought and flooding destroy crops\; scarcity drives displacement\; and in Gaza\, Sudan\, and Ukraine\, hunger has been engineered as a weapon. The conversation is part of a series that repositions food security at the center of global security debates\, bridges the longstanding divide between development and security communities\, and generates rigorous policy-relevant analysis for governments\, multilateral institutions\, and the private sector.\n\nSprecher: Erin Sikorsky\, Michael Werz\, Maximo Torero\, Vera Songwe\, Zafer Yenal
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:b6dc54aa-378a-4f8c-85d5-1d92380ea3f7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261112T123000Z
DTEND:20261112T133000Z
SUMMARY:Left out in the heat? Rethinking urban heat strategies for vulnerable groups
DESCRIPTION:Extreme heat is becoming one of the most direct impacts of climate change on cities worldwide. Record-breaking summer temperatures in 2026 - from Europe to other regions represented at COP31 - have again shown that heat risk is not distributed evenly across the population. Vulnerable groups\, such as homeless people\, people in adequate settlements or people who face poverty are consistently among those hit hardest\, yet they are the groups least likely to be reached by conventional cooling infrastructure or early-warning systems. Homeless people face particularly acute risk: they typically lack access to shaded or cooled shelter\, are often excluded by design from public cooling spaces and are harder to reach through standard communication channels during heat emergencies. This is a shared challenge across very different urban and institutional contexts - what varies is how cities have responded\, and there is much to learn from comparing approaches. This sessions offers a platform to bring city practitioners\, national governments and welfare organisations together around this specific\, often under-addressed dimension of urban climate adaptation: protecting the people most exposed to heat and least able to protect themselves.\n\n**Speakers and perspectives:**\n\n-   **City of Paris (France) and City of Mannheim (Germany)** will present their urban heat action strategies and how they addresses the needs of homeless people and other vulnerable people in practice.\n    \n\n-   **German Federal Ministry for Housing\, Urban Development and Building** will outline the national frameworks and current initiatives nationally for addressing urban heat protection for vulnerable groups\, with a focus on the homeless population.\n    \n-   **Depaul International** will bring international examples from its work with people experiencing homelessness\, showing what local heat protection can look like on the ground in different contexts.\n\nSprecher: André Riemer\, Dan Jones\, Katie Gallus\, N. N.\, Prof. Dr. Diana Pretzell
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:925ebe9f-c0a8-4023-a998-6cdb49fe6e00@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261112T140000Z
DTEND:20261112T153000Z
SUMMARY:From Action Plan to Action: Advancing ACE and Information Integrity
DESCRIPTION:The event will explore how the commitments made through the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change and its Declaration can be translated into concrete national\, international and societal action.\n\nThe first part brings together high-level representatives from Germany\, France\, Brazil and an others (tbc.) to discuss progress since the adoption of the Declaration\, national implementation approaches and the role of information integrity in the UNFCCC process\, particularly the new Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) Action Plan. It will also address the specific needs of the Global South and provide an opportunity to present initial national measures and ways of support.\n\nThe second part broadens the discussion beyond governments\, bringing together media\, academia\, civil society and cultural institutions:  Goethe-Institut\, Deutsche Welle and CON Policy will showcase practical approaches\, highlighting opportunities for cooperation and demonstrating how political commitments can be translated into action.\n\nSprecher: Dennis Reineck
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:9157a3ee-1edb-455f-acb2-875824441f1c@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T101443Z
DTSTART:20261113T073000Z
DTEND:20261113T084500Z
SUMMARY:Launching the Global Framework on Children\, Youth\, Climate\, Peace & Security: A Landmark for COP31
DESCRIPTION:The High-Level event will be the official adoption and endorsement of the ***Global Framework on Children\, Youth\, Peace\, and Climate Security***\, accompanied by commitment for localized implementation. \n\nThis launch will position children and youth as architects of the peace and security agenda emphasizing how conflict and/or climate-induced instability affects the safety and rights of children and young people in all their diversity\, specifically calling for protected spaces for adolescent girls and young women that integrate physical safety\, psychosocial support\, and uninterrupted access to sexual and reproductive health services.\n\nThe session also aims to mobilize critical climate finance for the Framework’s implementation underpinned by innovative financing mechanisms and research-backed data to track progress and ensure evidence-based climate-peace actions.\n\nSprecher: Caterina Bittendorf\, Florence Bauer\, Ugochi Daniels
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:a1113c38-da3a-4be0-9b6d-5fb8710a8001@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T133727Z
DTSTART:20261113T090000Z
DTEND:20261113T093000Z
SUMMARY:Walk-In Session: NegotiateCOP
DESCRIPTION:How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexity of global climate diplomacy?\n\nHow can artificial intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexities of global climate diplomacy?\n\nIn this interactive **walk-in-session\, Johannes Jacob and Robin Nowok**\, part of the **German delegation**\, will introduce the latest version of **“NegotiateCOP”** – an AI-powered tool designed to assist users in navigating the immense and often fragmented landscape of UNFCCC submissions and decision texts.\n\n**NegotiateCOP** covers an extensive collection of official UNFCCC data\, including **more than 8\,000 submissions from the Parties** and **over 950 decisions from the COP\, CMP\, and CMA**. The tool makes this large and complex body of negotiation documents easier to search\, explore and compare\, helping users identify country positions and potential thematic alignments.\n\nNegotiateCOP is a joint initiative of the Data Labs of the **Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, the Federal Foreign Office\, the Federal Ministry for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)\,** and the **Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)\,** developed in close collaboration with negotiators from the Global South.\n\nFollowing its launch at COP30\, the team gathered extensive feedback from users and developed new concepts in dedicated user workshops. Based on this feedback\, the updated version for COP31 offers **new features as well as improved overall performance and usability**.\n\nThe event is designed to be **hands-on**\, allowing participants to explore **NegotiateCOP** on their own\, test its features\, search for and compare negotiation documents\, and discover countries’ positions and thematic alignments. Johannes and Robin will be available throughout the event to demonstrate features\, answer questions\, and discuss how AI could support **more equitable\, transparent\, and inclusive climate negotiations.**\n\nSprecher: Robin Nowok\, Johannes Jacob
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:435446c5-2411-4048-9b03-ae2d19e2c4d0@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T134426Z
DTSTART:20261113T093000Z
DTEND:20261113T103000Z
SUMMARY:Scaling Carbon Markets for Net Zero - How international carbon markets can unlock the next wave of global climate investment
DESCRIPTION:The next decade will be decisive for delivering global climate targets. While domestic emission reductions remain the cornerstone of climate action\, achieving net zero at reasonable cost will also require large-scale investments beyond national borders. International carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can mobilize private capital\, accelerate mitigation projects worldwide and help bridge the growing gap between climate ambition and implementation.\n\nA key question is how to create sufficient supply before demand surges. As major compliance carbon markets increasingly explore the use of high-integrity international credits\, including potential future demand from systems such as the EU ETS\, project developers\, host countries and investors need clear market signals today. Yet many Article 6 activities remain stuck in pilot phases\, facing regulatory uncertainty\, limited liquidity and insufficient demand visibility.\n\nThe session will open with an industry keynote on the strategic role of international carbon markets in achieving global climate goals while strengthening competitiveness and affordability. Building on this impulse\, representatives from business\, governments and international organizations will discuss how to scale supply\, establish robust market frameworks and ensure that international carbon markets are ready to meet future compliance demand while maintaining environmental integrity and trust.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e44edca2-2239-4abd-a78d-d3c2aae5d6e5@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135010Z
DTSTART:20261113T110000Z
DTEND:20261113T120000Z
SUMMARY:Rio Synergies in Action
DESCRIPTION:Implementing climate commitments through inclusive land use planning and finance\n\nThe three Rio Conventions address challenges that are closely linked in terms of subject matter\, but are often dealt with separately in political and financial terms. Based on the results of the new country case study by the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD) on Rio synergies in Mongolia\, this side event presents policy and investment approaches that can be used to jointly address climate action\, climate adaptation\, biodiversity conservation\, combating land degradation and nutrition security. A new analytical approach – based on the principles of the FAO’s Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP) – which incorporates various levels of planning and implementation and offers starting points for sustainable financing solutions for the synergistic implementation of the Rio Conventions.\n\nThe event highlights Germany’s role as an advocate for the coherent implementation of the Rio Conventions in the context of UNFCCC COP31 and the 2026 UN Water Conference. It is aimed at high-level government representatives\, research institutions\, donor organisations\, civil society and private sector stakeholders.\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:803d254a-0a11-4620-8238-261df9278571@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135106Z
DTSTART:20261113T123000Z
DTEND:20261113T133000Z
SUMMARY:The Adaptation Gap: What Physical Climate Risks Mean for Finance
DESCRIPTION:As climate change intensifies\, cutting greenhouse-gas emissions remains a priority. However\, some climate impacts are already irreversible. With the frequency and severity of extreme weather events increasing\, **adaptation investments** have become an immediate economic and financial policy issue. Yet responsibility for adaptation remains fragmented\, and investment often lags behind identified risks.\n\nThe session will open with a presentation by Bundesbank\, looking at the **relevance of physical climate risks forthe German economy and financial sector** and sharing insights into **climate adaptation measures taken in reaction**. New analysis of Germany’s adaptation planning will be presented\, examining how the public sector is responding to growing physical risks. The results highlight differences in adaptation planning by municipality and shed a light on possible gaps in protection against extreme weather events\, which can leave the economy\, financial sector\, and people exposed to risk.\n\n**Building on these insights\, an expert panel will explore:**\n\n·          Where are the most important gaps in adaptation planning and financing?\n\n·          How do responsibilities and incentives across levels of government affect adaptation measures?\n\n·          What are the implications of insufficient adaptation for banks\, insurers and other financial institutions?\n\n·          Can adaptation investments serve as a risk-management tool for the financial sector?
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2daa2276-9660-4ff0-93bd-d60dc4c42e4a@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135203Z
DTSTART:20261113T140000Z
DTEND:20261113T150000Z
SUMMARY:Powering Partnerships: European Cooperation on Cleantech Export Promotion
DESCRIPTION:*As the global race for clean technology markets accelerates\, both EU Member States and the Commission are developing specific instruments to support cleantech companies abroad. While certain countries strategically leverage their cleantech sectors to position themselves as the drivers of the global energy transition and to create dependencies\, European efforts often remain fragmented\, limiting Europe's collective impact and visibility. At the same time\, partner countries are looking for reliable and mutually beneficial partnerships to advance their own clean technology transitions.*\n\n*This roundtable\, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office in the German Pavilion\, brings together representatives from European governments\, companies\, the EU Special Coordinator for the Global Clean Transition within the European Commission and India as a partner country to discuss how international cleantech cooperation can create greater value on both sides. The discussion will explore what partner countries need from the EU and how European instruments and expertise can be streamlined to better respond to these needs.*\n\n*Building on this exchange\, the session will explore how the EU can present a more coherent offer to partner countries: How can Member States and the EU Commission better coordinate instruments and pool expertise? And how can European support create genuine win-win outcomes\, supporting European cleantech companies while contributing to partner countries’ clean technology ambitions and economic development?*\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4cb5446b-ec0e-42e3-ae9d-4ec86b669df7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135552Z
DTSTART:20261114T073000Z
DTEND:20261114T083000Z
SUMMARY:Jobs & Skills for the Green Transition: Investing in People\, Powering Competitiveness
DESCRIPTION:Recent geopolitical crises have exposed the vulnerability of economies and value chains. A key bottleneck to accelerating the transition is a shortage of skills. Existing occupations are changing\, and new competency profiles are emerging.\n\nThe objective of this side event is to anchor green skills as a policy priority for economic development\, employment and resilience. Using global data and country examples\, it aims to motivate decision-makers to systematically integrate skills development into cross-sectoral transformation and development strategies.\n\nThe event will present a new analysis demonstrating the links between investments in green skills and three policy goals: emissions reduction\, energy and economic security\, and high-quality employment. A keynote will present evidence on the costs of crises\, avoided fossil fuel imports and global training needs. Countries with a high share of renewable energy and lower import dependency prove to be more resilient. A high-level panel of international organisations\, think tanks and national governments will discuss effective policy packages\, partnerships and financing approaches to scale up (re-)skilling.\n\nThe Global Initiative on Jobs & Skills for the New Economy will contribute its global perspective on the nexus between green transformation\, skills needs and training.\n\nSprecher: Niklas Höhne\, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:674d1768-ea57-40c8-94e3-77e5a3b3fd8f@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T071221Z
DTSTART:20261114T090000Z
DTEND:20261114T100000Z
SUMMARY:From Uncertainty to Reliability: Making Electrification Work 
DESCRIPTION:Gemeinsame Veranstaltung von: DGB\, BDI\, Klima-Allianz\n\nHow can we strengthen competitiveness\, increase prosperity and raise ambition?\n\nAmbitious climate action depends on shared commitments and policy reliability\, both domestically and internationally. Germany’s national policies influence investment decisions\, business opportunities and decent jobs in the transition\, while its international commitments underpin its credibility as a reliable partner. \n\nThis event brings together different stakeholder perspectives to discuss: Are we on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement while securing economic value creation and decent jobs? Where do trade-offs arise\, and where can climate action create opportunities for competitiveness\, prosperity and greater ambition?\n\nSprecher: Viviane Raddatz\, Holger Lösch\, Frederik Moch
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1b39b8a8-d707-45a6-a879-224f2b0beb01@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T071221Z
DTSTART:20261114T103000Z
DTEND:20261114T113000Z
SUMMARY:Financing Women’s Leadership in Climate Security: From Strategy to Action 
DESCRIPTION:How can we turn ideas from Belém into reality? In this event\, we are advocating for climate financing that reaches those who need it most: locally-led women’s organizations in fragile and conflict-affected regions. Additionally\, we will leverage the momentum of the COP30 Joint Pledge to consolidate our coalition and strategically align our collaboration beyond COP31. Our objective is to strengthen the international recognition of women-led organizations as essential actors for climate resilience and sustainable peace. We will highlight the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund’s “Funding Initiative on Women and Climate Security”\, with Germany as key partner\, as a central mechanism for advocacy and financing locally-led action.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5dbfe12d-62c5-4cb8-bee6-ad2cbf340bc2@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135746Z
DTSTART:20261114T120000Z
DTEND:20261114T130000Z
SUMMARY:Turning Climate Risk Finance Innovation into Better Protection
DESCRIPTION:Towards a Global Reinsurance Facility and the Global Shield Caribbean Approach\n\nFor countries\, climate-related disasters disrupt lives\, livelihoods\, essential services and local economies. The Global Shield is advancing Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) innovations to make financial protection more affordable\, sustainable and effective. At the same time\, Regional Risk Pools offer climate-vulnerable countries a unique value proposition. Offering parametric insurance products across member countries provides those countries not only with rapid pre-arranged financial protection after disasters\, but also co-benefits with respect to risk analysis\, risk awareness and wider risk management.  Yet volatile reinsurance costs\, constrained capital and limited technical capacity can make this offer more expensive and difficult to sustain\, ultimately limiting countries’ ability to protect vulnerable people and communities when disasters strike.\n\nThrough the Global Shield Programme for Resilient Risk Pools\, the four regional risk pools – the African Risk Capacity (ARC Ltd.)\, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC)\, the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) and the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) – are strengthening collaboration\, including by assessing the feasibility of a potential Global Reinsurance Facility. This pioneering approach could combine and diversify climate risks across regions\, improving access to international reinsurance and making risk transfer more efficient\, particularly for vulnerable countries. By pooling risks and sharing technical capacity\, the Facility could help stabilise insurance premiums and make financial protection more affordable and sustainable in the long term.\n\nA complementary focus of the event is the new Global Shield Caribbean Approach\, which aims to strengthen how financial protection is connected and delivered at regional and country levels in the Caribbean. Building on the region’s strong CDRFI experience\, it seeks to overcome fragmentation by connecting country priorities\, regional institutions and international support\, while strengthening regional public goods and scaling solutions to address protection gaps for households\, MSMEs and climate-vulnerable sectors.\n\nThis event brings these innovations together around a common purpose: turning innovative CDRFI systems into better protection for climate-vulnerable countries and people. It will explore how greater collaboration\, from global risk pooling and reinsurance to regional and country-level solutions\, can make protection more affordable\, close protection gaps and better safeguard lives\, livelihoods and development gains. The event will feature an announcement of new support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to enable these innovations\, underscoring Germany’s commitment to strengthening financial protection for those most at risk from climate impacts.\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus\, Birgit Pickel\, Annette Detken\, Marike Brady
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1fa777d0-eb5b-43f3-9e7c-110bd8a7f4b7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T135821Z
DTSTART:20261114T140000Z
DTEND:20261114T150000Z
SUMMARY:Climate-Related Health Risks for Business: From Evidence to Resilient Action
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is already affecting human health\, work and economic activity. Rising temperatures\, heat stress\, extreme weather\, infectious disease patterns\, air pollution and other climate-sensitive hazards increasingly affect workers\, productivity\, occupational safety\, continuity and supply chains. These impacts are felt in both the Global North and the Global South\, but differ in exposure\, vulnerability and adaptive capacity.\n\nThe proposed side event brings together climate and health science\, corporate governance\, digital and data-driven approaches and business perspectives. It asks how companies can translate scientific evidence on climate-related health risks into concrete risk management\, worker protection\, adaptation and resilience strategies.\n\nThe discussion will connect scientific knowledge with the practical needs of companies\, investors\, insurers and policymakers. It will examine how data\, digital tools and warning systems can help identify risks across sites\, workforces and value chains. It will also address governance\, sustainability reporting\, due diligence\, occupational health and safety\, and corporate accountability.\n\nBy combining academic expertise with business perspectives from different regions\, the event aims to move climate-health risks from abstract concern to implementation. The expected outcome is a concise risk-to-action framework linking climate hazards\, health impacts\, exposure\, data needs\, governance implications and adaptation responses.\n\nSprecher: Dr. Maximilian Jungmann\, Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller\, Dr. Sandra Barteit\, Rainer Sauerborn
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5c1c73b8-b179-4517-90ef-bde208ba141e@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T064943Z
DTSTART:20261116T080000Z
DTEND:20261116T090000Z
SUMMARY:High‑Level Multi‑Stakeholder Dialogue on the Congo Basin Forest Partnership
DESCRIPTION:From Vision to Action\n\nForests for people\, nature and climate: the Congo Basin is the world’s second‑largest tropical rainforest\, a major carbon sink and a biodiversity hotspot\, as well as the home of tens of millions of people and many Indigenous Peoples. This high‑level multi‑stakeholder dialogue brings together representatives from Central African countries\, donor governments\, regional organisations\, civil society\, the private sector and science. Participants will discuss why and how to accelerate implementation of the Belem Call to Action for Congo Basin Forests\, strengthen regional coordination and raise the Congo Basin’s profile in global climate politics. The session will also highlight the upcoming co‑facilitation of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership by Germany and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and invite new partners to engage.\n\nSprecher: Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4fb86625-5c29-4c38-a5b3-67e67782a83e@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T133727Z
DTSTART:20261116T090000Z
DTEND:20261116T093000Z
SUMMARY:Walk-In Session: NegotiateCOP
DESCRIPTION:How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexity of global climate diplomacy?\n\nHow can artificial intelligence (AI) help negotiators navigate the complexities of global climate diplomacy?\n\nIn this interactive **walk-in-session\, Johannes Jacob and Robin Nowok**\, part of the **German delegation**\, will introduce the latest version of **“NegotiateCOP”** – an AI-powered tool designed to assist users in navigating the immense and often fragmented landscape of UNFCCC submissions and decision texts.\n\n**NegotiateCOP** covers an extensive collection of official UNFCCC data\, including **more than 8\,000 submissions from the Parties** and **over 950 decisions from the COP\, CMP\, and CMA**. The tool makes this large and complex body of negotiation documents easier to search\, explore and compare\, helping users identify country positions and potential thematic alignments.\n\nNegotiateCOP is a joint initiative of the Data Labs of the **Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, the Federal Foreign Office\, the Federal Ministry for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)\,** and the **Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)\,** developed in close collaboration with negotiators from the Global South.\n\nFollowing its launch at COP30\, the team gathered extensive feedback from users and developed new concepts in dedicated user workshops. Based on this feedback\, the updated version for COP31 offers **new features as well as improved overall performance and usability**.\n\nThe event is designed to be **hands-on**\, allowing participants to explore **NegotiateCOP** on their own\, test its features\, search for and compare negotiation documents\, and discover countries’ positions and thematic alignments. Johannes and Robin will be available throughout the event to demonstrate features\, answer questions\, and discuss how AI could support **more equitable\, transparent\, and inclusive climate negotiations.**\n\nSprecher: Robin Nowok\, Johannes Jacob
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:589c4177-fe70-49ca-a61e-f195b2a90977@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T140458Z
DTSTART:20261116T093000Z
DTEND:20261116T103000Z
SUMMARY:Closing the Loop\, Opening New Markets
DESCRIPTION:Business Opportunities of the Circular Economy\n\nThe transition to a circular economy is often discussed as a sustainability challenge. Yet for industry\, it is increasingly becoming a strategic growth opportunity. As the transition to renewable energy\, electrification and e-mobility drives rising demand for critical raw materials\, circular business models can help reduce resource dependencies\, create new revenue streams and strengthen competitiveness. Recent research by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) highlights significant potential for value creation\, climate protection\, resilience and innovation across key industrial sectors.\n\nFollowing an opening impulse\, the panel will explore how businesses are already capturing value from circular solutions and what is needed to scale successful approaches across industries and borders.\n\nSprecher: Dr. Claas Oehlmann
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:303a3d7c-e78c-4b9b-bc7e-2d08cca9835d@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261116T110000Z
DTEND:20261116T111500Z
SUMMARY:Ceremonial Event: Deepening Collaboration On Carbon Pricing
DESCRIPTION:As a key policy instrument for driving industrial transformation\, carbon pricing can help create incentives for emissions reductions while providing a predictable framework for investment in low-emissions production. International cooperation on carbon pricing can further help to promote a level playing field\, reduce risks of carbon leakage\, and facilitate greater alignment between emerging carbon pricing approaches and MRV systems.\n\nAgainst this backdrop\, Germany will formally commit to strengthen their bilateral cooperation on carbon pricing with international partner countries in this ceremonial event. The event underscores the political importance of enhanced cooperation and builds on intensified technical collaboration under the newly launched project by the BMUKN-funded International Climate Initiative (IKI) “Fit for Carbon Pricing.”\n\nThe event will provide an opportunity for the Ministers to share their perspectives on carbon pricing and industrial transformation.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:9842015b-9250-4076-b27b-2de0a82d2cae@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T063450Z
DTSTART:20261116T111500Z
DTEND:20261116T123000Z
SUMMARY:From Policy Design to Implementation & Transforming Industries
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2d253a8e-034c-4973-9c9e-b6f5abe9832a@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261116T130000Z
DTEND:20261116T140000Z
SUMMARY:Ahead of the Wave: Resilience for Social\, Economic and Environmental Progress
DESCRIPTION:Geopolitical power shifts\, economic uncertainty and the impacts of climate change are reshaping our societies and economies. How can we turn transformation scepticism and crisis fatigue into resilience and use change to build a fairer\, more sustainable economic model? Bringing together political perspectives and practical experience from workers\, the event explores how resilient structures\, reliable partnerships and a just transition can strengthen climate action\, decent jobs and prosperity.\n\nSprecher: Frederik Moch\, Bea Bruske\, Alexander Pförtner\, Jan Philipp Rohde\, Eric Manzi\, Oliver Krischer
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f24d41f5-0224-430d-bc2e-3367eb6c1e0e@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T153830Z
DTSTART:20261116T143000Z
DTEND:20261116T151500Z
SUMMARY:SF6 Pledge Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:At COP31\, Germany will launch the Global SF₆ Pledge to support the international phase-out of sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) in the power sector. The global expansion of electricity grids is essential for the clean energy transition. Yet\, without guardrails\, this expansion risks locking in the use of SF₆ for decades. SF₆ is the most potent known greenhouse gas\, with a global warming potential of around 24\,300 times that of CO₂\, and a rapidly increasing atmospheric concentration. SF6 and is widely used in high- and medium-voltage switchgear\, where leakage prevention can lead to rapid mitigation. With regard to new equipment\, SF₆-free alternatives are already commercially available for key applications.\n\nThe launch event will present the Pledge and bring together governments\, industry and other stakeholders to discuss opportunities to accelerate effective mitigation and deployment of SF₆-free technologies\, as well as cooperation on technology transfer\, financing\, monitoring and reporting.\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:09d40e70-bc72-4515-9d57-ae3bad1f3f6c@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T155331Z
DTSTART:20261116T160000Z
DTEND:20261116T180000Z
SUMMARY:Science for Action Evening
DESCRIPTION:Information Integrity on Climate Change\n\nIm Fokus des diesjährigen *Science-for-Action-Evenings* des BMFTR steht das Thema **„Information Integrity on Climate Change“**. Dazu zählen die Bereitstellung verlässlicher Fakten zum Klimawandel\, der Aufbau von Klimakompetenz in Politik und Gesellschaft\, sowie der Umgang mit Falschinformation.\n\nUNFCCC und das Pariser Abkommen beziehen sich an mehreren Stellen ausdrücklich auf die „beste verfügbare Wissenschaft“. Dennoch stehen wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse\, Forschende und Institutionen wie der IPCC aktuell zunehmend unter Druck und Forschung wird selbst zum Gegenstand politischer Debatten.\n\nBeim *Science for Action Evening* werden sich Forschende und Wissenschaftsorganisationen\, Regierungsvertreter:innen und Parlamentarier:innen\, Medien und die Zivilgesellschaft dazu austauschen\, **wie sie gewinnbringend zusammenarbeiten und sich ergänzen können\, um Klimakommunikation und den Umgang mit Desinformation zu optimieren und so Wissenschaft als Grundlage für Klimapolitik zu stärken**. Nach einem Grußwort aus dem BMFTR bietet ein Podium mit kurzen Beiträgen zuerst einen Überblick über die Perspektiven der unterschiedlichen Akteursgruppen auf das Thema. Auf dieser Basis tauschen sich die Teilnehmenden anschließend in Diskussionsgruppen näher über die Bedarfe und Grenzen der Akteure sowie Möglichkeiten der Zusammenarbeit und konkrete Maßnahmen aus. Bei Getränken und Snacks besteht anschließend weitere Gelegenheit zum offenen Austausch.\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4c632695-b72b-4eff-a1e3-bc838ae180f9@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T155506Z
DTSTART:20261117T073000Z
DTEND:20261117T083000Z
SUMMARY:Confronting the Global Forest Emergency
DESCRIPTION:Local Solutions\, Global Responsibility: Germany's Role in Forest Protection\n\nWildfires are spreading\, leaving entire regions in ashes. The climate crisis\, deforestation and the pressure of the extractive industry is putting forest ecosystems and the people who depend on them under increasing pressure. At the same time\, local communities are implementing ecosystem-based solutions that combine traditional knowledge and sustainable economic opportunities. \n\nAt COP31 the Forest emergency may no longer be in the spotlight\, however\, the urgency of halting deforestation and the need to strengthen the people that protect forest ecosystems remains unchanged. As discussions focus on electrification\, decarbonization and just transition\, it is essential that the protection of terrestrial ecosystems\, including (tropical) forests\, savannas\, grasslands and drylands\, as well as the rights of local and traditional communities and those most affected by climate crisis remain at the centre of the discussion and negotiations of the COP31 Action Agenda.\n\nLooking at the continuous and new challenges to guarantee local and just solutions for protecting forest ecosystems and traditional communities\, the role of Germany as a major donor and long-standing global partner is crucial. What are the approaches and new strategies needed to ensure that international cooperation is implemented effectively and that just forest protection is guaranteed? What are the priorities and demands of Indigenous Peoples\, Local Communities and those populations most affected? And how can global partners ensure that forest protection commitments and pledges discussed in Belém and Antalya mature into concrete investments delivered on the ground at COP32 in Addis Ababa?\n\nBuilding on the experiences from Brazil\, DRC and Ethiopia\, this side event will explore how community-based solutions can be strengthened and scaled. Bringing together community representatives\, civil society\, policymakers\, scientists and international organisations\, we will discuss the policies\, partnerships and financing needed to protect forests and advance global climate justice\, biodiversity and land-restoration commitments.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1cb34402-426d-4590-837b-a8779b082421@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T071221Z
DTSTART:20261117T090000Z
DTEND:20261117T100000Z
SUMMARY:Methane Reduction Across Sectors: Fast Action for Climate and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:The event will focus on methane reduction as one of the fastest available climate action measures. It will examine how international methane commitments can be translated into measurable\, regulated and financed implementation across energy and agriculture. The discussion will highlight available technologies\, remaining data gaps\, the role of measurement and verification\, and the need for stronger political and corporate accountability. By focusing on practical pathways to cut methane by 2030\, the event will show how rapid methane reduction can deliver immediate climate benefits\, improve air quality\, reduce wasted energy and strengthen economic resilience.\n\nSprecher: Jens Hürdler\, Tabea Pottiez\, Marc Meunier
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6e0e1a6f-08ea-41cc-8fd3-3c63d3e65c13@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T125411Z
DTSTART:20261117T103000Z
DTEND:20261117T113000Z
SUMMARY:Pathways to Just and Deforestation-Free Landscapes:
DESCRIPTION:Combating Environmental Crimes and Navigating Competing Demands for Land and Biomass\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:090108e0-05ab-4662-9819-cc17f1c0ce53@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261117T120000Z
DTEND:20261117T130000Z
SUMMARY:Bauhaus Earth: Restoring forests through regenerative buildings and cities
DESCRIPTION:**Topic:** Climate Action through regenerative construction: New low-carbon construction approaches as a lever for forest and landscape restoration in Europe and the Mena region\n\n**Central Question:** How can regenerative construction products contribute to forest and landscape restoration\, create local economy value foster climate action and restauration.\n\nNations face a dual challenge in the coming years: On the one hand\, it is essential to systematically expand natural climate and biodiversity protection by preserving and restoring ecosystems such as forests\, wetlands\, and soils. On the other hand\, new climate positive approaches are urgently needed to address construction – currently one of the most energy-intensive\, carbon emitting and waste producing sectors. By building with renewable\, bio-based materials (such as wood\, hemp fibre\, straw\, or wetland crops)\, these seemingly incompatible goals can be reconciled. Bio-based building products are a key lever for a cross-sector climate protection strategy\, strengthen national value chains\, and enable buildings to function as carbon sinks (Carbon Dioxide Removal\, CDR). In addition\, this makes it possible to contribute to biodiversity\, a resilient landscape with local economic value creation\, and the reduction of CO2. Modular\, demountable construction solutions also offer great potential for a circular economy\, helping to reduce the current volume of waste generated by the construction sector.
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:50fcde92-1854-4db4-a748-7cc910de573d@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261117T133000Z
DTEND:20261117T143000Z
SUMMARY:Sustainable AI for the Planet and its People?
DESCRIPTION:Digital Governance\, Leverages and Safeguards for the Climate Transformation\n\nDigital technologies and AI can help drive transformative climate and environmental action - but only if developed\, deployed and scaled in a responsable\, just and sustainable manner.\n\nThis COP31 side event\, organized by the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES)\, will highlight governance initiatives and use cases demonstrating how sustainable digitalization can accelerate NDC implementation\, align with climate goals and support the COP31 agenda.\n\nIt will feature high-level speakers\, including from COP30 and COP31 presidencies\, UNFCCC as well as scientific experts and UN partners.\n\nSprecher: Dirk Messner\, Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva\, Veysel Selimoglu\, Somya Joshi
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:772a4f4a-91dc-4fd5-81bf-dfe7546e2f7a@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T155747Z
DTSTART:20261117T150000Z
DTEND:20261117T170000Z
SUMMARY:IKI High Level Event: Transforming Industry towards Climate Neutrality and a  Circular Economy
DESCRIPTION:High Level Panel Discussion with Ministers from Germany\, Thailand\, and Turkiye (tbc) on decarbonisation of industries and international cooperation on climate and biodiversity\n\nLaunch of the IKI Large Grant Call 2027 of the German International Climate Initiative (IKI)\n\nSprecher: Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0eecbfe2-99f1-4b4b-8a46-f3bb061eebe7@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261118T073000Z
DTEND:20261118T083000Z
SUMMARY:Climate Challenges Decent Work
DESCRIPTION:Multi-dimensional Approaches\n\nClimate change and shifting environmental conditions are presenting new challenges for the workplace. Rising temperatures\, heat stress and more frequent extreme weather events can impact labour markets\, affect working conditions and introduce or exacerbate occupational risks. These developments underline the importance of effective countermeasures\, such as training\, prevention\, risk assessment and protective measures in the workplace.\n\nAgainst this backdrop\, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and Türkiye’s Ministry of Labour and Social Security intend to leverage COP31 in Antalya to highlight the impact changing climate conditions have on workers around the world. The event will focus on approaches to identifying\, assessing and preventing risks for workers and on reviewing and enhancing existing OSH systems so that they can adapt effectively to changing working conditions. It will also outline the expected impact on labour markets and how this impact can be mitigated.\n\nRelevant aspects of the discussion may include the assessment of shifting workplace conditions caused by climate change and extreme weather events\, such as heat stress. Key topics will cover the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases\, appropriate protective measures\, worker information and training\, and the pivotal role of occupational safety and health professionals. Furthermore\, the panel will address how climate change affects labour markets worldwide. This could result in redefined job profiles and the emergence of new jobs. Reskilling and upskilling workers is the next step to meet these challenges.\n\nThe discussion would provide an opportunity to exchange experiences on how existing OSH frameworks can be adapted in order to meet the new climate-related risks in the workplace. Particular attention could be given to measures that can be implemented by employers and workers within established occupational safety and health systems.\n\nHowever\, focus could also be placed on the expectations concerning substantial changes to labour markets and job profiles\, skills development\, qualifications and training. Evaluations and experiences could be discussed in view of evolving labour markets\, health and safety requirements for workplaces indoors as well as outdoors.\n\nThe event is bound to bring together representatives of governments\, employers’ and workers’ organisations\, international organisations and possibly academia. Social dialogue would provide an important perspective by leveraging the experience of the different actors involved in both identifying expected labour market challenges and workplace risks and then developing and implementing countermeasures.\n\nThe event would be open to all interested countries\, international organisations\, social partners\, academia and other relevant stakeholders as well as all participants of COP 31.\n\nSprecher: Lilian Tschan\, Lutfihak Alpkan\, Joaquim Pintado Nunes\, Eric Manzi
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4515d1eb-24be-4f49-811a-fee0736feecb@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261118T090000Z
DTEND:20261118T100000Z
SUMMARY:From Global Commitments to National TAFF Pathways: Building Credible Roadmaps Beyond Fossil Fuels
DESCRIPTION:The TAFF Conference in Santa Marta this year was a (long overdue) milestone since the global commitment to transition away from fossil fuels during the COP28. Almost 60 countries came together with the same objective. So far\, only a few countries announced their national TAFF roadmap including Germany.\n\nThe event will look into the **TAFF process implementation\,** pairs **concrete country experiences** with **recommendations and enables cross-country parliamentary dialogue**. This side event will examine the current legislative status in Germany - including **critically looking at the German TAFF roadmap**\\- \, suggesting a long-term perspective and considering how to implement national roadmaps alongside the other 57 countries in the TAFF process.\n\nIt also marks the launch of a **TAFF Pocket Guide\,** commissioned by Klima-Allianz in cooperation with the other organising partners.\n\nThis event is designed to facilitate dialogue between three constituencies: parliamentarians\, researchers and civil society representatives. They all play a role in the TAFF (Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels) process. The parliamentary chapter of the Santa Marta process emphasised that legislators play a key role in translating international commitments into national law and budgets. Thus\, the event follows the logic of discussing ways forward\, as well as learning from and sharing best practices. Legislative best practices\, developed by the Wuppertal Institute (WI)\, will be shared and discussed with the aim of enriching the national debate in Germany.\n\nThe discussion will take up examples from the TAFF Pocket Guide and invite perspectives from the audience.\n\nAgenda:\n\n-   Welcome and Opening Statement (*BMUKN representative\, tbc: Designate State Secretary Dr. Heike Henn*)\n    \n-   Introduction to the TAFF-Pocket Guide (*Wuppertal Institute*)\n    \n-   Fishbowl Discussion among parlamentarians and civil-society organisations (*facilitation: BUND\, Misereor*)\n    \n-   Closing and Call to Action/ Handover of the Pocket Guide (*Klima-Allianz*)
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:a353a366-0bfd-4efa-add7-e6319f6eabe1@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261118T110000Z
DTEND:20261118T120000Z
SUMMARY:From Ambition to Collective Action: Accelerating HAMBURG NET ZERO through Local Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Many of the technologies needed to reach net zero already exist. Yet too often\, climate ambitions fall short because the coordination needed for collective action is missing. How can we organize businesses\, governments and infrastructure providers to accelerate industrial decarbonization?\n\nAs Northern Europe's largest industrial and logistics hub\, Hamburg is developing a portfolio of local transformation initiatives that bring together businesses\, public authorities\, infrastructure providers and innovators around a shared vision: achieving climate neutrality while strengthening economic competitiveness.\n\nRather than focusing on individual projects\, this panel explores how collaborative structures and stakeholder-driven processes can create the conditions for long-term transformation. Many decarbonization challenges require cooperation across sectors to connect value chains and within sectors to create sufficient scale for investment and implementation.\n\nWith their public mandate and broad membership base\, organizations such as chambers of commerce are uniquely positioned to enable collective action. They can align stakeholders\, build trust and help deliver climate protection as a public good while advancing the common good they were created to serve.\n\nThe discussion will provide practical insights into the governance models\, partnerships and institutional frameworks needed to turn climate ambition into industrial transformation.\n\nSprecher: Malte Heyne\, Katharina Fegebank\, Stephan Schnabel\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:8721c294-09e6-41da-92ea-78bc82eefd43@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261118T123000Z
DTEND:20261118T133000Z
SUMMARY:Climate-induced displacement\, migration and relocation
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is increasingly affecting where and how people can live safely and with dignity. Droughts\, floods\, sea-level rise and other climate impacts can force people to move\, while migration can also be an important adaptation strategy. Yet people affected by climate change often lack adequate legal protection\, resources and meaningful choices. From the perspective of Bread for the World\, the key question is how human mobility can be addressed in a way that protects human rights\, preserves dignity and avoids creating new forms of vulnerability.\n\nHow can governments ensure that people displaced by climate impacts have access to protection\, housing\, livelihoods\, social services and legal remedies?\n\n• How can migration be supported as a safe and voluntary adaptation strategy\, rather than becoming a last resort for people who have lost their livelihoods?\n\n• Under what conditions can planned relocation be considered a rights-based adaptation measure – and how can it ensure free\, prior and meaningful participation of affected communities\, respect for land and cultural rights\, and compensation for economic and non-economic losses?\n\n• What happens when adaptation is no longer sufficient and communities face permanent loss of their homes\, land\, livelihoods and cultural identity?\n\n• How can international climate finance\, including finance for loss and damage\, adequately address the costs and human rights implications of displacement and planned relocation?\n\nSprecher: Claudia Roth\, Dagmar Pruin\, James Bhagwan\, Kira Vinke\, Sostina Takure\, Katherine Braun\, Sabine Minninger
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:161003fb-0b69-4e97-aab1-4af391dddd92@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261118T140000Z
DTEND:20261118T150000Z
SUMMARY:Holistic Just Transition: Energy\, Food Systems\, and Youth Leadership in the JTWP
DESCRIPTION:This side event offers a holistic perspective on the just transition\, addressing its intersection with energy and food systems\, and highlighting how young people are shaping and leading this perspective. The event will explore how these intergenerational and intersectoral visions can and must be concretely reflected in the design and implementation of the UNFCCC’s Just Transition Mechanism (Just Transition Work Program)\, ensuring that its outcomes address the realities of rural communities\, food systems\, and young people’s demands for climate justice.\n\nSprecher: Bryan Bixcul
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5f97c07a-67e3-45e4-ab0e-a1465bea1c10@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261119T073000Z
DTEND:20261119T083000Z
SUMMARY:Resilient Food Systems in a Changing Climate: From Local Adaptation to Systemic Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is increasingly threatening food security\, livelihoods and human security\, particularly in vulnerable agricultural communities. At the same time\, transforming food systems offers an opportunity to strengthen resilience while contributing to broader climate and environmental goals.\n\nThis session will explore how locally led and proven adaptation approaches can strengthen resilient food systems and how policy and finance can enable their implementation at scale. It will connect local experience with NAPs\, NDCs and the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA)\, examining how emerging GGA indicators can help translate global adaptation ambition into measurable improvements for vulnerable communities.\n\nBringing together policy and practice\, the discussion will identify how climate finance can better reach locally led solutions and how resilient food systems can create synergies across the three Rio Conventions\, contributing simultaneously to climate adaptation and mitigation\, biodiversity conservation\, sustainable land management and a just transition.\n\n• Which locally led adaptation approaches successfully strengthen food systems and vulnerable communities\, and how can NAPs\, NDCs and the GGA indicators help create the conditions to scale them?\n\n• How can climate finance better support locally led adaptation and resilient food systems while unlocking co-benefits for mitigation\, biodiversity\, land restoration and a just transition?
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5796e6f7-dbbe-43c3-a0b3-d829f83a9883@iveo
DTSTAMP:20261012T084000Z
DTSTART:20261119T140000Z
DTEND:20261119T150000Z
SUMMARY:Women Leading Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Evening on GreenTech Solutions for Climate Action and Peace\n\nSprecher: Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter\, Katie Gallus
LOCATION:German Climate Pavilion | Stage
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR