iGDP at COP30
OUR ACTIVITIES
2025/11/13
14:00-15:00
Asia
Climate
Solutions
Pavilion
Accelerating Subnational Climate Action: Practices, Cooperation, and Insights
Organizer: iGDP
This event highlights innovative practices and cross-regional cooperation in subnational climate action. Participants include representatives from think tanks, local governments, environmental foundations, and international experts. The session features keynote presentations and a roundtable discussion to foster dialogue and knowledge exchange.
2025/11/13
17:00-17:30
Press
Conference 2
Area D
Press Conference
iGDP will present our report: Advancing Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in China: Outlook to 2035.
The report contains our mapping of international and China’s existing domestic actions on non-CO₂ GHGs reductions and our recommendations on how China can strengthen its policy framework.
2025/11/14
12:00
Australia
Pavilion
Methane as the Emergency Brake on Warming - Global Momentum, Australian Leadership
Organizer: The Sunrise Project
Methane cuts are central to achieving the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement. This session brings together global leaders to share progress on reducing methane and explore how Australia in partnership with the Pacific, can advance global ambition through a potential COP31 presidency.
2025/11/14
16:00-17:00
Spain
Pavilion
A Just Transition as a Key to a Successful Energy Transition. Best Practices and Lessons for the Future
Spain Minister of Ecological Transition and the Fundación Biodiversidad
Just transition is one of the key topics at this COP. This session features distinguished guests, including Subsecretary of Environment of Chile, who will discuss national practices in just transition. iGDP will also share its analysis of China’s just transition and progress in developing an indicator system tailored for the Global South.
2025/11/15
10:00-11:00
Asia
Climate
Solutions
Pavilion
Leveraging Technology and Finance in Methane Mitigation from the Agricultural Sector
Organizer: Solutions for Our Climate
Effective mitigation measures in the agricultural sector are dependent on regional, socio-economic and natural environmental factors.
Current financing only covers a small fraction of the sector’s entire emissions, highlighting the need for diversified and innovative funding models to enable widespread adoption of methane mitigation technologies and methods.
2025/11/15
13:00-14:00
Super
Pollutants
Pavilion
Accelerating Black Carbon Mitigation through Integrated Climate and Air Quality Policy
Organizers: Global Methane Hub, Super Pollutant Action Alliance, Clean Air Fund
Black carbon is a significant pollutant that simultaneously impacts both climate and health. Reducing its emissions yields substantial synergistic benefits for improving air quality and mitigating global warming. Countries are exploring more systematic governance pathways by integrating air quality and climate policies, while strengthening regional and international cooperation to accelerate emission reductions. iGDP will participate in this event to share research findings and insights on black carbon governance.
2025/11/15
16:00-16:30
Press
Conference 2
Area D
Press Conference: Practicing Sustainable Development, Shaping A New Green Paradigm
Organizer: China Environmental Protection Foundation
This event highlights innovative explorations and social value across various sectors in the green transition. iGDP will deliver a presentation on trends in China’s green and low-carbon transformation from a research perspective.
2025/11/15
17:00-18:00
Asia
Climate
Solutions
Pavilion
What It Takes to Lead and Grow a High-Impact Nonprofit
Organizer: Solutions for Our Climate
In the climate movement, impact is often discussed in technical terms like emissions reductions and policy change. Yet behind every breakthrough is an organization — a mission-driven community of people working together to make that change real.
This conversation is about that human side of impact — how we lead with clarity, make difficult choices, and create environments where people can thrive and innovate. Because when our teams are aligned and inspired, our impact moves from short-term wins to lasting change.
2024/11/17
11:30-13:00
Side Event
Room 7
Promote Just Transition: Bring International Experiences on Decarbonization of Coal Industrial Chain
Organizers: iGDP, Agora, Coshare Environment
Support an acceleration of just coal transition and the coal industrial chain decarbonization, as well as promote the exchange of best practices on coal transition between China, the EU, and ASEAN.
2025/11/18
15:00-16:30
Side Event
Room 1
Rooted in Real-Life Scenarios, Partnerships Spark Climate Action Momentum
Organizers: C Team, China Chain Store & Franchise Association
This event will explore cooperative approaches to create a climate action ecosystem, deeply rooted in life scenarios. It will discuss how to drive change through capacity building for individuals, communities and chain-stores. Practices on sustainable agri-food supply chain and waste reduction will be shared.
iGDP will be sharing a collection of local climate solutions.
2025/11/19
10:00-10:30
Asia
Climate
Solutions
Center
How can CSO contributions to the Paris Agreement be optimized? On-the-ground experience from Montreal Protocol CSOs
Organizer: Solutions for Our Climate
This event is to provide a common platform for CSOs from the Montreal Protocol–considered to be the most successful MEA–to gather and to share their valuable insights on how CSO contributions to the Paris Agreement may be optimized, drawing from their experience seeing the Montreal Protocol evolve from its beginnings all the way to the Kigali Amendment, cementing its status as a de facto climate agreement with the potential to avoid up to 1 degree of warming by 2100.
2025/11/19
11:30-13:00
Asia
Climate
Solutions
Center
Subnational Climate Action - A Cross-Regional Civil Society Dialogue
Organizer: CCETP, University of Maryland, E3G
This event will provide cross-regional perspectives on how subnational climate action can be leveraged to achieve more ambitious national goals.
OUR NEW PUBLICATIONS
OUR INSIGHTS
- [Belém Dispatch] The Implementation COP Concludes: Results Visible, Challenges Remain
- [Belém Dispatch] Amidst the Chaos of COP30, Local Actors Stand at the Forefront of Climate Action
- [Belém Dispatch] Super Pollutants Take Center Stage at COP30: How to Accelerate Black Carbon Reduction for Co-benefits?
- [Belém Dispatch] Can the “Just Transition COP” Live Up to Its Name? iGDP’s Observations and Contributions
- [Belém Dispatch] COP30 slams the brakes on climate change, pushing for reduction of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions
- [Belém Dispatch] COP30 Halfway Through: Local Voices Need to Be Heard
- [Belém Dispatch] “Adaptation” and “Health” Emerge as Key Topics at COP30 – How Is China Progressing with Its Actions?
- [Belém Dispatch] AI, the Ubiquitous Buzzword at the COP30 Venue
- [Belém Dispatch] Extreme heat and heavy rain hit COP30 venue, further highlighting the importance of cooling issues
- [Belém Dispatch] COP30 Opening Day: Taking Stock of Paris Agreement Progress and Enhancing NDC Ambitions
- [Belém Dispatch] Countdown to COP30: Five Key Highlights You Can’t Miss