COP31 Antalya: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Top Events

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Hundreds of world leaders, thousands of events, and just two weeks to be in the right place at the right time.

From 9 to 20 November 2026, Antalya becomes the global capital of climate action. Beyond the official negotiations, it will be the countless side events, high-level panels, exclusive receptions and private gatherings that shape the conversations, partnerships and investments that matter most. At COP31 Antalya, knowing the right rooms to be in is everything.

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Monday, 9 November

• 09:00–10:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building health resilience – sharing lessons learned from Australia and the Pacific
• 10:00–11:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Countering disinformation during extreme weather events – Lessons learnt from around the world
• 10:00–11:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Opening Ceremony & Official Launch of the Malaysia Pavilion, with HRH the Sultan of Pahang
• 11:00–12:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Living with Extreme Heat: From Early Warning to Structural Adaptation, with Spain’s Secretary of State for Health
• 11:30–12:30 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Women, energy and climate: supporting entrepreneurship as a lever for empowerment and for tackling inequality, with AMLD’s President
• 11:30–13:30 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Climate Readiness to Financial Benefit: How Climate-Adaptive Technologies Unlock Access to Affordable Financing…, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food
• ⭐ 11:45–13:00 (Italian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | illuminem: COP31 Opening Summit – Sustainability Solutions, with 6 Ministers and Vice Ministers (Italy, Honduras, Jordan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Philippines and Tajikistan) and sustainability leaders from BNP Paribas, Schneider Electric, the Club of Rome, the Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye, PMI, the UN, and the Bezos Earth Fund
• 12:00–13:00 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Beyond Digitalisation: Connecting Climate Data, Health Intelligence and Health-System Capacity, with Türkiye’s Ministry of Health Directors-General of Health Promotion, Health Information Systems & International Health Services
• 12:00–13:30 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | SS2 – High-Level Session: Innovative Financing for National Park and Biodiversity Conservation, with Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry, Iconic Species Investor Working Group’s Chair & FONAFIFO’s Director General
• 12:30–13:15 (Türkiye Pavilion, Green Zone) | Addressing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus, with keynote speaker Akif Özkaldı
• 12:45–13:35 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Future of the Ocean Carbon Sink: What We Need to Know Now, with Mission Neptune Scientific Council’s Chair
• 12:45–13:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | From commitment to delivery: accelerating the development of climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems through ATACH, with Brazil’s Minister of Health
• 13:00–14:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Launch of the political declaration on a healthy transition, with Spain’s Secretary of State for Health
• 13:30–14:30 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Methane, air and health: from detection to social benefits, with Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 14:00–15:00 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Advancing Country Platforms: Southern Evidence and Insights, with WRI’s Senior Fellow
• 14:00–15:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Policy as an Economic Strategy: From Carbon Regulation to Investment, with Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving’s Head
• 14:30–15:30 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | ‘Breaking bad’: transforming food systems away from undesirable resilience, with WWF International’s President & Brazil Environment Ministry’s National Secretary for Traditional Peoples & Communities
• 14:30–15:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Just Transition, Inclusive Reform: Centring Family Farmers and Decent Work in Agricultural Support, with Costa Rica’s fmr. President
• 14:40–15:40 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Zero waste: what it means, what it does not cover and why it is climate action, with Gaziantep’s Mayor & Malaysian Government’s Adviser Maimunah Mohd Sharif
• 15:00–16:00 (BBVA and Garanti BBVA Pavilion, Green Zone) | Financing Nature-Positive Food Systems: From Climate Policy to Investment Pipelines, with UNICEF’s Kitty van der Heijden
• 15:00–16:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Decarbonising European Supply Chains. What Buyers Expect Suppliers to Prove?, with Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving’s Head
• 15:15–16:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Sustaining Climate Knowledge: Advancing Science Assessments in a Changing Landscape, with IPCC’s Chair & American Geophysical Union’s CEO
• 15:30–17:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Repurposing agricultural support: mitigation opportunities across the water-food nexus, with Costa Rica’s fmr. President & UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water
• 16:00–17:30 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Local action, global partnerships: official pavilion opening and reception, with COP30’s Climate High-Level Champion
• 16:30–17:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | An Update on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in Southern Africa: Toward the Implementation of a Rapid Just Transition, with Council for Geoscience’s CEO
• 17:00–18:00 (BBVA and Garanti BBVA Pavilion, Green Zone) | Financing Regenerative Agriculture: Building Resilient Food Systems Across the Value Chain, with Türkiye’s Minister of Agriculture
• 17:00–18:00 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Big lessons from small nations: Championing health leadership in a changing climate, with Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health’s Chair (Iceland’s fmr. Prime Minister) & North Macedonia’s Minister of Health
• 17:15–18:45 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | SS5 – Strategic Dialogue “Women’s Leader for Climate and Environment”, with UNEP’s Executive Director, UN Special Envoy on Water & Indonesia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 17:30–18:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Water, Agriculture and Non Conventional Water – Closing the Water Circle
• 18:00–19:00 (IEA Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Pavilion Opening Reception, with IEA’s Executive Director & COP31’s CEO
• ⭐ 20:00–23:00 (Seraser Fine Dining, Antalya Old Town) | illuminem: VIP Opening Dinner of COP31, with 12 ministers, executives and sustainability leaders (invitation only for all Club members)

Tuesday, 10 November

• 09:00–10:30 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ukraine’s National Energy and Climate Plan: From Adoption to Delivery, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy, Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving’s Head & UK MP Ed Miliband
• 09:00–09:45 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From satellites to action: turning global landfill methane data into climate policy and tangible impact, with Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 09:30–11:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Advancing clean fuel standards: from regional action to continental alignment, with Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management’s Vice-Minister for Environment and International Affairs & The Gambia’s National Environment Agency’s Executive Director
• 09:30–11:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Regional pathways to stronger climate and energy governance and transparency, with EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing & Moldova’s State Secretary of Environment
• 10:00–11:30 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ministerial Event: From Regulation to Market - One Year of Perpres 110/2025 and Indonesia’s Article 6 Pathway, with Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs & Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker
• 10:00–10:50 (Implementation Hub Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Delivering the Energy Transition: Scaling Investment, Infrastructure and Action, with Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Energy & Redeia’s Chair
• 10:00–11:15 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Nature on the Balance Sheet -Development of Financial Mechanisms for Natural Capital and International Rule Making for their Delivery-, with Oji Holdings’ CEO, MS&AD Holdings’ CSO & University of Tokyo’s Special Presidential Envoy for Global Commons
• 10:00–11:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Electrification and affordability: cooperation among European Energy Agencies, with MITECO’s Director General of Energy Planning and Coordination
• 10:30–12:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Electrifying 35% by 2035: sovereignty and investment to accelerate the energy transition, with Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 11:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Finland’s Clean Energy Advantage for AI, Industry and Climate Action, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development & Finland’s State Secretary to the Minister of Climate and Environment
• 11:00–12:00 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Transmission impossible? Unlocking finance for electrification, with Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority’s CEO
• 11:00–12:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Just Transition in Action: Strategic Pathways for South Africa’s Energy Future, with Eskom’s Group CFO
• 11:30–13:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling Protein Diversification through Policy & Partnerships, with Denmark’s fmr. Minister for the Environment
• 11:30–12:30 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Beyond Commitments: Real Stories of Business Transformation, with Mavi’s CEO, Arçelik’s Chief Sustainability, Quality and Customer Care Officer & Anadolu Efes’ Chief Corporate Communications & Affairs Officer
• 12:00–13:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Pacific Voices for Climate: Panel & Network Connect at COP31, with Palau’s President
• 12:00–13:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ukraine’s Green Energy Transition: From Conventional to Renewable Energy, with Ukraine’s Deputy Ministers of Economy and Environment, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy, Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving’s Head, DTEK Group’s CSO & Naftogaz’s Director of International Relations
• 12:30–13:30 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Mobilising synergistic finance for resilient health systems, with Brazil’s Minister of Health
• 13:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Solutions to Scale: Accelerating Renewable Fuels, with Volvo Group’s CSO
• 13:00–14:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Winter to Winter: Why Investment in Ukraine’s Resilient Energy System Must Continue, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment & DTEK Group’s CSO
• 13:15–14:15 (Climate Investment Funds Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Multilateral Climate Funds: Working Together for Enhanced Access and Greater Impact, with GEF’s CEO
• 13:45–15:15 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | SS4 – CEO Talk Session, with UNEP’s Executive Director, UN Special Envoy on Water & Indonesia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 13:45–14:45 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Grids for the Next Energy Era: Finance, Flexibility and Resilience, with Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Undersecretary
• 14:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Pavilion Opening, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development & Climate Solutions’ CEO (Canada’s fmr. Minister of Environment)
• 14:00–14:50 (Implementation Hub Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Decarbonising Industry: Scaling Solutions for a Competitive Future, with Baker Hughes’ CSO
• 14:00–15:15 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling Climate Investment -Leveraging Enhanced Climate Transparency for Market Leadership-, with ADBI’s Dean and CEO, Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Undersecretary & Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s CSO
• 14:00–15:30 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Joint MDBs’ support on climate action – from policy to finance and implementation, with Botswana’s Minister of Environment and Tourism, German Federal Ministry BMZ’s Parliamentary State Secretary & Philippine Climate Change Commission’s Vice Chair
• 14:00–15:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Accelerating and financing electrification: flexibility, capital mobilisation and bankability, with Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 14:00–15:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ukraine’s Energy Trilemma: Security, Economic Viability and Decarbonisation in Times of War, with Naftogaz’s Acting CEO, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy & Naftogaz’s Director of International Affairs & Sustainable Development
• 14:30–16:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Decarbonising road transport in low and middle-income countries, with European Commission’s Deputy Director-General for Climate Action
• 15:00–16:00 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Common Ground: Youth and Business Holding the Line on Climate Ambition, with young climate leaders from Latin America and Europe & senior European business leaders (RSVP to Bruno Sirote for a seat at the table: brunosirote@jovenesporelclima.org.ar)
• 15:00–16:00 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Electrifying big cities and industrial hubs through interconnectors and energy islands between countries, with Denmark’s fmr. Minister for the Environment
• 15:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | COP100: What Kind of World Will Companies Have Built When Today’s Youth Are 90?, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
• 15:00–16:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | How can industrial electrification become a driver of competitiveness? German solutions, with BMUKN’s Directors-General for International & National Climate Action & Deutsche Bank’s CSO
• 15:00–16:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Implementation and Monitoring of the Effectiveness of Climate Policy based on International Best Practice, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment
• 15:15–16:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Accelerating the Maritime Transition: From Commitment to Investable Action, with IMO’s Secretary General & Türkiye’s Director General for Maritime Affairs
• 15:30–16:30 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Waste to Opportunity: Advancing Zero Waste for Lower Emissions and Resilient Cities, with UK’s Minister of State at DESNZ, Global Methane Hub’s CEO & Malaysian Government’s Adviser
• 15:30–16:15 (Nordic Pavilion, Blue Zone) | COP31: Financing the circular transition, with Nordic Investment Bank’s CEO
• 16:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Security through Collaboration: Connecting Africa and Europe across Sectors, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
• 16:00–17:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Accelerating investment in renewable energy: financing an inclusive energy transition, from large-scale infrastructure to universal energy access, with IRENA’s Director-General, SEforALL’s CEO, WindEurope’s CEO & Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 16:15–16:45 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing Southeast Asia’s Next Generation of Infrastructure, with Temasek’s CSO
• 16:30–19:00 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Women Leading on Climate at COP31, with Climate and Nature Solutions’ CEO (Canada’s fmr. Minister of Environment) & UK’s Minister for Climate Transition
• 16:30–17:20 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Setting the stage for the Blue COP: Claiming this moment of convergence with a call for an Antalya Ocean Compact, with Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Meenakshi Wadhwa
• 17:00–18:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Implementing the Belém Gender Action Plan: Accelerating Progress in the Age of Climate Crisis, with Kiribati’s Minister of Women, Youth, Sport and Social Affairs, Australia’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience & COP30’s CEO
• 17:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Powering the AI Economy: Building the Energy Systems for the Future, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
• 17:00–18:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | A Resilient and Competitive Climate Transition – Corporate Transition Planning in Singapore, with TÜV SÜD’s CSO
• 17:00–18:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Energy Solutions for Power Systems Under Stress and Cross-Border Trade, with Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving’s Head
• 17:30–19:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | No Transition Without Transmission: Grids at the Heart of the Energy Transition, with Redeia’s Chair
• 17:30–19:00 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Delivering clean energy at scale: AtkinsRéalis Reception, with AtkinsRéalis’ CEO
• 18:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scale Built Circular: Policy & Markets in the Global South, with Finland’s State Secretary
• 18:00–19:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | It’s the economy, stupid! - Water risks and their implications for financial systems and macroeconomic policy, with GIZ’s Managing Director
• 18:15–19:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Can AI Keep Its Cool? The Choices Shaping Sustainable AI Growth, with Standard Chartered’s CSO
• 18:30–20:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Clean and resilience technologies in practice, with European Commission’s Deputy Director-General for Climate Action

Wednesday, 11 November

• 09:00–10:00 (Food and Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Bridging the Implementation Gap: South-South Cooperation on Food Loss, Waste and Methane Mitigation for Climate and Food Security, with Pakistan’s Minister of State for Climate Change
• 09:00–10:00 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Health Agenda for COP31: High Level Dialogue with Perspectives from Türkiye, Australia and the Pacific, with Türkiye’s Ministry of Health Director-General for EU and Foreign Affairs & Australian Centre for Disease Control’s Director-General
• 09:00–09:50 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Glacier to Ocean: Climate Risk, Adaptation Finance and Disaster Resilience, with Fiji’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Permanent Secretary
• 09:00–10:00 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Adaptation and water resilience: the water-energy-food nexus at the service of territories, with ONEE’s CEO
• 10:00–10:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Circular Economy and Zero Waste: Climate Solutions for COP31, with Fiji’s Minister for Housing and Local Government
• 10:00–11:30 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Carbon Competitiveness and the Role of Harmonised Carbon Accounting Frameworks and Market Solutions, with Baker Hughes’ CSO
• 10:00–11:00 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Just Energy Transition Era in KwaZulu-Natal: The Pipeline Is Promising, with KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs
• 10:00–11:00 (Spain Pavilion) | From Climate Finance to Sustainable Meteorological Observations: Spain, AEMET and SOFF in Action, with WMO’s Secretary-General, NiMet’s Director General & Burkina Faso’s ANAM Director-General
• 10:00–11:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Debris to Resources: Circular Reconstruction as Climate Action for Ukraine’s Recovery
• 10:00–11:00 (World Climate Impact Hub, Blue Zone) | Electricity grids: Powering the next chapter of the energy transition, with Redeia’s Chair
• 10:30–11:30 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From circular innovation to circular implementation: making circularity work for business, with Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management’s Director-General for Environment and International Affairs
• 10:30–11:15 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Closing the Loop: A Real-Life Case of Wind Turbine Decommissioning, with Utilitas Wind’s CEO
• 11:00–12:30 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Inclusive, co-created research delivers effective local adaptation, with Zambia’s Minister of Green Economy and Environment
• 11:00–12:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building Energy Self-Sufficiency, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development & German Federal Ministry for the Environment’s Director General
• 11:30–12:30 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Just Transition to Just Opportunity: Building the Green Workforce for an Inclusive Transition, with Denmark’s fmr. Minister for the Environment
• 11:30–12:20 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Governing Climate Intervention Research: Science, Trust, and Accountability, with American Geophysical Union’s CEO
• 11:30–13:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Circular economy in the Mediterranean: accelerating scale-up through cooperation, with Expertise France’s Director General
• 11:30–12:30 (Spain Pavilion) | The circular economy-decarbonisation nexus: evidence and mitigation levers, with UNEP International Resource Panel’s Chair
• 11:30–13:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ukraine’s Climate Adaptation Strategy until 2036, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment
• 12:00–13:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Circularity as a Strategic Enabler to Climate Action, with BMUKN’s Director-General for International Climate Action, Türkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister & COP32 President-Designate, International Resource Panel’s Chair & IPCC’s Chair
• 13:00–14:00 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Fostering investable national implementation – bridging the gap between national adaptation priorities and investment-ready opportunities, with GSG Impact’s Chair
• 13:00–14:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Powering Industrial Investment: Finland’s Energy Advantage, with Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development & Fortum’s EVP Sustainability and Corporate Relations
• 13:00–14:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Circular economy best practices: national and international experiences, with Inter IKEA Group’s CSO
• 13:30–15:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Understanding AMOC: Closing the Knowledge Gaps, with Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management’s Vice-Minister for Environment and International Affairs & KNMI’s Director General and Chief Science Officer
• 13:30–14:30 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Systemic response to wildfires: addressing cause and effects of physical risk, with Oji Holdings’ CEO
• 13:45–14:30 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Measurement to Impact: Reducing Food Loss and Waste for Climate and Food Security, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Director General
• 13:45–14:45 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Trading Up the Green Transition: Green Industrial Policy, Trade Strategy, and Emerging-Economy Leverage in a Fragmenting World, with Tufts University’s Fletcher School Dean & ICM’s General Director
• 14:00–15:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Circularity in Practice. Who Pays for End of Life?, with GE Vernova’s CSO
• 14:00–15:30 (Water for Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Opening Ceremony, with UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water, Tajikistan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & UAE’s Assistant Minister for Energy and Sustainability Affairs
• 14:15–15:00 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Estonia–Oman High-Level Dialogue: Building National Climate-Delivery Capability, with Environment Authority of Oman’s President
• 14:30–15:45 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Investor forum: connecting innovators and investors for climate action, with Nordic Development Fund’s Managing Director
• 15:00–16:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | NDC Partnership 10-year Anniversary Event, with NDC Partnership’s Global Director
• 15:00–16:00 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Accelerating zero-emission shipping, with IMO’s Secretary General
• 15:00–15:50 (Implementation Hub Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Waste to Value: Scaling the Circular Economy, with Morocco’s fmr. Minister of Environment & Samarco Mineração’s CEO
• 15:00–16:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Electrification and decarbonisation in the Mediterranean: building resilient, low-carbon power systems, with Med-TSO’s Chair & ONEE’s CEO
• 15:25–16:25 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financial Innovations for Scaling Investment in Nature-Based Carbon Projects, with Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change
• 15:30–16:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The power of global trade: Market dynamics and economic opportunities in climate protection goods, with KfW’s CEO & BMUKN’s Director-General for International Climate Action
• 15:30–17:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | C1 – Building Indonesia’s Sustainable Used Cooking Oil (UCO) Ecosystem, with Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker & Indonesia’s Deputy Coordinating Minister for Connectivity
• 15:30–16:45 (Resilient Cities, Buildings and Cooling Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling Finance for the Electrification and Retrofit of Buildings, with ING Group’s CEO & Crédit Agricole’s Chief Sustainability & Impact Officer
• 16:00–17:30 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Flagship Event: How can business seize the Electric Advantage?, with TRATON’s & Ball’s CSOs
• 16:00–17:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Powering an inclusive recovery: Women’s leadership in Ukraine’s green energy transition, with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy & DTEK Group’s CSO
• 17:00–18:00 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Zero Waste, Healthy Planet – Circularity without harm, with Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions’ Executive Secretary
• 17:30–18:30 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | CORSIA Market Check-In: One Year to Go Until the Phase I Compliance Deadline, with Abra Group’s Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer
• 17:30–18:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Climate Risk to Resilience: Accelerating Adaptation to Extreme Weather events., with KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

Thursday, 12 November

• 09:00–09:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Energy Efficiency, Retrofits and Performance: Pillars of Housing Affordability and Decarbonisation, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 09:00–10:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | D1 – From NDC to Deal: Turning the National Climate Commitment Into Investable, Bankable Project Pipelines, with Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council Chair
• 09:00–10:00 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Governance, finance and territories: which solutions turn climate commitments into results?, with Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Environment and Ecological Transition & Expertise France’s Director General
• 09:30–11:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Adaptation and territorial transitions in water, buildings and housing through public-private collaboration, with BNP Paribas’ Global CSO
• 09:30–11:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Mobilising Finance for Climate Action: Policies to Unlock Demand for High-Integrity Carbon Credits, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Bloomberg’s Vice Chair, WBCSD’s President, Singapore’s Ambassador for Climate Action, UK’s Special Representative for Climate & Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 10:00–11:00 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | America’s Better Pathway Report Launch, with America Is All In’s Gina McCarthy & Patricia Espinosa
• 10:00–11:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Fuel Security and Building Resilient Energy Systems for a Changing World, with Australian Parliament’s Federal Member for Bradfield
• 10:00–11:00 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Indigenous Climate in Action: A Dialogue, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 10:00–11:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Finland: The World’s Most Attractive Destination for Sustainable Data Centre Investments, with Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs
• 10:00–11:00 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building the New Industrial Advantage, with Fortescue’s Executive Chair and Founder & Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 10:00–11:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Delivering Malaysia’s Energy Transition: Scaling Clean Energy, Strengthening Grid Flexibility and Powering Regional Connectivity, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s & SEDA Malaysia’s CEOs
• 10:00–11:00 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Bridging National Adaptation Planning and Local Delivery: Financing Local Adaptation Implementation, with Vihiga County’s Governor & Association of Moroccan Regions’ President
• 10:15–11:15 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Integrating adaptation and mitigation: towards complete and resilient climate transition plans, with EDF’s Impact Director
• 10:30–11:30 (Food and Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Food, Climate and Territories: From National Policy to the Transformation of Local Food Systems, with Brazil Environment Ministry’s National Secretary of Urban Environment, Water Resources and Environmental Quality
• 10:30–11:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Synergies between Coastal Conservation and Climate Solutions, with German Federal Environmental Foundation’s Alexander Bonde
• 11:00–12:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Just Transition in Action: Energy Reform, Grid and Sustainable Industrialisation in Focus, with Eskom’s Group CFO
• 11:30–12:30 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Islands lead: 20 years of island leadership, solutions and implementation, with Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions’ Executive Secretary
• 11:30–12:30 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling Investment for Climate Resilience: Launching the EIB Group Adaptation Plan Phase 2, with WMO’s Secretary-General
• 11:30–12:30 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Alert to Action: Scaling the Global Response to Satellite-Detected Methane Emissions, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, Turkmenistan’s Minister of Environment Protection, China’s Deputy Minister of Environment & Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 11:30–12:30 (GCCA Concrete Future Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Public Policy: Paving the Way for Low-Carbon Cement, with CIMPOR Global and OYAK Cement’s Global CTO
• 11:30–12:30 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | ASEAN Power Grid: Connecting Clean Energy, Strengthening Regional Resilience, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Chief Grid Officer
• 11:30–13:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Data centres: choosing efficiency, with Valeo’s CSO
• 11:30–12:30 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Panel “Electrify now”: 35% by 2035, use cases led by companies and the banking sector, with examples from Francophone countries, with Schneider Electric’s CSO
• 12:00–13:30 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | B6 – Deforestation-Free Forest Products: Building Traceable, Transparent and Responsible Forest-Based Supply Chains, with Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry Director General of Sustainable Forest Management
• 12:30–13:45 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Readiness to Results: Scaling High-Integrity Carbon Markets for Development, with Singapore’s Ambassador for Climate Action, Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change & Bhutan’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy Secretary
• 12:45–13:45 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Do EVs pay off? The real numbers behind electric last-mile delivery – Who pays, who earns and who carries the risk, with Prosus-Naspers’ CSO
• 13:00–14:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Methane’s high potency opportunity: Capital and commodities to keep 1.5 alive, with Australia’s Climate Change Authority Chair
• 13:00–14:15 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling Near-Zero Steel: From First Movers to Global Markets, with Mahindra Group’s CSO, SSAB’s Senior Advisor & Fortum’s EVP Sustainability and Corporate Relations
• 13:00–14:30 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Electrify Cities – united around climate and energy security, with Schneider Electric’s Chief Corporate Citizenship Officer
• 13:00–13:45 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Beyond ROI: Financing the Full Value of Sustainable Infrastructure, with Nordic Investment Bank’s CEO
• 13:00–14:00 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Advancing Paris Agreement Implementation Through Nuclear Energy and Carbon Markets, with EDF’s Chief Impact Officer
• 13:00–14:00 (USA Climate Pavilion (US States’ Action on Climate), Blue Zone) | Insuring a Resilient Future
• 13:30–15:00 (Water for Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | How can the Baku Adaptation Roadmap best support national adaptation planning and implementation?
• 13:45–15:15 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | A7 – From Policy to the Field: Scaling Methane MRV and Measurement Emission Reduction in ASEAN, with Indonesia’s Director General of Oil and Gas & PETRONAS’ CSO
• 14:00–15:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Geopolitics of Food Security, with Liquidity and Sustainability Facility’s Chair and Founder
• 14:00–15:00 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Next Great Investment: Resilient Places, with Lloyds Banking Group’s CSO & AtkinsRéalis’ CEO
• 14:00–14:50 (Implementation Hub Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building for the Future: Delivering Resilient Cities, with Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management’s Director-General for Environment and International Affairs
• 14:00–15:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Just Transition: Powering the Future-Ready Workforce, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Senior Chief Strategy, Regulatory & Sustainability Officer & PETRONAS’ Group CSO
• 14:15–15:15 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Backing climate cooperation on a human scale: how federated states are advancing climate action, with Association of Regions of Morocco’s President
• 14:30–15:45 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Collaborating with SIDS and LDCs for more resilient economies and societies, with European Commission’s Deputy Director-General for Climate Action
• 14:30–15:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Launching the COP31 Report on Net Zero Policy Progress, with UN Global Compact’s Assistant Secretary-General
• 14:45–15:30 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Public-Private Partnerships that Deliver: Lessons from the Field on Methane Reduction, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 15:00–16:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Helsinki Green Economy Initiative - High-level Launch and Dialogue with the LSE, with LSE’s Lord Nicholas Stern
• 15:15–16:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Mayors Speak Up: From Local Pressures to Shared Action for the Marmara Sea, with Balıkesir’s & Tekirdağ’s Mayors
• 15:30–16:30 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Local Action, Global Partnerships, with America Is All In’s Gina McCarthy
• 15:30–17:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | B15 – From Data to Action: Building a Decade of Javan Leopard Conservation Together, with Indonesia’s Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation
• 15:30–17:00 (Korea Pavilion, Blue Zone) | CCUS in the global climate agenda: Policy perspectives and transboundary cooperation, with Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change
• 15:30–16:30 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Different Pathways, Shared Ambition: Advancing Credible Energy Transitions Towards Global Climate Goals, with PETRONAS’ Group CSO
• 15:30–16:30 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Cameroon Day: climate solutions for adaptation, decarbonisation and the resilience of territories, with Cameroon’s National Observatory on Climate Change Director General
• 16:00–17:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Developing the long duration storage needed for the energy transition, with Australia’s fmr. Prime Minister & International Hydropower Association’s President Malcolm Turnbull
• 17:00–18:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Growing green industry supply chains, with Australia’s Climate Change Authority Chair
• 17:00–18:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Materials over Cocktails: A Fireside Chat on the Future of Industrial Transition, with Alfa Laval’s CSO
• 17:15–18:45 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | B7 – Forest-Based Bioeconomy for Climate, Nature and Communities: Advancing Indonesia’s Nature-Based Economy, with Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry Director General of Sustainable Forest Management & APP Group’s CSO
• 17:30–18:30 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From shared ambition to investment: accelerating Africa’s green industrialisation, with Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change
• 17:30–18:30 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Moving from Global Commitments to Place-Based Implementation: Advancing Multilevel Governance in International Climate Processes, with Mersin’s Mayor & Tokyo’s Vice Governor
• 17:30–18:30 (Spain Pavilion) | From Climate local knowledge to local action: International Regional and Urban Cooperation for Climate Adaptation, with Flemish Parliament’s First Vice-President

Friday, 13 November

• 09:00–09:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | De-Risking Investment in Agriculture: Innovative Finance for Climate-Resilient Food Systems, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Director General
• 09:00–10:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Powering Industrial Competitiveness: Building the Electrified Economy for Net Zero, with Fortum’s EVP
• 09:00–10:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | D9 – Accelerating Low-Carbon Development: From Pilot to Scale in Indonesia’s Green Transition, with BPDLH’s Executive Director
• 09:00–09:50 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Closing the Ocean Finance Gap: Creating a Blue Climate Finance Pathway, with BNP Paribas’ Global CSO
• 09:30–11:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Acting for a just transition: climate, development, jobs and investment, with Cape Verde’s Minister of the Environment, Moldova’s Ministry of Energy’s Carolina Novac & Expertise France’s Director General
• 09:30–10:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Public-Private Collaboration to Advance Nascent and Impactful Decarbonisation Technologies, with Temasek’s Vice Chairman, Sustainability
• 09:30–11:00 (Ukrainian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The next frontier for high-integrity carbon markets: financing Ukraine’s recovery, with TheCityUK Ukrainian Hub’s Chair of Green Finance & Carbon Markets
• 10:00–11:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Water Adaptation to Water Transformation: Accelerating Resilient and Sustainable Water Systems, with Malaysia’s National Water Services Commission Chair
• 10:15–11:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | A Close Eye on our Ally: Unlocking the Social, Economic and Financial Values of Ocean Observation, with Ifremer’s CEO
• 11:00–11:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Risk to Return: Investing in AI-Enabled Climate Solutions, with Sun Life Financial’s CSO
• 11:10–12:10 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | No magic fix, no time to lose: philanthropy as a catalyst for climate action, with Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 11:30–12:30 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Water Intelligence: Transforming Data into Climate-Resilient Water Systems, with Malaysia’s National Water Services Commission Chair
• 11:30–13:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | The transition plan: a tool for transforming business to meet the climate transition, with Valeo’s CSO
• 11:30–12:30 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Financing challenges for regions and municipalities, with Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Water and Forests
• 12:00–13:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Enabling investment in climate adaptation and resilience, with Australia’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
• 12:00–12:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing Just Coal-to-Clean Transitions, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 12:30–13:30 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing Resilience and a Just Transition through Solidarity Levies and Taxation, with Denmark’s Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment & Colombia’s fmr. Minister of Environment
• 12:30–13:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Enabling Smart Grid Systems: The Role of Physical AI in Future Energy Resilience, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Senior Chief Strategy, Regulatory & Sustainability Officer
• 13:00–13:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing the Future of Early Warnings: Mobilising Innovation and Investment for Climate Resilience in LDCs and SIDS, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, France’s Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships, Malawi’s Minister of Natural Resources, BMZ’s Director General for Sustainable Development and Climate & WMO’s Secretary General
• 13:00–14:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Building Back Better: Science, Innovation and International Cooperation for Climate-Resilient Flood Recovery, with Spain’s Science Ministry Director General for Planning, Coordination and Knowledge Transfer
• 13:30–14:30 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Status on the Global Methane Pledge and National Methane Reduction Frameworks, with Denmark’s fmr. Minister for the Environment
• 13:30–14:30 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Accelerating True Green Transformation through the Adoption of Avoided Emissions and Finance, with Evonik’s CSO
• 13:45–15:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Regional Collaboration: Key in Scaling Offshore Wind across the APAC Region, with Philippine Department of Energy’s Undersecretary
• 14:00–15:00 (BBVA and Garanti BBVA Pavilion, Green Zone) | Women in Climate, with EU Platform on Sustainable Finance’s Patricia Espinosa
• 14:00–14:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing the Clean Energy Transition: Unlocking Capital for Emerging and Developing Economies, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, IEA’s Executive Director & Philippine Department of Energy’s Undersecretary
• 14:00–15:00 (GCCA Concrete Future Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Roadmaps to Bankable Projects: Financing the cement transition in Türkiye, with Çimsa’s CFO
• 14:00–15:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Rio Synergies in Action, with Türkiye’s Director General for Combating Desertification and Erosion & BMZ’s Director-General for Sustainable Development and Climate
• 14:00–15:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Sustainable Living in Practice: Humanising the Energy and Water Transition, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s CSO
• 14:00–14:50 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Converging Finance, Science, and Ocean Action: Mobilising Capital to Support Climate Progress, with Convex Insurance’s CSO
• 14:30–16:00 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Lagos Climate Investment Day, with Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change Director General
• 14:40–15:40 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Infrastructure for life: energy and transport in sustainable cities, with Aziz Abdukhakimov, Adnan Amin & Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker
• 15:00–16:00 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Responsible Business Conduct for a just transition: practical approaches to integrating social dimensions into corporate climate action, with Bancolombia’s CSO
• 15:00–16:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Catalysing Carbon and Nature Credit Markets: CRCF and other new Opportunities for Business, Finance and Climate., with Natural Resources Institute Finland’s CEO
• 15:15–16:00 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Mobilisation – Canada’s Climate Finance Ambition in Action, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 15:15–16:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Co-Designing Blue Convergence: Towards Science-Based and Adequately Funded Ocean Action, with Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Director Emeritus & INVEMAR’s Director General
• 15:30–16:30 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Where’s the Money? Financing Possibilities for Implementing Society-Wide Sustainability Initiatives, with Nordic Investment Bank’s CEO
• 15:30–16:30 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Research driving change for climate and health: aligning the climate-health research funding ecosystem to fast-track solutions and accelerate impact., with Australia’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
• 16:00–17:00 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Accelerating adaptation finance – from adaptation priorities to financing-ready projects, with Nordic Development Fund’s Managing Director
• 16:00–17:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Trillion-Euro Trail: Following Europe’s Green and Transition Private Capital Flows, with European Commission’s Deputy Director-General for Climate Action
• 16:00–17:15 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Carbon removal in zero waste zones: turning residual materials into removals, avoided emissions and local value. Launch of the acceleration plan with the Istanbul Zero Waste Action Platform, with Malaysian Government’s Adviser Maimunah Mohd Sharif
• 16:30–17:30 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ministries of Finance: Turning Analysis into Action, with LSE’s Lord Nicholas Stern & NDC Partnership’s Global Director
• 16:30–18:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | From climate risk to economic resilience: accelerating and financing adaptation, with France’s Minister for Ecological Transition & BNP Paribas’ Global CSO
• 17:00–18:00 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Investing in Climate and Nature: Scaling Solutions for People, Planet and Prosperity, with Australia’s Climate Change Authority Chair
• 17:30–18:30 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing a whole-of-economy transition: mobilising capital for credible transition pathways in emerging markets, with MUFG’s Head of Sustainable Business
• 17:30–18:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Buying for Change: Public Procurement that Drives Climate Action, with MITECO’s Director General of Services

Saturday, 14 November

• 10:00–11:00 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Platforms for Scaling Climate Action: Lessons from Southeast Asia, with Malaysia’s Department of Environment Acting Director General
• 10:00–11:00 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Advancing Mexico’s Energy Transition Investment: Storage, Flexibility and the New Regulatory Framework, with ICM’s Executive Director
• 10:30–11:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Jobs & Skills for the Green Transition: Investing in People, Powering Competitiveness, with GIZ’s Managing Director & BMUKN’s Director-General for International Climate Action
• 10:45–11:45 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | SS7 – Eminent Person Session, with UN SDSN’s President Jeffrey Sachs
• 10:45–12:15 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Facts first: information integrity as a lever for climate ambition at national and international level, with UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General for Communication and Information
• 11:00–11:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building Momentum Toward the 12th Our Ocean Conference, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 11:30–12:30 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing Nature, Powering Forests: Unlocking Corporate Action through Forest Conservation Certificate (FCC), with Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s CSO
• 12:00–13:00 (COP Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Electrification as a Global Growth Opportunity, with AVEVA’s CSO
• 13:00–14:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Nordic Business at COP31: Combining Competitiveness, Energy Security and Climate Action, with Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs
• 13:45–15:15 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | B5 – Landscape-Based Solutions That Generate Positive Outcomes for Climate, Nature, and People, with Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry Director General of Sustainable Forest Management
• 14:00–15:15 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Investing in Resilience: Scaling Up Climate Adaptation in Japan, with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s CSO
• 14:30–16:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Social Climate Fund - carbon pricing for people, with Croatia’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
• 14:30–15:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Environmental Democracy in Action: The Role of Environmental Defenders in Climate Governance, with Tunisia’s fmr. Prime Minister
• 15:00–16:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Turning Climate Risk Finance Innovation into Better Protection, with BMZ’s Director-General for Sustainable Development and Climate
• 15:15–16:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Pathways for a Fossil-Free Ocean: The Move Away from Offshore Fossil Fuels to Offshore Wind Energy, with COP31 Presidency’s Pacific Ocean Envoy
• 15:30–16:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Unlocking Carbon Markets for Cities: Financing Local Climate Action and Urban Resilience, with KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs
• 16:00–17:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Education to Action: Universities Advancing ACE, with Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Rector
• 16:00–17:00 (Joint MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Advance launch: enabling economic transformation in a changing world, with NDC Partnership’s Global Director
• 16:15–17:00 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Canada at COP31: A conversation with civil society, with Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• 16:45–18:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | High-level conference on access to climate and environmental information, with Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 16:45–17:45 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Turning risk into resilience: insurance as an accelerator of adaptation to climate change, with CNseg’s President
• 17:00–18:00 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | NGIC high-level session
• 17:15–18:45 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | A2 – Clean Energy Transition & Green Industrialisation, with IEA’s Executive Director & IRENA’s Director-General

Sunday, 15 November

• 09:00–17:00 (World Climate Impact Hub, Blue Zone) | The World Climate Summit, with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research’s Director & Cathay FHC’s President

Monday, 16 November

• 09:30–11:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Material Matters: Turning Circular Ambition into Global Climate Action, with Netherlands’ Minister of Climate and Green Growth & Chile’s Minister of the Environment
• 10:00–11:30 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From REDD+ Results to Biodiversity Finance at Scale: Launch of Madagascar’s “Ala Velona” Jurisdictional REDD+ Programme at COP31, with Madagascar’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
• 10:00–11:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Scaling High-Integrity Carbon Credit Supply in Southeast Asia: Identifying Opportunities and Tools, with Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change
• 10:15–11:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Global Ocean Observing We Need to Address the Ocean-Climate Nexus, with Ifremer’s CEO
• 10:30–11:15 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Tree Huggers to Unicorns: How Science and Startups Can Build Climate Solutions, with RMK’s Chair of the Management Board
• 11:00–12:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, with BMZ’s Director-General for Sustainable Development and Climate
• 11:30–13:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From NDC Commitments to Investment: Mobilising Private Capital for Climate Action in Senegal, with Senegal’s Minister of Environment and Ecological Transition
• 11:45–13:00 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Risk Management through Early Warning Systems and Adaptation Technologies, with Fujitsu’s Chief Sustainability & Supply Chain Officer
• 12:00–13:30 (IETA Business Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Latin America and the Caribbean: From Carbon Market Readiness to Implementation at Scale, with Chile’s Minister of Environment & Bolivia’s Minister of Sustainable Production, Environment and Water
• 12:00–13:00 (UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub, Blue Zone) | Measuring Climate Impact of AI/Digital Solutions, with BMZ’s Director-General for Sustainable Development and Climate
• 12:30–13:30 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Redefining Green Competitiveness: Regional Pathways to Advancing Low-Carbon Industrialisation, with UNCTAD’s Director of International Trade and Commodities
• 12:30–13:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Catalysing International Cooperation: Update on the Global Mitigation Potential Atlas, with Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change
• 13:00–13:45 (Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Investing in Nature: From Nature Risk to Climate Resilience and Economic Competitiveness, with Aviva’s CSO
• 13:00–14:30 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Together to find common ground – high-level exchange on the final phase of the Plastics Treaty negotiations, with EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and Circular Economy
• 14:00–15:15 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | JEFMA’s Challenge Toward Net-Zero by 2050 through Enhanced Circular Economy Initiatives, with Kanadevia Corporation’s CEO
• 14:30–15:30 (South Africa Country Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Green Intelligence: can AI grow within planetary boundaries? From the footprint of AI to what users can demand, with Prosus-Naspers’ CSO
• 15:30–16:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Making Nature Investable under Article 6: From Policy to Investment at Scale, with Singapore’s Director General for Climate Change
• 15:50–16:50 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Deposit return systems: a proven climate solution, with Paulina Hennig-Kloska
• 16:00–17:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ahead of the Wave: Resilience for Social, Economic and Environmental Progress, with North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister for Environment
• 17:15–18:45 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | E6 – Emerging Climate Justice: Shaping Just Transition Through Global Experience, with Indonesian Ministry of Environment’s Deputy & Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker
• 17:15–18:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | The climate and One Health benefits of the waste sector, with Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions’ Executive Secretary
• 17:30–19:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Roadmaps for the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, with Marshall Islands’ Minister in Assistance to the President and Environment
• 17:30–18:30 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Mexico’s path to a resilient, low-carbon grid, with Mexico’s Undersecretary of Planning and Energy Transition & ICM’s Executive Director
• 18:30–20:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | AI and digital public infrastructure for climate action, with GIZ’s Managing Director

Tuesday, 17 November

• 09:00–09:50 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Blue NDC Challenge: Turning Commitments for Ocean-Based Climate Solutions into Action, with Fiji’s Minister for Information, Environment and Climate Change & EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
• 09:30–11:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From the EU water resilience strategy to global delivery – applying a water lens across the climate agenda, with EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and Circular Economy
• 09:30–11:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | From vulnerable islands to climate-resilient territories: connecting science, communities and innovation, from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean
• 09:30–11:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Advancing Heat Resilience and Sustainable Cooling from COP31 to COP32, with Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, UNEP’s Executive Director, UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Türkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security Director General, SEforALL’s CEO & Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Permanent Secretary
• 10:00–11:00 (Denmark Pavilion, Blue Zone) | IMO Net-Zero Framework Ahead: The Maritime Energy Transition as a Strategic Imperative, with Everllence’s CEO
• 10:00–11:00 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From organic waste to wealth: carbon markets and the business case for biofertilisers, with Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 10:15–11:15 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | From commitment to action: supporting industry towards a just, low-carbon transition, Tunisia’s experience with the PATE-IM project, with CITET’s Director General
• 11:00–12:00 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | High-level session with Ministry of Environment, Peru, with Peru’s Minister of the Environment & Peru’s Director General of Climate Change and Desertification
• 11:00–12:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Mobilising Capital for Adaptation: Aligning Science, Policy, Insurance and Multilateral Finance, with Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Permanent Secretary
• 11:00–12:00 (Think Negative Carbon Removals Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Global South Governments on Carbon Removal as an Investment and Development Pathway, with Bolivia’s Vice Minister of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forests
• 11:30–12:30 (Spain Pavilion) | One Region, Connected Agendas: Ibero-American Cooperation for Climate and Environmental Action, with Spanish Office for Climate Change’s Director General
• 11:45–13:00 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Report to Implementation -Advancing Climate and SDG Synergies through Partnerships, with Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs’ Founder
• 12:45–13:45 (Malaysia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Financing Adaptation and Resilience: Launch of Sukuk Prisma, with Securities Commission Malaysia’s Chair
• 13:00–14:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | One year in - CBAM lessons learnt and path forward, with Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Trade
• 13:00–13:45 (Estonian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Beyond Pulp and Paper: Can Wood Power the Next Industrial Revolution?, with Estonia’s Minister of Energy and Environment & RMK’s Chair of the Management Board
• 13:30–15:00 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The Road to Bankability – Scaling Climate-Resilient Food Systems, with Olam Agri’s CSO
• 13:45–15:15 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | C4 – Closing the Gap: Cities as the Missing Link Between Climate Ambition and Action, with Indonesia’s Director General of Regional Development
• 14:00–14:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | The ocean-climate nexus: building Pacific resilience through science and partnership, with COP31’s Pacific Envoy for the Ocean
• 14:00–15:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | EU Climate Policy – The Way Ahead to 2030s, with Finland’s Minister for Climate and Environment
• 14:00–15:00 (Health Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate-Resilient One Health Systems: Strengthening Veterinary Services to Protect Health, Food Security and Biodiversity, with Türkiye’s Minister & Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
• 14:00–14:45 (Zero Waste Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Small islands, whole systems: the Maldives case, with Thoriq Ibrahim
• 14:30–16:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | OceanEye International Alliance – stronger together for ocean observation, with EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
• 15:00–15:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Building Climate-Resilient Essential Systems: Water, Coasts, Wildfire and Electricity Networks, with Tuvalu’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment
• 15:00–16:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Bauhaus Earth: Restoring forests through regenerative buildings and cities, with Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment
• 15:15–16:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Living with Rising Waters – Choices for Resilient Cities and Coasts, with Gaziantep’s Mayor
• 15:45–16:30 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Reducing livestock methane emissions for resilient food systems: scaling public-private action for the climate and for farmers resilience, with Global Methane Hub’s CEO
• 16:00–16:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Accelerating the clean energy rollout: balancing rapid renewable deployment with biodiversity protection and community benefit, with Energy Transitions Commission’s Chair
• 16:30–17:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Sustainable AI for the Planet and its People?, with German Environment Agency’s President
• 16:30–17:20 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Entry into Force to COP1: The High Seas Treaty as Climate Infrastructure, with Türkiye’s Director General of Nature Conservation and National Parks
• 18:00–20:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | IKI High Level Event: Transforming Industry towards Climate Neutrality and a Circular Economy, with Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment

Wednesday, 18 November

• 09:00–10:00 (Food and Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Delivering a Just Transition through Agrifood Systems: From Commitments to Action, with Diageo’s CSO
• 09:00–10:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | B11 – Advancing Blue Carbon in Indonesia: From Regulation to Implementation and Partnership, with Indonesia’s Ministers of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, of Environment & of Forestry
• 09:00–09:50 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Fish on Every Plate: Pacific Fisheries, Food Security and Climate Action, with Tuvalu’s Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources & Niue’s Pacific Ocean–Climate Champion
• 09:00–10:30 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Zero Waste, Climate Gains: A Leadership Dialogue on Circular Economy Strategies, with Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment & Türkiye’s Ministry of Environment General Director of EIA, Permits and Inspections
• 10:00–10:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Coral Reefs – a powerful model for climate action, with Palau’s President & COP31’s Pacific Envoy for the Ocean
• 10:00–11:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Driving industrial decarbonisation investments through carbon pricing, with Brazil’s Vice-Minister of Finance & Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets’ Chair
• 10:15–11:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Ambition to Investment: Building the Capabilities to Deliver ASEAN’s Blue Economy, with Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Director General of Marine Management
• 10:30–11:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Challenges Decent Work, with Germany’s Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs State Secretary & Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security
• 11:45–13:00 (Japan Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Japan Accelerator Network: Decarbonisation and Circular Economy in the Built Environment, with Kanadevia Corporation’s CEO, Taiheiyo Cement’s CSO & LIXIL’s Chief Impact Officer
• 12:00–12:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Ocean Finance: Investing in our Greatest Climate Ally, with COP31’s Pacific Envoy for the Ocean
• 13:00–14:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Gender-Responsive Early Warning and Early Action for Climate Resilience., with Finland’s Minister of Climate and the Environment, Malawi’s Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services Director & Burkina Faso’s ANAM Director-General
• 13:45–14:45 (Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate and Care: Exchanging Experiences for Advancing the Belém Gender Action Plan towards a Just Transition, with Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
• 14:00–15:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From Ambition to Collective Action: Accelerating HAMBURG NET ZERO through Local Collaboration, with HELM AG’s CEO
• 14:00–14:15 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Opening of Cities Day: Regenerative Urban Development for Liveable and Resilient Cities, with Singapore’s Minister for National Development
• 14:15–15:15 (Irish Presidency Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Project Dandelion: COP31 Women Leaders’ Panel, with Ireland’s fmr. President Mary Robinson
• 14:30–15:00 (Pavillon France, Blue Zone) | Women, forests and innovative finance: complementary models of climate resilience in Central and West Africa, with Guinea’s Office of National Parks Director General
• 14:30–15:30 (Spain Pavilion) | Climate Finance and Care: From Political Commitments to Concrete Investment
• 15:00–15:45 (Australian Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From the Pacific to the World: Innovating Finance for Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, with Kiribati’s Minister of Women, Youth, Sport and Social Affairs
• 15:00–16:00 (Finland Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Transitioning away from fossil fuels for a clean energy future - preparations for Global Stocktake 2, with European Parliament delegation’s Vice-Chair
• 15:25–16:25 (Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Towards Cities in Nature: Scaling and Assessing Impact of Nature-Based Solutions, with City Developments Limited’s CSO
• 15:30–16:30 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Preparing for climate risks & the EU framework for climate resilience - from ambition to delivery, with EU Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
• 15:30–16:30 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate-induced displacement, migration and relocation, with German Bundestag member Claudia Roth
• 15:30–17:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | D3 – Article 6 Cooperation and International Carbon-Market Linkage With Safeguards, with Indonesian Ministry of Environment’s Deputy
• 17:30–19:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Climate Security Beyond Borders: Understanding Risks in an Interconnected World, with Belgium’s Federal Minister for Climate, Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Climate Change & Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research’s Director

Thursday, 19 November

• 09:00–10:00 (Food and Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Water Resilience and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Opportunities for Mediterranean Cooperation, with Palestine’s Environmental Quality Authority Director General for Projects and Climate Change
• 09:30–11:00 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | From risk to resilience – turning climate evidence into action, with European Environment Agency’s Executive Director
• 10:15–11:05 (Ocean Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis through Zero Waste in Big Ocean States, with Palau’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment
• 11:00–12:00 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | High-level session with Ministry of Environment, Peru, with Peru’s Minister of the Environment & Peru’s Director General of Climate Change and Desertification
• 11:30–13:00 (Benelux & EIB Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Capacity Building in Sustainable Finance - The Role of Public and Private Ecosystems, with University of Luxembourg’s Rector
• 13:00–14:30 (COP31 Presidency Special Events, Blue Zone) | Scaling Carbon Management for Green Industrialisation, with several national ministers
• 13:00–14:30 (EU Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Electrification for energy security and for economic and climate resilience, with Synergi’s Chair
• 13:00–14:00 (Spain Pavilion) | Who owns the risks for the climate resilience of critical infrastructure? (Stress testing and scenarios)
• 14:30–16:00 (All In Pavilion, Blue Zone) | High-level ministerial dialogue, with Peru’s Minister of the Environment, Vice Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources & Director General of Climate Change and Desertification
• 15:30–17:00 (Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone) | A6 – Session on Accelerating Technology Development and Transfer in Indonesia for Contributing Net Zero Emission Target: Disseminating From the Lesson Learn, with Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker & Indonesia’s Director General of New, Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation
• 15:30–16:30 (Pavillon de la Francophonie, Blue Zone) | Measuring the effectiveness of climate policy in relation to human rights, the oceans and displaced people, with CIDCE’s Vice-President
• 17:00–18:00 (German Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone) | Women Leading Resilience, with BMUKN’s Parliamentary State Secretary

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