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As one of the world’s most read platforms on sustainability, illuminem is proud to spotlight the key events shaping environmental sustainability and social responsibility, with a special focus on all the happenings at COP30. Drawing on insights from our network of 1,500+ Thought Leaders, we’re excited to present our insiders’ guides to the unmissable events in COP30 and its pavilions, the go-to resource for delegates at the defining climate summit of the year.
For the first time, we’re unveiling the full schedule of events at the Forest Pavilion. True to our style, ⭐ spotlights our recommended events.
Website: https://trello.com/c/78jgCIcj/6-daily-programme
Location: Forest Pavilion, Blue Zone, Belém, Brazil
Dates: Monday, November 10 – Friday, November 21, 2025
Monday, November 10
• 10:00-11:30 | Forests in action: Standards, sensors & structures—scaling nature-positive climate solutions
• 11:40-12:40 | Fishbowl: Forests in transition: Building global standards for climate, people, and biodiversity
• 12:50-13:50 | Panel: Construction for climate integrity & biodiversity-positive value chains
• 14:00-14:30 | Opening of the Pavilion by the Co-Chairs and Indigenous leader ⭐
• 14:30-15:30 | Panel: Financing the nature and climate-smart, forest-based circular bioeconomy
• 15:45-16:45 | Panel: Co-creating a thriving forest bioeconomy together
• 17:00-18:00 | Panel: Strategic partnership for advancing sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches
Tuesday, November 11
• 10:00-11:00 | Forests, social equity, and well-being: Health, education, urban forestry, jobs, and labor
• 11:10-12:10 | Panel: Forests beyond carbon: The people-water nexus for a cooler planet
• 12:20-13:20 | Panel: Decent work in the rainforest: Linking forest protection and workers’ rights
• 13:20-13:30 | Building bridges: Science, communities, and diplomacy for forests and wetlands of the three tropical basins
• 13:40-14:40 | Caatinga – Brazil’s dry forest and its potential for carbon sequestration
• 14:50-15:30 | Signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between ICMBio and UM Baden-Württemberg
• 15:45-16:45 | Live canopy: Harnessing AI and digital innovation for forest conservation and reforestation
• 17:00-18:00 | Launch of the final report on the Glasgow Congo Basin Pledge ⭐
Wednesday, November 12
• 10:00-10:50 | Working together to uphold the role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in forest stewardship and build effective direct funding mechanisms
• 11:00-11:50 | Partnering with Indigenous peoples in sustainable forest management
• 12:10-13:30 | Putting Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples at the centre of forest protection: Building direct funding mechanisms that work
• 13:45-14:45 | Experience exchange on restoration
• 15:00-18:00 | Model Forest Act Initiative: Modernizing forest law to address climate change and the global forest crisis
Thursday, November 13
• 10:00-12:00 | Reports launch: Status and pathways forward for forest finance
• 12:30-13:45 | Congo assessment report 2025: From past to future: Resilience and sustainable development
• 14:00-15:30 | Rede IFN (National Forest Inventory) LAC
• 15:40-17:10 | Panel: From investment to impact: The role of the private sector in restoring priority territories
Friday, November 14
• 10:00-11:30 | Boreal and temperate forests day: Regional perspectives on forests in NDCs, SFM, livelihoods, and climate resilience
• 12:00-13:00 | Panel: Criteria and indicators for the conservation and sustainable management of temperate and boreal forests
• 13:30-14:30 | Sustaining boreal and temperate forests through intergenerational collaboration in a changing climate
• 15:30-16:15 | Panel: Are forests contributing to NDCs the way you thought they would?
Saturday, November 15
• 10:00-11:00 | Grand opening of the Forest Pavilion ⭐
• 11:00-12:30 | Revisiting REDD+ and public finance for forests: Are real impacts visible on the ground?
• 12:45-14:15 | Panel: Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF
• 14:30-16:00 | Panel: Restoration concession
• 16:15-18:00 | Amazon network of forest authorities (RAFO) for the implementation of sustainable forest management
Tuesday, November 18
• 10:00-11:00 | Enhanced cooperation on Payment for Environmental Services (PES) in the Congo Basin
• 11:05-11:50 | Mobilizing national, regional, and international financial resources for Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in the Congo Basin
• 12:00-13:00 | From data to decisions: Research driving climate-ready development in the Congo Basin
• 13:05-13:55 | Environmental communication and climate diplomacy for Central Africa
• 14:00-14:45 | Central African forests at the heart of global climate action: Joint action, financing, and prospects toward 2025-2030
• 14:45-15:45 | COMIFAC countries’ actions for the conservation and sustainable management of Central Africa's forests as a nature-based solution in the fight against climate change
• 15:45-16:45 | Solutions country! Redefining the just transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo rooted in community rights
• 17:00-18:30 | High-level political dialogue/Celebration of the launch of the “Political Declaration of Commitment between the Central African Countries and their Partners in Favor of the Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystems (2025-2030)” ⭐
Thursday, November 20
• 10:00-10:45 | From traditional practice to global policy: Indigenous Peoples and fire stewardship
• 11:00-11:45 | Turning policy into practice: Advancing integrated fire management across countries
• 12:00-13:00 |Safeguarding primary forests in a fiery world
• 14:00-15:30 | Africa’s green horizon: Scaling restoration and afforestation for economy, livelihoods, and climate resilience
• 16:00-17:00 | Forest, data, and climate action: Delivering on the Paris goals
