Water for Climate Action Pavilion programme at COP30

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For the first time, we’re unveiling the full schedule of events at the Water for Climate Action Pavilion. True to our style, ⭐ spotlights our recommended events.

Website: https://waterforclimate.net/schedule/
Location: Water for Climate Action Pavilion, Blue Zone Belém, Brazil
Dates: Monday, November 10 – Friday, November 21, 2025

Monday, November 10
• 11:00-12:00 | Peace initiatives on water and climate: looking back and moving forward
• 13:00-14:30 | Inauguration of the Water for Climate Pavilion ⭐
• 16:00-17:00 | Inauguration of 'Neighborhood for the collective action on Cities, Water and Infrastructure' 

Tuesday, November 11
• 10:45-11:45 | Urban water resilience into action - implementing NBS at scale
• 11:45-12:45 | One water: building climate-resilient infrastructure through water, sanitation and subsurface intelligence
• 15:30-16:30 | City-basin dialogue: urban resilience through improved monitoring and IWRM planning
• 17:00-18:00 | The Brazilian national indigenous water, sanitation and waste management program (PNSI) 

Wednesday, November 12
• 09:00-10:30 | Tracking and building urban water resilience: from cities to national climate commitments
• 11:00-12:30 | Building resilience through multi-stakeholder collective action
• 14:00-15:00 | Stability and peacebuilding - a role for water diplomacy and climate action?

Thursday, November 13
• 10:00-11:30 | Demand-driven support for implementable adaptation plans
• 13:00-14:00 | A source to sea approach to biodiversity enhancement and climate adaptation through ecosystem restoration and NbS
• 15:00-16:00 | Policy synergies across conventions 

Friday, November 14
• 10:00-11:30 | Indicators for water and sanitation under the global goal on adaptation: what's at stake at COP30 and beyond
• 15:00-16:30 | From targets and indicators to action on the ground: implementing the UAE global framework for transformative climate resilient water and sanitation 

Saturday, November 15
• 11:00-12:30 | Integrating mitigation and adaptation: building coherent climate action for resilient economies
• 13:00-14:00 | Practical, science-based water resiliency and mitigation solutions through standards and partnerships to advance SDG 6, 13, and 17
• 14:30-16:00 | Catalyzing systems approaches for water and climate resilience ⭐
• 16:30-17:30 | Joint event 2 out of 4 of 'Neighborhood for the collective action on Cities, Water and Infrastructure' 

Monday, November 17
• 09:30-11:00 | Principles for just water partnerships: global launch
• 14:00-15:30 | Roundtable on systems approaches 

Tuesday, November 18
• 10:00-12:00 | Implementing NAPs and NDCs: sectoral and regional insights ⭐
• 14:30-15:30 | Movie and roundtable: Amazon tri-border
• 16:00-17:30 | From commitments to action: progressing water in NDCs 3.0 and NAPs ⭐

Wednesday, November 19
• 10:30-12:00 | Financing resilient landscapes: catalyzing partnerships for irrigation, land reclamation, and climate resilience in Africa's arid & semi-arid regions ⭐
• 14:00-15:15 | Promoting water-resilient food systems for climate action 

Thursday, November 20
• 10:30-12:00 | Water equity and access in low-income neighborhoods in urban Cameroon
• 13:00-14:30 | Decentralised sanitation for decent livelihoods in rural and peri-urban areas in the global south