On Tuesday (September 2), Plataforma CIPÓ took part in the international event “COP30 Conversations: The alchemy of solidarity – Actions, solutions, and partnerships from the whole of society”, held in New Delhi, India. The event was organized by the Indian think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), in partnership with the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
The activity was supported by CIPÓ, the World Bank, the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), the India Climate Collaborative, and Jindal Global University. The meeting brought together experts, diplomats, government representatives, and civil society organizations to discuss solutions and partnerships in the lead-up to COP30, which will take place in November 2025 in Belém do Pará.
CIPÓ was represented by its Program Director, Mariana Rondon, who was one of the panelists in the session “Strengthening Climate Adaptation through Resilient Infrastructure.” The discussion focused on how investments in resilient infrastructure are essential to reducing disaster risks, protecting lives, and ensuring sustainable development, in line with the six thematic pillars of COP30’s Action Agenda.
In her remarks, Rondon highlighted both challenges and recent progress in Brazil’s adaptation and resilience agenda, recalling recent tragedies such as the 2022 floods in Petrópolis (RJ) and the 2023 floods in Rio Grande do Sul. According to her, these events “brought a clearer understanding of the need to strengthen coordination between the federal government, states, and municipalities in order to scale up investments and improve disaster risk management.”
Rondon also shared examples of good practices at the subnational level, such as the program developed by the State of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with UN-Habitat, which is creating 34 Municipal Climate Action Plans in a participatory manner with local communities. At the national level, she highlighted climate governance instruments — the Climate Plan, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), and the Ecological Transformation Plan (ETP) — which together structure Brazil’s NDC 3.0 and reinforce the central role of adaptation.
She further emphasized the importance of civil society initiatives: “From civil society and think tanks, Plataforma CIPÓ, in partnership with iCS (Institute for Climate and Society) and the Centro Brasil no Clima, is developing a Solutions Bank for Brazilian state governments. To be launched at COP30, it will showcase subnational climate policies and promote the exchange of good practices, contributing to accelerating climate action.”
In her closing words, Rondon stressed the collective spirit needed to face the climate crisis: “If I had to choose one priority to take to COP30, it would be scaling up collective action on adaptation. In Brazil, we use the word mutirão, of Indigenous origin, which means joint effort, where everyone contributes to a common goal. COP30 must be a true global mutirão for resilience and for a safer future for all.”
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