C2ES will be on the ground at COP30 closely tracking key issues. Explore our resources.
C2ES will be on the ground at COP30 closely tracking key issues. Explore our resources.
COP30 will take place in the context of increasing geopolitical tensions and increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts, a retreat from globalization and international cooperation in many countries, and a decrease in funding for international development.
At the same time, COP30 will be the first COP to be held after a full turn of the Paris Agreement’s ambition cycle, following the completion of first global stocktake as well as the submission of biennial transparency reports and new nationally determined contributions. This provides COP30 with an important opportunity to signal a shift toward implementation and enhanced cooperation in the UN climate regime. It is also an important chance to showcase the achievements of the Paris Agreement ten years after it was adopted.
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The implementation of the Paris Agreement demands new ideas for energy and land transitions. This event will explore how to scale sustainable agriculture and mining through regenerative practices, inclusive governance, enhanced international cooperation, and new technologies. C2ES VP for International Strategies, Kaveh Guilanpour will speak alongside high-level representatives from UNFCCC, Brazil’s COP 30 Presidency, CEBRI, Arapyau Institute, IDDRI, and CSDevNet.
This high-level panel will examine the power and promise of the global stocktake: what it has accomplished, how its outcome has been considered by Parties, and what is needed for a robust GST2. Moderated by Kaveh Guilanpour, Vice President of International Strategies at C2ES.
As the world approaches the second global stocktake in 2028 and the conclusion of the 2030 Agenda, the need to align climate action with sustainable development has never been more urgent. This event explores how the UN climate regime can be strategically recalibrated, not reinvented, to drive stronger, more integrated climate-development outcomes to 2030 and beyond.
Bringing together global experts and practitioners, the discussion will examine how NDCs 3.0 can align with the SDGs, how GST2 can better integrate climate-development synergies, and what a post-2030 development agenda might look like. C2ES VP for International Strategies Kaveh Guilanpour will moderate a conversation around practical examples such as nature-based solutions, biodiversity co-benefits, and efforts to halt deforestation, offering forward-looking insights on strengthening cooperation across the climate and development agenda.
This side event at COP 30, organized under the frameworks of the Mountain Partnership and the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions (2023–2027), will highlight the urgent need to integrate mountain priorities into the UNFCCC process. The discussion will focus on ensuring that mountain issues are reflected in key COP 30 outcomes, including indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation and other UNFCCC mechanisms such as the Biennial Transparency Reports.
C2ES VP for International Strategies, Kaveh Guilanpour will moderate a panel of speakers including H.E. David Forné Massoni, Secretary of State for Energy Transition, Transportation and Mobility of the Government of Andorra, and other high-level representatives from governments, intergovernmental organizations, civil city and mountain experts.
This event highlights both the progress achieved, the tasks that lie ahead and acts as the launch event for the Together4Transpency programme at COP30. Launched at COP27 by the UNFCCC, the #Together4Transparency collaborative initiative unites several groups of stakeholders committed to joining forces in the implementation of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), recognizing that all actors play a role in ensuring the success of the Paris Agreement. VP for International Strategies Kaveh Guilanpour will share remarks.