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COP 30 Just Transition Event Round-up: A comprehensive guide


The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the largest global event for discussions and negotiations on climate change. The meeting is held annually, with the presidency rotating among the five regions recognised by the United Nations.

The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) will convene in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.

As in 2023 and 2024, a comprehensive round-up of just transition events at COP 30 is available below.

All times are in Brasilia Standard Time (BRT/GMT-3).


Monday 10 November

 

Europe’s Role in the Just Transition: From local action to global responsibility

Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion

Organiser: ICLEI Europe, Youth and Environment Europe, Swiss Youth for Climate, CAN Europe and the European Network Against Racism

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From Inclusion to Ambition and Competitiveness: Climate and industrial policies for a just transition

Time/Location: 13:00-14:00, Just Transition Pavilion

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Bridging Generations for a Just Energy Transition: From local action to global policy

Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, Global Renewables Hub

Organisers: IRENA

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Youth-led Insights: Co-creating a just and inclusive energy future

Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Just Transition Pavilion

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Tuesday 11 November

 

Reclaiming our Energy Future: Overcoming Inequalities for a Just Transition

Time/Location: 1:00 – 2:00 PM, WWF Pavilion

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The Role of Youth in Advancing a Just Transition: Experiences and pathways forward

Time/Location: 14:30-15:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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Just Transition or Just Extraction? Safeguarding people and planet in the transition minerals rush

Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, Side Event Room 5

Organisers: Transforma; Climate Rights International (CRI); Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)


World Green Skills Collaborative: Connecting local design with power and equity for energy transition

Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, Side Event Room 8

Organisers: Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative (Connected Advocacy); Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st); Faith Association of the Rehabilitation of Street Children and Orphans (FARSO); Sikh Human Rights Group (SHRG); Society for Development and Community Empowerment (SDCE)


Voices of the Transition: Inclusive pathways to a clean energy future

Time/Location: 16:45—18:15, Side Event Room 9

Organisers: Women in Nuclear Global (WiN Global); International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC); Latin American Section of the American Nuclear Society (LAS/ANS)


Trade Unions, Civil Society, and Indigenous Peoples Present Belém Action Mechanism 4 Just Transition

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, Side Event Room 3

Organisers: International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); Climate Action Network International (CAN International); Klimadelegation e.V.; War on Want

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Benefits Beyond Borders: Collaborative governance for a global just transition

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, Side Event Room 5

Organisers: Climate Strategies; Chile; Plataforma CIPÓ (CIPÓ)


Local Climate Finance for a Just Transition to Carbon Neutral and Resilient Cities

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00 Side Event Room 9

Organisers: University Luigi Bocconi, Institute of Energy and Environment Economics and Policy (IEFE); Conseil des Communes et Régions d’Europe (CCRE); European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE); Polytechnic of Turin


Wednesday 12 November

 

COP30: Green Skills Global Initiative High-Level Launch Event with COP30 Presidency

Time/Location: 9:00AM -10:30 AM, Special Event Room 3

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High-level Panel Discussion 1: Reskilling and upskilling for a just transition

Time/Location: 10:00-11:00, Just Transition Pavilion

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Where Do We Stand on Just Transition? Requirements and insights from the JT programme

Time/Location: 11:00–12:00, German Climate Pavilion

Organiser: German Trade Union Confederation, ITUC, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Brasilia

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High-level Panel Discussion 2: Decent work and just transition priority themes at COP30

Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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Indigenous Peoples and NDCs 3.0: Rights, recognition, and the way forward

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 1

Organisers: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA); Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP); Association des Femmes Peules et Peuples Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT); Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN); Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN); Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP)


Stories of Just Transitions in Action

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 3

Organisers: Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB); Consumers International (CI); Indalo Inclusive South Africa NPC


Canal Organisations Facilitate Low-Carbon Development and Resilience of Cities

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 6

Organisers: Beijing Rongzhi Corporate Social Responsibility Institute; World Historic and Cultural Canal Cities Cooperation Organization


Energy Transition in North and South: Perspectives and initiatives from Amazon, Europe and beyond

Time/Location: 14:30-15:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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High-level Panel Discussion 4: Climate finance in Brazil

Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Just Transition Pavilion

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Towards a Just Transition: Financing Africa’s move from coal to sustainable energy sources

Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, Side Event Room 9

Organiser: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)


Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) Implementation Workshop Powering Skills for the Future: Unlocking youth and women’s potential to advance a just transition

Time/Location: 15:30–16:30, COP30 Presidency Action Agenda Thematic Space

Organisers: UNIDO, Gender and Energy Compact, Creatives for Climate, Care about Climate

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Powering Change: Gender-transformative climate and energy pathways

Time/Location: 16:30–17:30, Blue Zone | SDG Pavilion

Organiser: UNIDO, Gender and Energy Compact, Equality Initiative, CEM, We Mean Business Coalition, NDC Partnership, GN-SEC, ECREEE/ECOWAS

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Amazonia Free of Fossil Fuels: Indigenous Peoples present actionable solutions

Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, Side Event Room 7

Organisers: Movimiento Ciudadano frente al Cambio Climático (MOCICC); Avaaz Foundation; Organización Regional de la Asociación Inter-Étnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana Ucayali (ORAU); Stand.Earth


Resilient Transitions: Indigenous wisdom and inclusive governance for adaptation and climate justice

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, Side Event Room 5

Organisers: Energies 2050 (Energies 2050); Earth Savers Movement (ESM); University of New South Wales


Thursday 13 November

 

Implementing Just Transition Through Green Skills Development and Anticipation

Time/Location: 11:30–12:30

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The Fossil Fuel Treaty: A global work plan for just transition

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 6

Organisers: Earth Island Institute, Inc. (EII); College of the Atlantic (COA); Eco Clean Active Initiative (ECA); Press Club Brussels Europe


Empowering Communities for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition in Africa

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 8

Organisers: Kenya Climate Change Working Group Association (KCCWGA); Abibimman Foundation (AF)


From Vision to Practice: Concrete examples for just transition

Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, German Climate Pavilion

Organiser: German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)

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Call to Action on Skilling for Energy Transition

Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, Global Renewable Hub

Organisers: IRENA

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COP30: Transition Énergétique Juste

Time/Location: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, NDC Partnership Pavilion

Organizer: Mauritania

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The Central Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Just Energy Transitions

Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, Side Event Room 5

Organisers: American Anthropological Association (AAA); Climate Alliance Austria (CAA); Climate Alliance Italy; German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS); Institute of Development Studies (IDS); Instituto de Ecología y Antropología de Acción (INFOE)


Building the Workforce for Canada’s Clean Energy Transition

Time/Location: 17:15–18:00, Canada Pavilion

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Friday 14 November

 

Bridging Energy and Environment through Social Innovation

Time/Location: 09:30–10:15, Canada Pavilion

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Jobs, Skills, and Climate: Realizing Equitable Transitions

Time/Location: 10:00-11:00 Just Transition Pavilion

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Locally-embedded Just Transition: Why a just transition will be won or lost at a local level

Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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Legal and Governance Innovations for Ambitious Just Transitions: Learnings from design and implementation

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00 Side Event Room 9

Organisers: Real Instituto Elcano (RIE); Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Polítca y Legislación Ambiental A.C. (POLEA)


Trade Union Demands at COP30 (ITUC)

Time/Location: 14:30-15:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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COP30: Beyond Coal: Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Just Transitions Across Asia

Time/Location: 14:00-15:00, NDC Partnership Pavilion

Organiser: Asian Development Bank

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Green Skills and Entrepreneurship: Driving Jobs and Inclusive Growth in the Low-Carbon Economy

Time/Location: 14:30-16:00, Belém time, SE Room 1, Blue Zone

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Implementing Evidence-Based NDCs 3.0 through Integrated, Gender-Responsive Just Transitions

Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, Side Event Room 5

Organisers: University of Durham; CARE International (CI)


Clean Energy Transitions as Pathways for Decent Work

Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Just Transition Pavilion

Organiser: IEA/ILO

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A Just Transition as a Key to a Successful Energy Transition. Best Practices and Lessons for the Future

Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Spain Pavilion

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Amplifying Youth, Women, and Indigenous Voices: Equitable climate justice initiatives

Time/Location: 16:45–18:15, Side Event Room 8

Organisers: Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC); Amazon Association (AA); University of Birmingham


Care, Climate, and the Just Transition

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, Side Event Room 6

Organiser: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)


Prospects and Challenges for Real, Gender-Just, People-Led Climate Solutions

Time/Location: 18:30–20:00, Side Event Room 7

Organisers: IBON International Foundation Inc. (IBON); Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD); Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON); FIAN FoodFirst Information and Action Network, Germany e.V. (FIAN Germany); Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN); Global Forest Coalition (GFC); Indigenous Peoples Rights International Inc. (IPRI)


Saturday 15 November

 

Catalyzing Investment for Africa’s Just Energy Transition Pathways through Smart Planning

Time/Location: 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Africa Pavilion

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Scaling Solutions for the Coal-to-Clean Transition

Time/Location: 09:30–10:15, Canada Pavilion

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Anchoring Global Fairness and Social Partnership in the EU Climate and Energy Transition

Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion

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European Commission: EU-LAC High level Dialogue on Energy Transition

Time/Location: 12:00, Finland Pavilion location – Blue Zone, C63

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Energy with Equity: Centering gender and community for a just and resilient transition

Time/Location: 13:30–14:30, Global Renewable Hub

Organisers: IRENA

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Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, Side Event Room 8

Organisers: Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); BankTrack; California College of the Arts (CCA); Ithaca College; Pomona College


Monday 17 November

 

Promote Just Transition: Bring international experiences on decarbonisation of coal industrial chain

Time/Location: 11:30–13:00, Side Event Room 8

Organisers: Coshare Environment; Agora Think Tanks gGmbH; Rock Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress


Green Skills and Labor Migration: Decision-making for impactful and climate-just transition pathways

Time/Location: 15:00–16:30, Side Event Room 2

Organisers: German Council on Foreign Relations e.V. (DGAP); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)


Tuesday 18 November

 

From Vision to Practice: Putting just transition into action in the Global South

Time/Location: 14:30–15:30, Just Transition Pavilion

Organiser: IKI JET

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Wednesday 19 November

 

ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030 for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition in ASEAN

Time/Location: 09.30 – 10.45, ASEAN Pavilion

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Powering a Fair and Inclusive Future through Sustainable Cooling in ASEAN

Time/Location: 10.45 – 12.00, ASEAN Pavilion

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Feminist Solutions in a Just Transition

Time/Location: 11:00–12:00, German Climate Pavilion

Organisers: Education Equality Sustainability, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Aksi!, Women Engage for a Common Future, Global Forest Coalition

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Leaving No One Behind: Justice and Accountability in the Southeast Asian Energy Transition

Time/Location: 14.30 – 15.45

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Energy Transition Skills, Innovation, and Capacity Exchange: Building a collaborative ecosystem for young people to accelerate the energy transition

Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, Global Renewable Hub

Organisers: IRENA

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Thursday 20 November

 

COP30: Empowering Climate Leaders of Tomorrow: Advancing Green Skills and Higher Education to Drive NDC Action

Time/Location: 9:30AM – 10:30 AM, NDC Partnership Pavilion

Organiser: Commonwealth Secretariat Grenada

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