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
From Inclusion to Ambition and Competitiveness: Climate and industrial policies for a just transition
Time/Location: 13:00-14:00, Just Transition Pavilion
Bridging Generations for a Just Energy Transition: From local action to global policy
Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, Global Renewables Hub
Organisers: IRENA
Youth-led Insights: Co-creating a just and inclusive energy future
Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
Tuesday 11 November
Reclaiming our Energy Future: Overcoming Inequalities for a Just Transition
Time/Location: 1:00 – 2:00 PM, WWF Pavilion
The Role of Youth in Advancing a Just Transition: Experiences and pathways forward
Time/Location: 14:30-15:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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
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
High-level Panel Discussion 1: Reskilling and upskilling for a just transition
Time/Location: 10:00-11:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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
High-level Panel Discussion 2: Decent work and just transition priority themes at COP30
Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion
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
High-level Panel Discussion 4: Climate finance in Brazil
Time/Location: 16:00-17:00, Just Transition Pavilion
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
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
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
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)
Call to Action on Skilling for Energy Transition
Time/Location: 15:00–16:00, Global Renewable Hub
Organisers: IRENA
COP30: Transition Énergétique Juste
Time/Location: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, NDC Partnership Pavilion
Organizer: Mauritania
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
Friday 14 November
Bridging Energy and Environment through Social Innovation
Time/Location: 09:30–10:15, Canada Pavilion
Jobs, Skills, and Climate: Realizing Equitable Transitions
Time/Location: 10:00-11:00 Just Transition Pavilion
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
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
COP30: Beyond Coal: Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Just Transitions Across Asia
Time/Location: 14:00-15:00, NDC Partnership Pavilion
Organiser: Asian Development Bank
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
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
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
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
Scaling Solutions for the Coal-to-Clean Transition
Time/Location: 09:30–10:15, Canada Pavilion
Anchoring Global Fairness and Social Partnership in the EU Climate and Energy Transition
Time/Location: 11:30-12:30, Just Transition Pavilion
European Commission: EU-LAC High level Dialogue on Energy Transition
Time/Location: 12:00, Finland Pavilion location – Blue Zone, C63
Energy with Equity: Centering gender and community for a just and resilient transition
Time/Location: 13:30–14:30, Global Renewable Hub
Organisers: IRENA
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
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
Powering a Fair and Inclusive Future through Sustainable Cooling in ASEAN
Time/Location: 10.45 – 12.00, ASEAN Pavilion
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
Leaving No One Behind: Justice and Accountability in the Southeast Asian Energy Transition
Time/Location: 14.30 – 15.45
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
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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