Space4Climate is keeping the UK satellite Earth Observation community up-to-date with information and opportunities for 2025’s world climate summit
Belém, Brazil, November 10th-21st, 2025
Space4Climate is keeping the UK satellite Earth Observation community up-to-date with information and opportunities for 2025’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, November 10th-21st.
We are collaborating with our Board Members, particularly the UK Space Agency and National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) to engage members with the COP30 process.
Space4Climate’s plans for COP30
With the number of Blue Zone (negotiating zone) passes drastically cut for Belem, the official UK delegation and attendees are expected to be much smaller than in previous years. S4C has no plans to travel to Brazil but we are in early discussions for online and remote activities. If your organisation is planning to attend COP30, or hold an online event, please email Space4Climate@reading.ac.uk with ‘COP30’ in the subject line.
COP30 themes
The Global Stocktake has formed the framework for the themed days with a focus on encouraging collaborations and delivering climate actions.
The themes are:
- November 10-11: Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, laying the groundwork for climate readiness and resilience across all systems, sectors, communities, and regions.
- November 12–13: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, and Workers. These days also introduce the Global Ethical Stocktake, reinforcing equity and moral responsibility in climate governance.
- November 14–15: Systems transformation across Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases, supporting the global push to triple renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.
- November 17–18: Planetary and community stewardship – Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs, showcasing inclusive, grounded, and nature-aligned solutions.
- November 19-20: Food, agriculture, and equity at their roots, covering Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming. Also an emphasis on debates related to Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism.
Read more on the COP30 website.
COP’s incoming President sets six ‘agenda axes’
President-Designate Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago announced that the COP30 programme will be woven around sic Action Agenda axes:
- Energy, Industry & Transport
- Forests, Oceans & Biodiversity
- Agriculture & Food Systems
- Cities, Infrastructure & Water
- Human and Social Development
- Cross-cutting issues
Climate High-Level Champions, including the UK’s Nigel Topping, are already engaging with stakeholders ahead of global leaders and climate experts meeting in Belem.
Keep following Space4Climate on LinkedIn for more COP30 updates and opportunities to get involved.
Read how Space4Climate members were involved at COP29
