From November 10 to 21, 2025, Belém do Pará (Brazil), in the heart of the Amazon, will host COP30. For the first time, the world’s largest tropical forest will welcome the global climate negotiations. In this context, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) will lead the Latin America, Caribbean, and Amazon Pavilion under the theme “Climate is life: region of solutions.”
Located in the Blue Zone, the pavilion will be a space for dialogue and cooperation that highlights how the region can lead with concrete solutions for a sustainable future, integrating mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, and human well-being. With the Amazon as both symbol and host, the message is clear: protecting nature means protecting life and the future of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Pavilion Thematic Pillars
Mitigation and Just Transition
The pavilion will highlight how Latin America and the Caribbean can move toward low-carbon economies through a just and inclusive energy transition. Diversification with renewable energy, sustainable mobility, and the bioeconomy in the Amazon are key to reducing emissions, creating green jobs, and protecting forests.
Resilience and Climate Adaptation
The pavilion will underscore the urgency of strengthening regional resilience to climate impacts. It will promote sustainable infrastructure, regenerative agriculture, and early-warning systems. The Amazon will be presented as a living laboratory for adaptation, with spaces such as ORA and RAMIF that integrate science and traditional knowledge.
Climate, Biodiversity, and Well-Being
On the road to COP30
CAF supports Brazil’s leadership at COP30 and is working to position Latin America and the Caribbean as a proactive bloc in the global climate and biodiversity agenda. Its participation in key discussions and international events leading up to the summit in Belém reflects a strong commitment to partnerships, financing, and innovation that drive sustainable solutions from the region.
A Region of Solutions
Position Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Amazon as key territories in global climate action, highlighting their essential role in planetary stability and the well-being of their peoples.
Climate, Biodiversity, and Well-Being
Show the interdependence between climate, biodiversity, and human development, emphasizing that only integrated climate action can ensure prosperity and avoid the point of no return.
A Strong Voice in the World
Strengthen the presence of Latin America and the Caribbean in multilateral forums with common messages on mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, and climate justice.
Dialogue and Collaboration
Promote engagement among governments, the private sector, Indigenous peoples, civil society, and scientific communities to foster cooperation beyond formal negotiations.
Green Finance and Partnerships
Attract investments and innovative partnerships to accelerate a just energy transition, the bioeconomy, and resilience in vulnerable communities.
Cooperation for Solutions
Show how regional integration strengthens climate responses, with networks connecting governments, Indigenous peoples, and scientific communities to drive joint solutions.
Knowledge for Action
Present the Amazon Regional Observatory as a model of regional scientific cooperation, providing georeferenced data to guide public policy and global action.
Museo de las Amazonías
The Museum of the Amazon opened its doors in Belém as a cultural and scientific space that brings together science, art, and sustainability to project the Pan-Amazon region onto the global stage. Driven by a public–private alliance and supported technically and financially by CAF, the museum celebrates the diversity and knowledge of the world’s largest tropical biome. With international exhibitions such as Amazonia by Sebastião Salgado and a participatory management model, the institution is becoming a benchmark for innovation, identity, and regional cooperation toward a sustainable future.
What You Should Know
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the main global treaty coordinating international responses to climate change. Its goal is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. Adopted in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, it laid the foundation for later legal instruments such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
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The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the UNFCCC. It gathers member countries each year to negotiate and adopt decisions on climate action and environmental protection. During these summits, progress is reviewed, new agreements are established, and policies—such as those in the Paris Agreement—are adopted to limit global warming.
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The Kyoto Protocol is a binding international agreement that set emission-reduction targets for industrialized countries. It was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005, with commitments for 2008–2012 later extended by the Doha Amendment (2013–2020). It has since been superseded by the Paris Agreement (2015).
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The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty adopted in 2015 to combat climate change. Its main objective is to limit global warming to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. Countries commit to reduce emissions and cooperate on adaptation efforts.
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COP30 will take place in Belém because of its location as the “gateway to the Amazon,” symbolically highlighting the need to protect the Amazon region—critical for global biodiversity. The choice was also advanced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to spotlight Indigenous knowledge.
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The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) is an intergovernmental body formed by the eight Amazon countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is the only socio-environmental bloc in Latin America. OTCA works across political-diplomatic, strategic, and technical dimensions, building cooperation among governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, scientific communities, productive sectors, and others to implement the Amazon Cooperation Treaty.
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COP29 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Known as the “finance COP,” its main outcome was an agreement to increase climate finance for developing countries—from $100 billion to $300 billion annually by 2035.
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The Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity is the governing body of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), meeting every two years to set global biodiversity policy. Its goal is to halt biodiversity loss, promote sustainable use, and ensure fair and equitable benefit-sharing. COP16 took place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024, to assess progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to protect 30% of the planet by 2030.
