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Day 2

November 11, 2025

Day 3

November 12, 2025

Day 4

November 13, 2025

Day 5

November 14, 2025

Day 6

November 15, 2025

Day 8

November 17, 2025

Day 9

November 18, 2025

Day 10

November 19, 2025

Day 11

November 20, 2025

Young Leaders for a Just Transition: Diplomacy and Climate Action toward 1.5°C

Nathalie Gerbasi – Director, Institutional Development and Training Directorate (DDIC), CAF
Gabriel Medeiros – Permanent Representative of OIJ in Brazil
Ronald Luiz dos Santos – National Secretary of Youth, Government of Brazil
Cecilia Guerra – Principal Executive, GACBP, CAF
Bruno Sirote – Member of the Youth Initiative “COP30 in Community”
Ismaela Magliotto – Member of the Youth Initiative “COP30 in Community”
Rafael Juliá – Senior Executive, DDIC, CAF
Marcele Oliveira – Youth Champion for COP30 (TBC)
Maria Moreno – Principal Executive, GACBP, CAF
Stephany Gavilán – Member of the Youth Initiative “COP30 in Community”
Ignacio Orellana – Member of the Youth Initiative “COP30 in Community”

Strengthening Local Governments for a Sustainable Future

Luscelia Moreno – Regional Director for Latin America, OPEC Fund
Julio Cesar Monzu Figueira – Secretary of State, Sergipe, Brazil
Claudio Díaz – Secretary of International Relations, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina
Jorge Concha – Director of Green Finance and Operations, CAF
Raphael Lenzi – Strategic Partnerships Lead, FONPLATA
Meggan Spire – Representative, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Biodiversity, Health, and Climate Change

Miguel Saravia – Country Director, Peru / Wyss Academy for Nature
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal – Global Lead for Climate and Energy, WWF
Cristina Rodríguez – Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Desertification, Ministry of Environment, Peru
Avecita Chicchón – Program Director, Andes-Amazon Initiative, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Stella Hartinger – Director, The Lancet Countdown Regional Centre for Latin America
Armando Valdés-Velásquez – Senior Advisor, Peru / Wyss Academy for Nature

Panama Pact with Nature

Juan Carlos Monterrey – Special Representative for Climate Change, Panama

The Amazon at the Center of Climate Action: Financial Solutions and Cooperation for a Just Transition

Martin von Hildebrand – Secretary General, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA)
Erwin De Nys – Practice Manager, Climate Finance Mobilization Unit, World Bank
Juan Pablo Bonilla – Manager of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Tereza Campello – Director of Social and Environmental Affairs, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES)

Science and Innovation for Productive Development in LAC

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Amir Lebdioui – Director, Technology and Industrialization for Development Center, University of Oxford
Luz Marina Mantilla – Director General, SINCHI Institute; President, BioAmazonia Network
Laura Ramajo – Associate Researcher, Center for Climate and Resilience Science (CR2); Vice President, IAI Scientific Advisory Committee
Diego Javier Inclán Luna – Executive Director, National Institute of Biodiversity of Ecuador (INABIO)

Just Recovery: Loss and Damage Mechanisms for a More Just and Resilient Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Inés Manzano – Minister of Environment and Energy of Ecuador (TBC)
Nahuel Arenas – Regional Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Jorge Concha – Director of Operations and Green Finance, CAF
Maximiliano Proaño – Deputy Minister of Environment, Chile
Nogui Acosta – Former Minister of Finance of Costa Rica (TBC)
Ramesh Subramaniam – Global Director, Programmes and Strategy, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
Carolina Fuentes Castellanos – Director, Santiago Network
Jorge Enrique Forero – Project Coordinator, Climate Crisis and Mobility Governance, FLACSO

Just Climate Finance for Transport Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Nicolás Estupiñán – Director of Transport and Logistics, CAF
Maruxa Cardama – Secretary General, SLOCAT Partnership
Juan Carlos Muñoz – Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile
Vivien Foster – International Partnerships Lead, Climate Compatible Growth (CCG), Imperial College London
Philip Turner – Director of International Sustainable Development, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
Lucie Anderton – Director of Sustainability, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Felipe A. Ramírez – Global Director of Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center; former Secretary of Mobility of Bogotá and former General Manager of TransMilenio

Accelerating Decarbonization in Latin America and the Caribbean: Clean Energy as a Driver of Development

Heloísa Borges – Director of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels Studies, Energy Research Company (EPE), Brazil
Ricardo Gorini – Senior Programme Officer, Renewable Energy Roadmaps (REmap), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Gustavo Cerqueira Ataíde – National Secretary for Energy Transition and Planning, Brazil
Gloria Dolores Alvarenga – Acting Director of Integration, Access, and Energy Security, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)

Activating Synergies Between Market Mechanisms for Climate and Biodiversity: Lessons Learned in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Martín Antonio Recamán – Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Province of Misiones, Argentina
Patricia Zurita – Executive Vice President and Chief of Partnerships, Conservation International

Forests for Climate: Strengthening Sustainable Forest Management as a Driver of Ambition in NDC 3.0

Harlem Mariño – Specialist, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Directorate, MINAM (TBC)
Cristina Rodríguez – Director General of Climate Change and Desertification, Ministry of Environment (MINAM) (TBC)
José Carlos Nieto Navarrete – Executive President, SERNANP (TBC)
Víctor Hugo Huamán Tarmeño – Director General of Forest and Wildlife Policy and Competitiveness, SERFOR (TBC)
Jens Mackensen – Head of Biodiversity and Sustainable Resource Management Division, KfW (TBC)
Micaela Rizo Patrón – General Manager, Perú Sostenible (TBC)

Energy Transition, Critical Minerals, and the Financial System

Tzeporah Berman – Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (TBC)
Fr. Toussaint Kafarhire, S.J. – Researcher, Centre Arrupe pour la Recherche et la Formation (CARF), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tesya Mizumi – Community Representative, Centre Arrupe pour la Recherche et la Formation (CARF), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pablo Palacios-Rodríguez – Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Gaël Giraud, S.J. – Senior Researcher, CNRS (France) and Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC)
Colm Fahey – Coordinator, Justice in Mining Network and Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC)

Water Resilience in a Context of Scarcity

Sergio Díaz-Granados – Executive President, CAF
Julián Suárez Migliozzi – Manager of Sustainable Territorial Development, CAF
Franz Rojas – Director of Water and Sanitation Analysis, CAF
Verónica Sánchez da Cruz – President, National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA), Brazil
Carolina Vera – Regional Coordinator, FONPLATA
Romelia Souza – Senior Project Specialist, IICA
María Alejandra Riaño – Policy Lead for Latin America, The Nature Conservancy
Christian Asinelli – Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF

Building Climate Justice in the Global South

Christian Asinelli – Executive Vice President, CAF
Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner – Archbishop of Manaus, Brazil
Cardinal Jaime Spengler – President of CELAM; Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo – President of SECAM; Archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão – President of FABC; Archbishop of Goa and Daman, India
Cardinal Pedro Barreto – President of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), Peru

BiodiverCities to 2031 and the Challenges of Climate Adaptation in Territories

Sergio Díaz-Granados – Executive President, CAF
Julián Suárez Migliozzi – Manager of Sustainable Territorial Development, CAF
Leonardo Boto – Mayor of Luján, Argentina
Alejandro Éder – Mayor of Cali, Colombia
Tomás Gárate – Mayor of Puerto Varas, Chile
Francineti Carvalho – Mayor of Abaetetuba, Brazil
Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Christian Asinelli – Corporate Vice President of Strategic Planning, CAF

Youth and Climate Finance: Toward 5% for Youth Climate Action at COP30

Ronald Luiz dos Santos – National Secretary of Youth, Brazil
Marcelle Oliveira – PYCC / Juventude pelo Clima
Alexandre Pupo – Secretary General, International Youth Organization for Ibero-America (OIJ)
Christian Asinelli – Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF
Pedro Duval – Deputy Secretary General, International Youth Organization for Ibero-America (OIJ)

Blue Finance for a Resilient Caribbean: Investing in the Blue Economy

Sergio Díaz-Granados – President, CAF
Noemí Espinoza Madrid – Secretary General, Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
Daniela Raik – Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Conservation International
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez – CEO and Chair, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Mafalda Duarte – Executive Director, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Screening and Conversation: “Lafkenche” – Ancestral Knowledge Series

Fernando Ehlers – Principal Executive, Strategic Communication, CAF
Lafkenche Calfín – Intercultural Manager; Director, Triwe-ko Indigenous Association; Mapuche Nation, Chile
Panchita Calfín – Spiritual Leader; Lawentuchefe (Medicine Woman); Mapuche Nation, Chile
Josefina Klinger Zúñiga – Community and Environmental Leader; Director, Mano Cambiada Corporation
Gunna Chaparro – Indigenous Leader, Arhuaco People, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Navigating Toward Carbon Neutrality: Opportunities for Climate Action in Ports and Maritime Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Sara Aagesen – Third Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (TBC)
Carlos Correa – Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia; External Consultant, CAF
Elizabeth Mosqueda Rodríguez – Director, Environment Program, Institute of the Americas
Mark Lutes – Senior Advisor, Climate Policy, WWF
Donovan Campbell – Director, University of the West Indies (TBC)
Jessica Solórzano – Ocean Program Economist, AIDA

Marine Protected Areas and the Blue Economy: Pillars of Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Armando Paíno Henríquez – Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic (TBC)
Sara Aagesen – Third Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (TBC)
Jair Urriola Quiroz – Executive Secretary, Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) (TBC)
Josefina Klinger – Director, Mano Cambiada
Tom Pickerell – Global Director, Ocean Program, WRI
Dale Webber – Special Envoy for Climate Change, Environment, and Oceans, Jamaica (TBC)
Luz Gil – Climate and Ocean Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy

Agricultural Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Financing for More Sustainable, Resilient, and Regenerative Production

Sergio Díaz-Granados – Executive President, CAF
Paulo Teixeira – Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Brazil (TBC)
Ignacio Lorenzo – Director of Technical Advisory on Biodiversity and Climate, CAF
Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Manuel Otero – Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Santiago Gowland – Chief Executive Officer, Rainforest Alliance
Alberto Broch – President, COPROFAM; Vice President, World Rural Forum

Conversation on Opportunities and Challenges of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Action

Alicia Bárcena Ibarra – Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (TBC)
José Luis Samaniego Leyva – Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, SEMARNAT (TBC)
Sergio Humberto Graf Montero – Director General, National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) (TBC)

Strategic Ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean: An Ecosystem Approach for Climate and Biodiversity Action

Sergio Díaz-Granados – Executive President, CAF
Sara Aagesen Muñoz – Third Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Government of Spain (TBC)
Adriana Magali Matiz Vargas – Governor of the Department of Tolima
Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Miguel Ángel Chaparro – Representative, Arhuaco Community
Ignacio Lorenzo – Director of Technical Advisory on Biodiversity and Climate, CAF
Pablo Palacios – Assistant Professor, Universidad Javeriana
Ángela María Argüello – Executive Director, CONDESAN
Miguel Segur – Head of Nature and Climate, NTT DATA

From the Heart of the Earth: Gathering of Indigenous Women for Territories, Biodiversity, and Community Roots

Alicia Montalvo – Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF
Eddy Bermúdez – Director of Diversity, Gender, Inclusion and Diversity Management, CAF
Verónica Guaján – Principal Executive, Gender, Inclusion and Diversity Management, CAF
Olivia Bisa Tirko – President, Chapra Nation – GTANCH (Peru)
Lelis Mirella Jindiachi Chumbia – Youth Activist (Ecuador)
Marisol García Apagüeño – Kichwa Leader (Peru)
Jupta Itoewaki – Environmental Activist (Suriname)

Implementing Regional Climate Action: Key Challenges and Opportunities

Alicia Bárcena Ibarra – Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (TBC)
Camila Zepeda Lizama – Head of the International Affairs Coordination Unit, SEMARNAT
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano – Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico; Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean to COP30 (TBC)

Tourism in the Amazon: Financing Projects for Sustainable Development

Oscar Rueda García – Tourism Manager, CAF
Natalia Bayona – Executive Director, UN Tourism (TBC)
Celso Sabino – Minister of Tourism of Brazil (TBC)

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