UNFCCC COP30
WBCSD at COP30 – the UN Climate Change Conference
04 – 08 November São Paulo | 10 – 21 November, Belém, Para, Brazil
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, COP30 in Brazil, is a critical checkpoint for global climate action, pivoting decisively from negotiation to implementation. Hosted in the Amazon, COP30 will connect action on nature, climate, and equity, serving as the deadline for updated national plans and the launch of the next five years of the Action Agenda.
COP30 must send a clear signal: governments are focusing on providing enabling policies and creating demand stimulation for solutions that decarbonize our economies. As the Marrakech Partnership Focal Point for Industry and a Breakthrough Agenda Partner, WBCSD and its members are supporting the COP30 Presidency by showcasing real economy implementation and elevating the Action Agenda as a collaborative engine for both climate delivery and competitiveness for business and nations. COP30 should showcase how the world moves from promises to progress.
WBCSD will be mobilizing with businesses in São Paulo from 4-8 November and bringing a business leadership delegation to Belém between 10-21 November. We have played a critical role in the UN Climate Change Conferences for the past 30 years. As Marrakech Partnership focal point for Industry and Breakthrough Agenda Business Partner, we are at the heart of mobilizing business contributions to the Paris Agreement, the Action Agenda, by mobilizing investment and innovation to accelerate real-economy transformation.
Mobilizing Business Leadership into COP30 - São Paulo (6–8 Nov)
We are proud to be a partner of the Climate Action Innovation Zone in São Paulo from 6-8 November, setting COP30 up for success by demonstrating that business is ready to scale.
On 8 November, the Climate Implementation Summit is the main event spotlighting the ambition and action of the private sector in delivering climate solutions at COP30. Hosted by Climate Action, Converge Capital, and the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), in collaboration with WBCSD and a broad coalition of partners. The Summit is a high-level platform to advance the COP30 Action Agenda. Its purpose is to create a positive momentum for the beginning of COP30 by spotlighting global private sector transformative climate solutions and sending a message of commitment to the implementation agenda. It will include TED-style presentations, side events and roundtables linked to the six axes of the COP30 Presidency’s Action Agenda. Registration LINK.
WBCSD members and work will also feature in the Sustainable Innovation Forum on 6 and 7 November, including at the Agri-Food Systems Spotlight in the afternoon of 6 November. Registration LINK.
High-level speakers across the events include: Peter Bakker (President and CEO, WBCSD), Bruce Douglas (CEO, Global Renewables Alliance), Elbia Gannoum (COP30 Envoy for Energy), Eric Usher (Secretary-general, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative).
Accelerating Implementation at COP30 - Belém (10 – 21 November)
The Presidency has called for a Global Mutirão, a collective mobilizing to close the gap identified in the Global Stocktake and turn commitments into transformative, on-the-ground action.
WBCSD will bring the voice of leading businesses, with a clear focus on implementation – demonstrating that it delivers both business value and climate impact. We are doing this through:
1. Our Implementation Agenda: Mobilizing business to significantly accelerate emissions reductions and contribute to reversing nature loss.
2. The Business Action Bank: Building on the Action Library, to scale an open-access bank of implemented solutions by and for businesses.
3. Our Business Delegation: Bringing a business delegation that profiles implementation and actively engages in meaningful dialogue.
Our Program
Our Implementation Agenda
Business commitment remains unwavering and strong. WBCSD is mobilizing leading businesses for COP30 by:
- Scaling regenerative landscapes through the Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes (AARL) with committed investment in 2025, it aimed to reach farmers across many countries by 2030.
- Advancing circularity via the Global Circularity Protocol for Business and Frontrunner Coalition, targeting 17GT CO2eq GHG emission reduction by 2035.
- Embedding physical risk and resilience into executive decision-making, via the CEO Handbook for Physical Risk Assessment and Resilience, leading to measurable long-term business value through operational and financial resilience, improved transparency and access to capital.
- Moving from emissions reduction ambitions to cutting emissions through the Emissions Reduction Accelerator which will identify high-impact interventions to scale action across value chains, supporting companies in closing the emissions gap in 2030:
- Driving decarbonization across agriculture and food value chains by addressing a key Scope 3 emissions lever: green fertilizer production and its use.
- Transforming supply & demand for net zero commercial real estate assets, leveraging the WBCSD-led Market Transformation Action Agenda (MTAA) with 80+ companies and organizations working together across the value chain to overcome key barriers to decarbonization at scale.
Our activities contribute to all elements of the COP Action Agenda, which has been structured around six thematic axes:
1. Transitioning energy, industry and transport
2. Stewarding forests, oceans and biodiversity
3. Transforming agriculture and food systems
4. Building resilience for cities, infrastructure and water
5. Fostering human and social development
6. Unleashing enablers and accelerators including financing, technology and capacity building (cross cutting axis)
Previous COP engagement
COP29
To find out more about our engagement at COP29, read the Insights from Our CEO COP and what it means for business.
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