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AFD Group at the COP30

International summits
Crédits : Marc Le Chélard
When
From Monday november 10 2025 to Friday november 21 2025
Where
Belém, Brasil
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Held from November 11 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will bring together world leaders, negotiators from the States Parties, and non-state actors committed to the fight against climate change.
This new edition will be held at a pivotal moment for international action, 11 years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. It should enable discussions to continue on financing the fight against climate change, maintain the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and strengthen the financial commitments made at COP29.

AFD Group, which is the first public development bank to commit to aligning 110% of its activities with the expectations of the Paris Agreement, is participating in this new COP. The Group's objective is to reaffirm its commitments in terms of climate finance and carbon credits and to raise its ambition from 2025 onwards to align its actions with the Global Biodiversity Framework by mobilizing all its partners around the climate and biodiversity agenda.

Created in 1992, the UNFCCC coordinates the international response to climate change. In Belém, COP30 will mark an essential step in the multilateral process. 

The main issues to be addressed at COP30 are as follows: 

  1. Enhancing nationally determined contributions: 

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the climate action plans that each country develops under the Paris Agreement. They specify each country's commitments and trajectories for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In accordance with the timetable set by the Agreement, 2025 marks a key milestone: Parties will have to submit new, more ambitious NDCs that will guide climate action for the coming decade.

  1. Mobilizing climate finance on a large scale: the “Baku to Belém” roadmap and the Sharm el-Sheikh Dialogue 

To reinforce financial ambitions and define a clear framework for action on climate finance, the “Baku to Belém” roadmap, co-chaired by the COP29 and COP30 presidencies, will be rolled out. It aims to provide a realistic and depoliticized analysis of the actions needed to deliver on the financial commitments made in Baku and to clarify their scope.
At the same time, the Sharm el-Sheikh Dialogue will be another highlight of COP30. Its objective will be to align all financial flows—public, private, domestic, and international—with a low-carbon and resilient development trajectory.

  1. Adaptation—operationalizing the global goal on adaptation

In order to translate the global goal on adaptation set out in the Paris Agreement into concrete action, COP28 adopted the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, which sets 11 goals to be achieved by 2030.
COP30 will also be an important milestone in finalizing the creation of monitoring indicators, as part of the UAE–Belém Work Program, to ensure its progress and effective implementation.

  1. Loss and damage:

COP28 marked a major step forward with the creation of a new fund dedicated to loss and damage, designed to support countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
COP30 will be an opportunity to present the progress made since the establishment of this mechanism and to assess its operational effectiveness.

  1. Carbon credits: 

Following COP29, which finalized the rules for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, COP30 will mark the transition to the operationalization phase.
The focus will now be on implementing mechanisms for trading carbon credits between buyer and seller countries. Several countries have already begun this process, particularly in the area of forest carbon credits.

  1. Just transition:

COP30 will also be an opportunity to advance the Just Transition Work Program (JTWP), which aims to support the most vulnerable countries and populations in transforming their economies.
 

AFD Group will participate in this edition as a member of the French interministerial delegation. On this occasion, it will reaffirm its approach in favor of sustainable, inclusive, and environmentally friendly development. 

The group will focus its commitments on the following topics:

1) Financing transitions for climate and biodiversity: 

As a major player in climate finance, AFD Group devotes a large part of its financing to “planet” projects with a strong structural impact. These investments aim to transform territories sustainably and preserve ecosystems.

2) Preserving and enhancing forests: 

With a decade of experience in the forestry sector, AFD Group supports sustainable solutions for forests, populations, the climate, and biodiversity, thereby protecting against extreme weather events while generating economic and social benefits.

3) Mobilizing carbon credits as a lever for action: 

In line with the measures adopted since the Kyoto Protocol, the Group is leveraging its expertise to promote carbon credits. This instrument is an essential source of financing and contributes to the fight against global warming.

4) Accelerating just transitions: 

Alongside France, AFD Group is part of a “transactional” approach based on several initiatives: 

> Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JET-P): a financial cooperation mechanism designed to support emerging economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels in making a just energy transition to a more sustainable model. These partnerships provide for developed countries to provide financing to developing countries in exchange for specific commitments on their energy mix.

> Forest packages: an initiative led by the French Presidency, aimed at strengthening the preservation of forest ecosystems, in close connection with climate and biodiversity issues. It is currently being implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea, and Congo-Brazzaville.

AFD Group programm : 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 : 

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm- IDFC Pavilion 

Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sanitation in Brazil – Challenges and Climate Implications through the Águas do Rio Case Study

Speakers: 

  • André PIRES DE OLIVEIRA DIAS, CFO, AEGEA
  • Jean-Baptiste SABATIE, Deputy CEO, Proparco

 

  • 2:00pm - 3:30pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Aligning climate risk regulation and financial inclusion for the most vulnerable 

Upcoming Speakers
 

  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm - IDFC Pavilion 

From climate risk to resilience: Insurers and Public Development Banks in Action to co-design innovative tools and de-risk climate adaptation investments 

Upcoming Speakers

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11: 

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Leveraging public and private finance for urban climate action: the role of financial intermediaries

Speakers : 

  • Ambroise FAYOLLE, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
  • André GODOY, Executive Director, Associação Brasileira de Desenvolvimento (ABDE)
  • Cecilia GUERRA, Executive Director of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Heike HENN, Director General, International Climate Action, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)
  • Ingrid HOVEN, Managing Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GbmH
  • Nicolas PICCHIOTTINO, Secretary General, IDFC and Head of Public Development Bank Mobilization, AFD
  • Maria Fernanda RAMOS COELHO, President of ABDE, current Director at BNDES, and former President of Caixa

 

  • 12:20pm - 1:30pm - Forest Pavilion

Science, communities, and diplomacy for forests and wetlands of the three tropical basins

Upcoming Speakers
 

  • 3:30pm - 4:30pm - IDFC Pavilion

The Role of the Private Sector in Building Robust and Fair Carbon Markets: Insights from European Initiatives 

Upcoming Speakers

 

  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm - France Pavilion 

Building the cities of tomorrow: solutions for low-carbon urban development in Africa 
 

Upcoming Speakers

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 : 

  • 10:30am - 12:00pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Accelerating investment in climate adaptation and mitigation in health systems: the role of public development banks and their partners

Speakers: 

  • Audrey ROJKOFF, Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm - Laraçu river caravan 

From digital to local: what initiatives for effective citizen participation and the construction of climate policies that meet your needs ?

Speakers: 

  • Edane ACIOLI, International Programs Coordinator, AFD

 

  • 1:30pm- 2:00pm - Italy Pavilion

Sport for Climate Action and Urban Regeneration 

Speakers: 

  • Antonella BALDINO, Director General, Istituto Credito Sportivo e Cultura – ICSC International Olympic Committee - IOC (remote)
  • Gilberto PICHETTO FRATIN, Italian Minister of the Environment
  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group
  • Anaclàudia ROSSBACH, Executive Director, UN-Habitat
  • Antonella SBERNA, Vice-President, European Parliament
  • Simon STEILL, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Sébastien VAUZELLE, Head of Secretariat, Local2030 Coalition 

 

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm - IDFC Pavilion

Catalysing Finance for Inclusive, Low-Carbon, and Resilient Regional Development: the Case of the Brazilian Regional Development Funds

Speakers: 

  • Aharon ALCOLUMBRE, Director of Sustainable Development, DPRO-SUDAM
  • José ALDEMIR FREIRE, Head of Planning, Banco do Nordeste (BNB)
  • Samara FARIAS, Executive Director of Sustainability, Banco da Amazônia (BASA)
  • André GODOY, Executive Director, ABDE
  • Waldez GOES, Brazilian Minister of Integration and Regional Development, MIDR
  • Dominique HAUTEBERGUE, Regional Director for Brazil - South Cone, French Development Agency (AFD)
  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group
  • Jean-Baptiste SABATIE, Deputy CEO, Proparco
  • José Ricardo SASSERON, Vice-President Sustainability and Public Sector Division, Banco do Brasil (BB)
  • Eduardo TAVARES, Brazilian National Secretary for Funds and Financial Instruments, Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (MIDR)

 

  • 3:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Evidence Pavilion (E4CA)

Evaluation of the Transformational Climate Finance Initiative: the case of the TFSC program (broadcast on the pavilion)


Speakers:

  • Anne-Sophie KERVELLA, Evaluation Officer, AFD

 

  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Banking the Last Mile – Empowering Subnational Development Banks for Local Climate Action

Speakers : 

  • Carlos DE FREITAS, Executive Director of Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV)
  • André GODOY, Executive Director, ABDE
  • Olympus MANTHATA, Head of Climate & Environment Finance of DBSA (Development Bank of Southern Africa)
  • Dada MORENO, Mayor of Johannesburg and Chair of FMDV (Global Fund for Cities Development)

 

  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm - France Pavilion 

Implementing the Chaillot Declaration: financing buildings and social infrastructure for decarbonization and adaptation 

Speakers : 

  • Audrey ROJKOFF, Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 : 

  • 9:00am - 10:00am - IDFC Pavilion

Climate and Nature Scenarios for Ministries of Finance Building the Foundations of the Post-COP30 Implementation Agenda

Upcoming speakers
 

  • 9:30am - 11:00am - France Pavilion 

Low-carbon products and new models of care: accelerating the transition to a sustainable health system (UNITAID event)

Speakers : 

  • Audrey ROJKOFF, Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 10:00am - 11:30am, Cooling and building Pavilion 

Climate and Public Finance to leverage investment in Climate-Resilient Buildings

Speakers : 

  • Nicolas PICCHIOTTINO, Secretary General, IDFC and Head of Public Development Bank Mobilization, AFD

 

  • 10:30am - 12:00pm - IDFC Pavilion 

National Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) Platforms as the Integration Spine of Country Platforms for Localizing Finance 

Speakers : 

  • Carlos DE FREITAS, Executive Director, FMDV
  • Olympus MANTHATA, Head of Climate & Environmental Finance, DBSA
  • Constant HARBORN, Program Officer, AFD

 

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm- IDFC Pavilion 

Lungs for the planet: impactful solutions for preservation and development of the world's three main forest basins

Upcoming speakers

 

  • 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm- IDFC Pavilion 

Can Carbon Markets Work for All? Economic and Social Challenges for Developing Countries

Speakers :

  • Claudio AMITRANO, Research Director, IPEA
  • Tereza CAMPELLO, Director of the Socioenvironmental Unit, BNDES
  • Cristina FROES DE BORJA REIS, Special Secretary for Carbon Market, Brazilian Finance Minister
  • Andrea HURTADO, Director of Climate Policy, Mexican Ministry of Environment
  • Guilherme MAGACHO, Senior Economist, AFD

 

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm, IDFC Pavilion 

IDFC high-level event: drawing perspectives for the future of climate finance

Speakers : 

  • Nelson Henrique BARBOSA FILHO, Director of Planning and Project Structuring, BNDES
  • Barbara BUCHNER, Global Managing Director, CPI
  • Jay COLLINS, Vice Chairman, Banking and Public Sector, Citi
  • Sergio DIAZ- GRANADOS,Executive President, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)
  • Mafalda DUARTE, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
  • Serge EKUE, President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD), and Chairman of IDFC
  • Kyosuke INADA, Director General for Sustainability Management, JICA
  • Marjeta JAGER, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation & Development, European Commission
  • Zeph NHLEKO, Chief Economist, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group
  • Tatiana ROSITO, Secretary for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance Brazil
  • Stefan WINTELS, Chief Executive Officer, KFW

MODERATOR : Laura SABOGAL REYES- Senior Specialist for Public Banks and Development Finance

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 : 

  • 10:30am - 11:30am - Caixa Pavilion 

Water, Sanitation, and Climate Adaptation in Brazil: The Role of CAIXA and International Alliances »

Speakers:

  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group

 

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm - MDBs Pavilion 

MDB Climate Finance : Digital Reporting

Speakers: 

  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm - German Pavilion 

Unlocking Climate Finance: Scaling Green Guarantees through Multilateral Action

Speakers:

  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group

 

  • 11:00am - 12:30pm- Rwanda Pavilion 

Advancing transparency in climate action

Keynote :

  • Rémy RIOUX, CEO, AFD Group

 

  • 2:00pm - 3:30pm - France Pavilion 

The two drivers of private capital for transition: bankability and green-brown transition indicators?

Speakers :

  • Adama Mariko, Deputy Executive Director for Mobilisation, Partenerships and Communication, AFD and Secretary General, FICS

 

  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Side Event DBSA "Designing Inclusive Finance for a Just Transition: Shaping South Africa’s Just Transition Financing Mechanism (JTFM)

Speakers : 

  • Phillip BERHENS, Head of the International Climate Initiative Division, BMUKN
  • Olympus MANTHATA, Head of Climate and Environmental Finance, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
  • Boitumelo MOLATE, Social Development Policy Coordinator, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Zeph NHLEKO, Chief Economist and Group Executive: Strategy & Sustainability, DBSA
  • Dumisani NXUMALO, Head, Climate Resilience and Adaptation, Presidential Commission on Climate (PCC)
  • Audrey ROJKOFF,  Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Crispian OLVER, Deputy Chair, Presidential Climate Commission (PCC)
  • Muhammed SAYED, Specialist, Climate and Environment Finance Unit, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15:

  • 9:00 am- 10:30 am - IDFC Pavilion 

Fast Forward to 2050 : Exploring the Futures of Climate Finance

Upcoming speakers

 

  • 9:30 am- 10:30 am- France Pavilion 

Just transition: investing in virtuous social and environmental policies and financing the just transition, avenues for renewed cooperation 

Speakers: 

  • Audrey ROJKOFF, Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm - IDFC Pavilion 

From Commitment to Impact: Mobilizing Development Banks to Accelerate Adaptation and Resilience in West Africa

Upcoming speakers

 

  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm -  IDFC Pavilion 

Technical Assistance to Empower Public Development Banks to Scale Clean Energy Investment

Speakers :

  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Sonia DUNLOP, Executive Director, Global Solar Council (GSC)
  • Mustafa KLEICHE, Director, IDFC Facility
  • Manfred KOPPER, Director of Sustainable Development at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
  • Luca LO RE, International Climate and Energy Analyst, Energy Investments Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA)
  • Olympus MATHATA, Head of Climate and Environmental Finance, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

 

  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Finance That Transforms Climate: From Vision to Action and Learning

Upcoming speakers

 

  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm - Luxembourg Pavilion 

Aligning climate risk regulation and financial inclusion for the most vulnerable 

Upcoming speakers

MONDAY NOVEMBER 17 : 

  • 9:30am - 11:00am - IDFC Pavilion

Scaling Up Nature-based Solutions (NbS): The Role of Public Development Banks in Driving Finance for People and Planet

Speakers:

  • Atika BEN MAID,  Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Jean Rodrigues BENEVIDES, Director, Associação Brasileira de Desenvolvimento (ABDE) and Executive Director, Caixa
  • Peter HILIGES, Chief Climate Officer, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW)
  • Kyosuke INADA, Director General for Sustainability Management, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Mustafa KLEICHE, International Development Finance Club (IDFC) Facility Director
  • Najma MOHAMED, Head of Nature-Based Solutions, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • Nabil MOURA KADRI, Deputy Managing Director for Environment, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES)

 

  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm - MDBs Pavilion 

Aligning Ambition with Implementation: Africa NDC Hub Partner Reflections on Country Engagement and Support for NDCs, LTS and NAPs 

Speakers: 

Opening remarks: Prof. Anthony NYONG, Director, Climate Change and Green Growth Department, African Development Bank (AfDB)

  • Uzoamaka MWAMARAH, Climate Change Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Audrey ROJKOFF, Climate finance specialist, Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Chiagozie UDEH, Program Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Moderator: Davinah MILENGE UWELLA, Senior Program Coordinator, African Development Bank (AfDB)

 

  • 1:00 p.m. -1:45 p.m. - Finland Pavilion 

How Citizen Assemblies Can Inform and Improve Access to Climate Finance for Amazonian Communities ?

Speakers: 

  • Camille BEMERGUY, Deputy Secretary for Bioeconomy, State Secretariat for the Environment, Climate, and Sustainability (SEMAS) of the State of Pará
  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Silvia CERVELLINI, Executive Director and Co-founder, Delibera Brasil
  • Silvano COSTA DA SILVA, City Councilor, Magalhaes Barata City Council
  • Rafael DE ALMEIDA,  Director, Amazon Fund, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

 

  • 1:15 p.m. -3:45 p.m., United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Pavilion

Unlocking Climate Finance: From the Baku to Belem Roadmap to Systems Transformation

Speakers: 

  • Tamsin BALLARD, Director of Investment Initiatives, Principles for Responsible Investment
  • Alain BEAUVILLARD ALIPOUR, Director, Green Climate Fund
  • Erich CRIPTON, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
  • Julia FIDELES, Sustainable Development Analyst, Bradesco
  • Remco FISCHER, Climate Lead, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
  • Dion GEORGE, Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
  • Guilherme LEFEVRE, Project Manager, Environmental Policy and Economic Program, FGVces
  • Hilen MEIROBICH, Managing Director for Climate and Environment, IDB Invest
  • Sergio MUJICA, Secretary General, ISO
  • Nicolas PICCHIOTTINO, Secretary General, IDFC and Head of Public Development Bank Mobilization, AFD
  • Guillaume POTTIER, Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions Initiative
  • Yaltchin RAFIYEV, Chief Negotiator for Azerbaijan
  • Emmanuele RIVA, President, International Accreditation Forum
  • Tatiana ROSITO, Secretary for International Affairs, Brazilian Ministry of Finance
  • Carsten SCHNEIDER, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany 

 

  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm  IDFC Pavillon 

How can climate citizen assemblies leverage the impacts of private and public finance on the resilience of the local communities in Amazonia?

Speakers: 

  • Camille BENDAHAN BEMERGUY, Deputy Secretariat for Bioeconomy at the Secretariat for Environment, Climate and Sustainability of the State of Pará
  • Pedro Paulo BOCCA, International Affairs and Public Policy Coordinator, GIFE
  • Silvia CERVELLINI, Co-founder, Delibera Brazil
  • Avinash PERSAUD, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the IDB President

Moderator : Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate & Nautre division, AFD

 

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 : 

  • 9:00am - 10:30am - IDFC Pavilion 

Financing systemic climate effects

Speakers: 

  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Pavillon évidence (E4CA)


Assessing forest conservation using geospatial assessment tools


Speakers:

  • Ingrid DALLMANN, Impact Evaluation Officer, AFD
  • Julia GIRARD, Evaluation Officer, AFD

 

  • 11:00am - 12:30pm - IDFC Pavilion 

Addressing the Gap: Barriers and Enablers for Scaling Adaptation Finance for Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Speakers: 

  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD

 

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm - IBD Pavilion 

From Planning to Action: Financing Climate-Resilient Health Systems

Speakers: 

  • Atika BEN MAID, Deputy Head of Climate and Nature Division, AFD
  • Peter HILLIGES, Head, Climate Competence Center, KfW
  • Arghya SINHA ROY, Senior Specialist, Climate Change, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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