ITTO at the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30)

ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru will be on the ground, engaging with stakeholders at COP30.

See below for a list of engagements Ms Satkuru will participate in (all times listed GMT-3):  

• [Participating remotely] - 13 November (09:30–11:30): Fire and Climate: Challenges and Solutions in the Tropical Rainforests
  
  Hosted by: Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
  Location: ACTO Pavilion and Online
  
  This event seeks to highlight the strategic role of Integrated Fire Management as a tool for climate action and tropical forest conservation, promoting a space for the exchange of experiences, challenges, and solutions between the Amazon, African, and Asian regions, with a special emphasis on international and regional cooperation.
   
  
• [Participating remotely] - 13 November (14:30–16:00): The Future of Industrial Plantation Forest in Contributing to Renewable Energy
  
  Hosted by: COP30 Talkshow
  Location: Indonesian Pavilion and Online
  
  This session will discuss how industrial plantation forests can support the renewable energy transition through sustainable raw materials, green investment, and climate cooperation.
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• [Participating remotely] - 14 November (14:00–15:15): Roles of Forest in Climate Crisis
  
  Hosted by: Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute (FFPRI)
  Location: Japan Pavilion and Online
  Event Link: Click here
  
  This seminar will bring together speakers from international organizations, policymakers, NGOs, and research institutions to discuss the roles forests can play in the era of the climate crisis, focusing on the perspectives of forest conservation and utilization.
   
  
• 17 November (13:45–15:45): Promoting Climate Change Mitigation Measures in Agriculture / Forestry Sectors & Blue Carbon
  
  Hosted by: Ministry of Environment (MOE), Japan
  Location: Japan Pavilion and Online
  Event Link: Click here
  
  This seminar will focus on agriculture, forestry, and blue carbon in Brazil and Japan. Experts from each field will present case studies, followed by a panel discussion to deepen understanding of advancing climate change mitigation through agriculture, forestry, and blue carbon.
   
  
• 18 November (16:00–20:00): Preventing Tropical Wildfires: local leadership, national ambition and financing
  
  Hosted by: Tropenbos International
  Location: Hangar Hotel
  
  This session will bring together Parties, IP and LCs, researchers, funders and civil society to learn about Brazil's Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience and jointly outline practical steps for its delivery.
   
  
• 19 November (15:00–16:30): Sustainable wood, forests and livelihoods’ contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation
  
  Hosted by: ITTO and Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute (FFPRI)
  Location: Side Event Room 5
  Event Link: Click here
  
  This event will explore how sustainable wood use provides income and livelihoods to forest-dependent communities, contributes to social wellbeing, and the sustainable conservation of the resource base while simultaneously sequestering carbon. Successes and lessons learned will be shared by speakers from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
   

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