Session: The Built Environment: Generating Resilient Communities
When: November 4, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. BRT
Where: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
More information: event website
Held every three years, this year’s Summit brings together mayors, climate leaders, businesses, youth, academics and global voices to mark 20 years of decisive city leadership in tackling the climate crisis. Taking place just days before COP30, the Summit serves as a timely moment to elevate the critical role of cities, states, and regions and to help influence the negotiations ahead, ensuring local leadership is front and centre.
The Built Environment: Generating Resilient Communities session will bring together global city leaders, innovative businesses, and key stakeholders who are showing that building sustainable and resilient cities is not only possible but essential. The built environment is where our lives unfold — where we live, work, study, visit, and play. Climate targets cannot be achieved without action to tackle this sector, since the built environment is responsible for approximately 40% of greenhouse gas emissions globally and resilience risks such as extreme heat and flooding in cities.
Speaker:
Hakan Yilmaz, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer, Carrier
Rio de Janiero & São Paulo, Brazil
Leading up to COP30
Join Carrier, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, leading up to COP30.
November 3-7, 2025
COP30, the 30th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is a pivotal international event where global leaders, policymakers, scientists, and stakeholders convene to address climate change. These conferences play a crucial role in assessing global progress on climate action, negotiating new commitments, and setting strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate impacts.
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. Learn more about Carrier’s 2030 Sustainability Goals. Carrier is focused on all the ways we can help our customers and partners advance sustainability every day – from decreasing energy consumption in buildings to reducing food loss and resulting emissions across the cold chain.
As the international climate community sets its sights on COP30 in Brazil, we will showcase our commitment to climate action and sustainable innovation. By engaging with industry leaders, policymakers, and sustainability experts, we aim to drive meaningful progress towards a more sustainable future.
We're thrilled to sponsor, collaborate, and engage in various events throughout the week.
Session: The power of AI
When: November 7, 11 – 11:40 a.m. BRT
Where: Climate Action Innovation Zone, Renaissance São Paulo Hotel, Brazil
More information: event website | on-demand recording
The 16th annual Sustainable Innovation Forum will be a key action focused platform alongside COP30 to mobilise the private sector leadership, innovation and finance in support of the Presidency’s pledge to turn promises into practice. Taking place from November 6-7, 2025 in São Paulo, as a flagship event of the Climate Action Innovation Zone, the Forum will bring together 1,000 senior stakeholders from business, finance, government, cities and civil society to explore effective pathways and solutions that can turbocharge the transition.
Panel: The power of AI: harnessing its transformational potential for climate and energy. Unlocking AI’s climate potential.
Moderator:
Dr Michal Nachmany, Founder & CEO, Climate Policy Radar
Speakers:
Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer, AVEDA
Vanessa Smith, President, ServiceNow
Suresh Yadav, Director, Climate Change & Oceans Directorate, Commonwealth Secretariat
Hakan Yilmaz, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer, Carrier
When: November 8, 8:55 a.m. – 12 a.m. BRT
Where: Climate Action Innovation Zone, Renaissance São Paulo Hotel, Brazil
More information: event website
The Climate Implementation Summit will showcase the ambition and action of the private sector through concrete examples of successful innovation, solutions and investments. The mainstage programme is based on the six axes of the COP30 Presidency’s Action Agenda will include thematic blocks each with an introduction from an Industry Partner, a high-level panel with CEOs and industry experts, and presentations of selected transformational solutions. These thematic blocks will be complemented by high-level opening and closing addresses from global thought leaders.
In addition to the plenary, the Summit will include a series of roundtables and side events all dedicated to showcasing solutions that are positively shifting the trajectory of climate change. Together, they will create a powerful platform showcasing collective action and demonstrating hope, possibility and delivery.
