COP30 Day 7

COP30 enters Week 2 with a renewed focus on placing nature at the heart of climate action, following a first week defined by major implementation breakthroughs — from the $5.5 billion Tropical Forest Forever Facility to the Belém Declaration on Hunger, Poverty, and Human-Centered Climate Action. Negotiators have already advanced many of the 145 agenda items, allowing discussions to move from technical work to the political negotiations that will shape outcomes on adaptation, just transition, and climate finance. Today’s agenda brings a unified emphasis on protecting forests, strengthening Indigenous and local community rights, and scaling nature-based solutions as core components of meaningful climate progress.

The day features several key moments, including a high-level dialogue on unlocking forest finance, contributor pledges to the Adaptation Fund, and the launch of the Bioeconomy Challenge to translate G20 principles into a global sociobioeconomy. Youth leadership takes center stage through dedicated Action Agenda sessions, while governments and philanthropic partners advance a USD 1.8 billion land-tenure pledge for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. Additional events — from a roundtable on Indigenous governance informing new finance mechanisms to the Global Methane Pledge Ministerial and COP30 press conferences — underscore a central message: lasting climate action depends on safeguarding nature and empowering the communities who have protected it for generations.