Brazil's Action Agenda to combat climate change is divided into 6 pillars; learn more.

Starting Saturday (8), the museum will host more than 200 events parallel to COP30. It is amidst so many debates like these that the Brazilian government has spent the last two years developing an action agenda, in six areas. The best projects will be discussed in Belém. It is a way of putting into practice what has already been decided in the last COPs.

A community effort: when many people come together to do something big for the community.

“We’ve been negotiating for a long time, and on the other hand, you add the element of urgency, meaning that now we know we have only a few years to do things right. You need a collective effort,” says André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, president of COP30.

Bringing what has already been decided into real life. Implementation. To organize this delivery, the action plan emerged, which is not part of the formal negotiation. It runs in parallel.

“Now is the time for less discussion. I think the agreements have already been made in Paris. Now, the focus is on implementation. A legacy is that we deliver an implementation plan for the next five years, outlining what we need to implement in the next five years,” says Ricardo Mussa, coordinator of SB COP.

To that end, the COP presidency analyzed hundreds of initiatives around the world and defined 30 major global objectives, with six areas of action.

To move away from fossil fuels, for example, it will be necessary to increase the use of renewable energy sources. And to get there, both small and large projects are worthwhile, such as the production of clean fuel for airplanes.

“An aviation kerosene made from renewable raw materials, from agriculture, from planting species that will produce a lot of oil. In our specific case, we are planting macaúba,” says Marcelo Lyra, vice president of Acelen Renováveis.

To protect forests and biodiversity, reforestation projects are being implemented.

“More than 40,000 hectares of areas have been restored since 2010. The ecosystem balance generated by the native vegetation, our neighboring communities, and our plantings is very important,” says Clara Cruz, executive manager of sustainability at Suzano.

To continue producing even as the planet gets warmer, they rely on help from science, such as Embrapa's genetic bank.

"We are able to produce, develop, and cultivate varieties that are more resistant or tolerant to the adverse climatic conditions we will face in the future," says Juliano Gomes Pádua, head of the Embrapa genetic bank.

To cope with the intense heat in cities, adaptation is necessary.

“Four springs have been restored. We are bringing life back, a whole biodiversity. And today, we are dealing with heat, the cities are hot. And how do you solve that? By planting,” says Meirinalva Maria Pinto, president of the Instituto Plantadores de Água (Goiânia).

To prepare humanity, education is key. Young people are debating climate change, seeking solutions, and holding authorities accountable.

“The concern is urgent. It’s impossible to live with dignity with so much pollution,” says Davi Fagundes, coordinator of the Decarbonize Brasília project.

"Our future is at stake," says student Eduarda Bezerra Ribeiro.

"Doing our part will be better for future generations," says student Isabella Almeida dos Santos.

And for everything to work, mobilization is necessary.

“We need an action agenda that accompanies and helps the implementation of international agreements to happen. But we also need this action agenda with the people, recognizing the action that people are already taking in their territories. The global level will only make ambitious decisions if the local level exerts pressure. And the local level will only have guaranteed life, dignity, and protection if the global level takes action. So, it's not one or the other. It's all together,” says Marcele Oliveira, young climate champion of the CO30 Presidency.

The most successful initiatives from around the world will be presented in Belém. Pavilions will host more than 200 high-level meetings, divided into thematic days. The goal is to identify the problems and bottlenecks of each initiative and see where it is possible to scale them up so that they can be implemented in other countries.

Ultimately, the best results will be integrated into the COP Solutions Hub. Solutions that will continue to be discussed, improved, and implemented after COP30. For the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva , the term "collective effort" reflects the difference between the current moment and the past, at the Climate Conference in Rio in 1992.

“In 1992, we still had that feeling that we were issuing a warning. Now, the warning comes in a different form. There is absolutely no way to postpone anything regarding actions to confront change. Now is the time to act with commitment, solidarity, and a sense of responsibility. We cannot forget the problems and that there are problems that can only be solved through collective effort,” says Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment.