The AFi at COP30

Hundreds of advocacy groups, global leaders, NGOs, policymakers, and private sector companies will soon gather for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This year’s summit will take place in Belém, Brazil, from 10–21 November.

Several members of the AFi team will be on site, hosting sessions and speaking at others. Many members of the AFi Coalition will also attend, working together to advance key climate policy goals.  

Our shared mission—to eliminate deforestation and ecosystem conversion from agricultural and forestry production and trade—is essential to achieving the 1.5°C target. Advancing this objective must go hand in hand with a wide range of and mitigation adaptation strategies to enable a rapid and just climate transition. Engaging in the broader climate dialogue is therefore a vital part of the AFi’s work to transform commodity supply chains and protect both people and planet. 

Explore what the AFi team and Coalition have planned for COP30 below. 

What will the AFi team be doing at COP? 

Three members of the AFi team will attend COP, across different dates of the conference. Our delegation will include: 

• Ana Lima, Partnerships Lead, AFi (attending 16-21 November)
• Jeff Milder, Director, AFi (attending 11-21 November)
• Leah Samberg, Lead Scientist, AFi (attending 11-17 November) 

Our team is involved in the following events, either an organiser or as a speaker/presenter:

• DCF Supply-Chains Keep 1.5 Alive: The Science Basis for Food System Climate Action  
  11 November, 5:30-6:30pm | WWF Panda Pavilion (Blue Zone)
  Hosted by WWF-US.
  AFi Lead Scientist Leah Samberg speaking.
   
• Climate Finance: Perspectives to align corporate supply chains and jurisdictional REDD+ in Mato Grosso
  13 November, 1:45-3pm | Hub Amazônia, Consórcio da Amazônia Legal Stand (Blue Zone)
  Hosted by Produce Conserve Include Institute and Government of the State of Mato Grosso (SEMA).
  AFi Director Jeff Milder speaking.
   
• Collaborative Solutions from Across Supply Chains for Transparency and Inclusion in Farming and Forestry 
  15 November, 11am-12pm | Axis 3 Thematic Room (Blue Zone) 
  Hosted by Decade of Family Farming, Fact Dialogue, United Nations Global Resilience Partnership, World Rural Forum, and WWF. 
  AFi Lead Scientist Leah Samberg speaking.  
   
• Time to act: Showcasing, Incentivizing and Upscaling Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) Supply Chains 
  17 November, 10-11am | WWF Panda Pavilion (Blue Zone) 
  Hosted by the AFi, WWF.
  AFi Director Jeff Milder speaking.
  Livestream
   
• Navigating Human Rights in Commodity Supply Chains: a call to action 
  17 November, 5:30-6:30pm | WWF Panda Pavilion (Blue Zone)
  Hosted by the AFi, Indigenous representatives, and WWF.
  AFi Director Jeff Milder moderating.
  Livestream
   
• AFi Coalition networking reception 
  17 November, 6:45-8pm | WWF Panda Pavilion (Blue Zone) 
  Hosted by the AFi and WWF.
  Find out more and register 

What is the AFi Coalition doing at COP30? 

Many of the 22 organisations that make up the AFi Coalition will be on the ground in Belém, both at the COP30 campus and at various side events. See the COP30 resource hubs from our Coalition members, with information on their events and key priorities for the conference, here: CDP, Ceres, Conservation International, Global Canopy, Imaflora,  Mighty Earth, Proforest, Rainforest Foundation Norway,  The Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute, and WWF.