Throughout the week, CEBRI is hosting a series of debates on climate action, bringing together representatives from the public, private, academic, and cultural sectors to drive concrete solutions in the lead-up to COP30.

At its new headquarters, Casa COP has established itself as one of the main spaces for dialogue and innovation during the Rio Climate Action Week (RCAW), hosting discussions on Geopolitics, Climate Policies, Energy Transition, and International Relations.

08/26 | Tackling Wildfires and Air Pollution: Driving Solutions Toward COP30
The opening event, organized in partnership with the Clean Air Fund, gathered researchers, civil society leaders, and government representatives in a roundtable dedicated to discussing the importance of integrating air quality and black carbon into forest agendas on the road to COP30.

The panel featured contributions from:

• Renata Costa, Senior Research Analyst at Instituto Ar

• Elis do Nascimento Silva (online), Director of the Department of Climate Justice, National Secretariat for Environmental and Territorial Management of Indigenous Peoples, Ministry of Indigenous Peoples

• Ane Alencar, Director of Science at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)

• Beto Veríssimo (online), Special Envoy of COP30 for the Forest Sector