Brazil and Germany on the way to COP 30
This year, the IKI Networking Workshop in Brazil focused on joint preparations for UNFCCC COP 30, which Brazil will be hosting in Belém in 2025.
On 10 September 2024, more than 50 representatives of IKI clients, their Brazilian political partners and implementing organisations met up at the 7th IKI Networking Workshop in the Brazilian capital Brasília. Apart from networking, this annual workshop offers an opportunity for knowledge sharing and the planning of future activities for ongoing IKI projects in Brazil. Together with nine Brazilian partner ministries, a total of 35 bilateral, regional and global projects are currently being implemented in Brazil on behalf of the three IKI ministries (BMWK, AA, BMUV) by 17 implementing organisations.
Brazil and Germany making joint preparations for COP 30
The agenda for this year’s event was focused on joint preparations for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be hosted by Brazil in Belém in November 2025. Participants were keen to develop their common efforts towards climate change mitigation while building on the network of implementing organisations and political partners.
IKI working to boost cooperation between Germany and Brazil
The workshop underlined the strength of German-Brazilian cooperation. Ana Toni, National Secretary for Climate Change at the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, highlighted the important role played by German-Brazilian cooperation on climate issues. The long-standing cooperation in particular promotes the quality of dialogue at a technical and policymaking level. She also thanked the IKI for its flexibility and support provided during difficult times. According to Toni, continued support from IKI will lead to significant progress in the field of Brazilian climate policy and will support the government in its endeavours to further develop the political instruments.
Wolfgang Bindseil, the Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Brazil, drew attention to the importance of German-Brazilian cooperation on climate in light of global challenges – thanks to innovative approaches, the IKI had managed to generate ideas on how to work together towards the achievement of global targets. Bindseil also noted that the lessons learned and contributions from Brazil were of global relevance for international climate policy.
Bilateral cooperation will also be further expanded as part of the IKI’s work in the years to come: with the country call launched in 2024, the German Federal Government is providing EUR 65 million of funding for new projects in Brazil on three focus topics. These include the decarbonisation of emissions-intensive manufacturing segments, tackling deforestation in biomes outside the Amazon and adaptation to climate change in vulnerable urban regions.
Brazilian climate policy (PoMuC) enters its second phase
The workshop also marked the conclusion of the first phase and start of the second phase of the Climate Policy Programme Brazil (PoMuC), which functions as the IKI interface in Brazil.
In its first phase, and thanks to close cooperation with Brazilian partners, PoMuC was able to implement a wide range of activities to strengthen Brazil’s national climate policy. Noteworthy here is the support for the digitalisation of the emissions registry and the inclusion of the environmental ministries from Brazil’s 27 federative units in designing national climate policy, who have made key contributions to preparations for emissions trading in Brazil and an integrated strategy for handling climate and development aspects when designing subnational policy.
Innovative approaches to a standardised system and evaluation process for payments for environmental services have also been developed and implemented. Successful aspects will now also be continued during the second phase of the project. Beyond this, PoMuC II will in the future also be focusing more strongly on sustainable approaches to climate finance, a cross-project communications strategy, and expanding networking with other IKI interface projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
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