• Launch Event – the Extreme Heat Risk Governance Framework and Toolkit

    Luxembourg’s Pavilion, COP30 Belém, Brazil

    Global launch – Extreme Heat Risk Governance Framework & Toolkit, developed in response to appeals of nations / stakeholders for support in tackling extreme heat, and UNSG's Call to Action. Objectives: Commitments to integrated, multi-sectoral, multi-temporal action to prevent, mitigate and manage escalating extreme heat risks. Launch Framework and Toolkit. Showcase Luxembourg’s climate governance / […]

  • Counting What Matters: Cabo Verde’s Climate Budgeting for Resilient SIDS Futures

    Luxembourg’s Pavilion, COP30 Belém, Brazil

    Cabo Verde is leading by example in the global effort to combat climate change, despite being a SIDS with limited resources. While contributing only 0.002% to global greenhouse gas emissions, it has committed to ambitious climate goals as part of its NDC. However, achieving these goals depends heavily on the availability of national and international […]

  • Cabo Verde’s Climate Compass: Navigating Adaptation Across Institutions, Knowledge, and Communities

    Luxembourg’s Pavilion, COP30 Belém, Brazil

    Cabo Verde is setting a strong example in the global fight against climate change. As a small island developing state (SIDS) with limited resources and contributing only 0.002% to global emissions, the country has nonetheless committed to ambitious climate goals through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Achieving these goals—both mitigation and adaptation—requires strong coordination and […]

  • Impact of Climate Change on Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender-based Violence

    Luxembourg’s Pavilion, COP30 Belém, Brazil

    The presents the intersections of climate change, health, gender equality, and the rights of women and girls, drawing on evidence from South Sudan. Climate shocks such as floods and droughts disrupt fragile health systems, limiting access to sexual and reproductive health services, increasing maternal risks, and heightening exposure to gender-based violence, particularly in displacement settings. […]