Between November 9th and 20th, in Antalya, Turkey, the council will discuss electrification, transport, carbon markets, climate finance, and agri-food chains, always focusing on how to put commitments into practice.

CEBDS arrives at COP31 with a question that runs throughout its agenda: how to transform climate goals into concrete results? Between November 10 and 19, the council will organize or participate in eight panels on the Turkish Riviera in the city of Antalya, alongside companies, financial institutions, universities, and global coalitions.

The highlight is the launch of the Intersectoral Climate Center, which inaugurates Phase 2 of the Sectoral Coalitions and puts online a public platform to monitor more than 50 priority actions for the decarbonization of Brazil by 2030.

A public platform for monitoring decarbonization.

The Intersectoral Climate Center will be launched on November 19th, from 2 PM to 3 PM, in the Mutirão Auditorium of the Brazil Pavilion, during the panel “Coalitions for Implementation in Action: levers to accelerate the climate transition in Brazil”.

This initiative marks Phase 2 of the Sectoral Coalitions and gains permanent governance. Along with it, CEBDS presents a public platform that monitors the country's decarbonization drivers and more than 50 priority enabling actions until 2030, based on over 100 indicators.

The objective is to support the implementation of Brazil's NDC and low-carbon transition targets, pointing out the paths with the greatest potential for mitigation.

The launch brings together Rodrigo Lauria, Director of Climate Change & Carbon at Vale; Renata Ruggiero, President of the Motiva Institute and Director of Social Responsibility at Motiva; and Fernanda Monteiro, Director of Climate and Energy at CEBDS. The event will be moderated by Victoria Santos, Energy and Industry Manager at the Climate and Society Institute.

From the Brazilian experience to other emerging economies.

The experience of coalitions will also be featured in the South African Pavilion. On November 18th, the panel “Accelerating National and Global Decarbonization Through Business Coalition” will compare the lessons learned from Brazilian Sectoral Coalitions with the South African business context. The idea is to understand what governance, tools, and institutional support allow this model to be replicated in other regions. Participants include Alex McNamara (NBI), Andrew Prag (WMBC), and Fernanda Monteiro (CEBDS).

Electrification and transport

The agenda begins on November 10th with Marina Grossi, president of CEBDS, on the panel “Accelerating Electrification to achieve the climate goals: enabling conditions and opportunities”. Organized with the University of Cambridge, the We Mean Business Coalition and Spanish associations, the debate starts from a premise: electrification is the fastest way to reduce emissions and also strengthens energy security, competitiveness and job creation.

The following day, the focus shifts to transportation. With Motiva and CNT, the panel “Unlocking Decarbonization Levers in Transportation” discusses biofuels and low-carbon electrification as solutions to connect different modes of transport, as well as the bottlenecks that still prevent sustainable urban logistics and mobility from scaling up by 2030.

Carbon market and climate finance

On November 13th, Marina Grossi returns to the stage at the Business Pavilion to discuss carbon markets, alongside Natália Chiaroni (B3) and Andrew Prag (WMBC). With the European CBAM changing the rules of international trade, the panel will discuss how national systems, such as the Brazilian Emissions Trading System (SBCE), can connect to international pricing mechanisms and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Financing is also on the agenda. In partnership with EY Brazil, CEBDS is hosting the panel “From Ambition to Allocation” on November 14th, focusing on the role of Brazilian financial institutions in the Baku-Belém Roadmap, which aims to mobilize US$1.3 trillion annually for developing countries until 2035. The goal is to demonstrate how banks, investors, and insurance companies can transform this commitment into financeable projects.

From global trade to the farm.

The agricultural sector will have two panels on November 16th, both in the Food and Agriculture Pavilion. In the morning, with Imazon, VNV, and TERI, CEBDS will discuss why traceability systems, which already help estimate emissions from each farm, are not yet translating into investment for producers, based on experiences from Brazil and India. In the afternoon, with FGVAgro and IFPRI China, the topic will be sustainable agricultural trade and cooperation between China and Brazil as pathways to climate finance and policy alignment.

CEBDS Agenda at COP31

About CEBDS

The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) was created in 1997 and is the voice of the business sector for sustainable development in Brazil. It brings together more than 100 business groups from sectors such as agribusiness, energy, finance, and mining.

The council represents Brazil in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) network, which brings together more than 200 companies and around 70 national business councils. Its mission is to act at the forefront of sustainable development alongside business leaders, creating an environment in which sustainable companies are more successful and inspire the transition to a more prosperous country.

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Source: Who We Are, CEBDS