Join us for the Nordic COP30 kick-off
Top right: Margit Stórá, Minister of Environment (Faroe Islands); Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment (Sweden); Suzanne Dael, European Environment Agency; Ghita Borring, Concito; Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and Environment (Norway), and Sari Multala, Minister for Climate and the Environment (Finland).
Under the heading Ambitions, Alliances and Action, the Nordic Council of Ministers will bring together climate ministers, civil society, scientists and the business community for a joint Nordic kick-off event ahead of the climate negotiations. The big question is: What can the Nordic Region do to help reach a positive outcome in Belém?
The world prepares for COP30
So does the Nordic Region. On Wednesday 29 October, nine days before the world’s nations gather for the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, the Nordic Council of Ministers will host a Nordic kick-off event in Stockholm.
The environment ministers Romina Pourmokhtari (Sweden), Sari Multala (Finland), Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Norway) and Margit Stórá (Faroe Islands), will share their perspectives on the upcoming negotiations and discuss the role of the Nordic Region with stakeholders from research, civil society and business.
Suzanne Dael of the European Environment Agency will also present the main findings of the agency’s flagship report “Europe's Environment 2025”, and Ghita Borring from the think-tank Concito will advocate the importance of positive visions and the role of hope in driving the green transition.
Our Nordic kick-off event provides an opportunity to reflect on where we stand and discuss how we can work together to bring about a positive outcome at COP30 in Belém. With multilateralism under pressure and global challenges affecting us all, co-operation is more important than ever.
Join us
The event will be streamed live. On registering, you will be offered the chance to submit a question to the Nordic ministers.
The event will be moderated by Åsa Persson, chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council and strategic advisor and researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Climate Action Centre.
About COP
Almost every country in the world attends the COP negotiations under the auspices of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
COP stands for Conference of the Parties, and this year marks the thirtieth time nations have gathered to promote action on climate change.
COP30 will take place in Belém, Brazil, 10–21 November 2025.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement being adopted at COP21 in Paris.
As the countries laid the final foundations for the frameworks for the Paris Agreement last year in Baku, COP30 is also being referred to as an implementation COP, with a shift in focus from negotiation to action.
