Agenda
14 November, 2025
11:30-12:15 (GMT-3)
Nordic insights: Key role of catalytic and early-stage financing for climate solutions
COP30 is a milestone event aiming to reinforce multilateralism and international collaboration, connect climate change to individuals and the economy, accelerate national climate commitments and implementation and mobilise more and better-quality climate finance, through the ambitious Roadmap from Baku to Belém.
In our event at the Nordic Pavilion at COP30, we aim to showcase our global work and through an active engagement of our strategic partners activate our global partners such as MDBs, private sector, Nordic stakeholders and project beneficiaries from the Global South. We will focus on showcasing how we support innovation and early-stage catalytic climate financing by discussing examples of the impact of our projects. The event will talk about the important role of the Nordic collaboration in mobilising climate finance for development.
Focusing on early-stage catalytic climate financing and innovation, we gather Nordic and global partners to discuss best practices to support transformative climate solutions to benefit vulnerable regions and communities.
On the stage:
- Satu Santala, Managing Director, Nordic Development Fund
- Hans Olav Ibrekk, Special Envoy for Climate and Security at Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Sashi Jayatileke, Senior Director at World Climate Foundation's IMCA Secretariat
- Louise Herrmann, Lead Policy Specialist for Environment and Climate at SIDA
- Stacy A. Swann, Managing Director, Division Chief of Blended Finance at IDB Invest
Location: Nordic Pavilion (D148), UNFCCC Blue Zone
More information at Norden.org.
14 November, 2025
17:45-19:00 (GMT-3)
Nordic Finance Reception: United for Climate Action
A warm welcome to the Nordic Finance Reception at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, at the Nordic Pavilion, hosted by Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
As we conclude the Nordic Finance Day at COP30, let’s get together for a relaxed networking. It’s a chance to connect and reflect on the day’s engaging discussions. The event will be opened by:
- Satu Santala, Managing Director, Nordic Development Fund
- André Küüsvek, President & CEO, Nordic Investment Bank
Location: Nordic Pavilion (D148), UNFCCC Blue Zone
Join NDF also in the following events:
11 November, 2025
17:00-18:00 Time to scale up: Urgency to close the weather & climate data gap, organised by UNFCCC and Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF)
Location: UNFCCC Pavilion, Blue Zone
12 November, 2025
11:30-13:00 Accelerating climate finance to emerging markets and developing economies at speed and scale, organised by the World Climate Foundation and IMCA
Location: Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone
16:00-17:00 Mobilizing Capital for Climate Resilience in Emerging Markets, organised by the Climate Policy Initiative and IMCA
Location: Danish Pavilion, Blue Zone
18:30-20:00 UNFCCC Side-event: Scaling Inclusive Climate Finance: Delivering the $1.3T Roadmap for People, Economies and Nature, organised by the Commonwealth
Location: Side Event Room 8, Blue Zone
13 November, 2025
11:25-12:05 Investment COP, panel 3A: Financing the Future – Sovereign Risk, Resilience and Capital Mobilisation organised by the World Climate Foundation
Location: Assembléia Paraense, Belém, Brazil
11:00-12:00 GRP Investor Forum, organised by the Global Resilience Partnerships
Location: Resilience Hub, Blue Zone
14 November, 2025
15:30-16:30 Closing the data gap: Innovating finance for systematic observation, organised by COP30 Presidency and SOFF.
Location: Action Agenda Pavilion, Blue Zone