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From 10 to 21 November, COP30 took place for the first time in the Amazon – in Belém (PA, Brazil). This year, IIS hoted the House of Restoration, a space located at Pavilion PV-E192 in the Blue Zone. In addition to the House’s own programme, IIS also took part in other events throughout the conference.

All events were streamed live on the IIS YouTube channel.

See the agenda and watch the events in the links below:

HOUSE OF RESTORATION EVENTS

12/11
2pm – 4pm: Climate-Resilient Futures: Integrating Science, Policy, and Practice: https://www.youtube.com/live/f…

• Inamara Mélo – Director of the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Policies Department (MMA)
• Lincoln Alves – Climate Scientist Head of the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Policy Department (MMA)
• Wendell Andrade – Public Policy Expert (Talanoa Institute)
• Sergio Margulis – Senior Associate Researcher (IIS)
• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

     Mediation: Melina Amoni – Climate Risk and Adaptation Manager (WayCarbon)

13\11
9am: Morning Talks: https://www.youtube.com/live/F…

• Luisa Lievano – Sustainability Analyst (IIS)

 

10am – 11:30pm: Tracking Progress: monitoring GBF Target 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/F…

• Thiago Belote – Director of the Forests Department (MMA)
• Matheus Couto – Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Consultant (FAO)
• Emily Dionizio – GHG Protocol Specialist (WRI)

     Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

 

11:30am – 1pm: Restoration as a Living Laboratory: Blending Science and Action: https://www.youtube.com/live/F…

• Yadvinder Malhi – Professor (Oxford University)
• Alex Antonelli – Executive Director of Science (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew & HUB Foundation)
• Miguel Moraes – Director of Projects (re.green)
• Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of Science (IIS)

 

2:30pm – 4pm: Forest Restoration as an engine for sustainable growth: https://www.youtube.com/live/F…

• Beto Verissimo – General Coordinator (Amazônia 2030)
• Pascal Asselin – Co-Founder & CEO (Morfo)
• Nick Oakes – Co-founder (Impact Earth)
• Bruno Girardi –Diretor (Sitawi)

     Mediation: Tatiana Botelho – Strategic Coordinator (IIS)

4pm: Science and technology to unlock large-scale restoration: https://www.youtube.com/live/F…

• Roberto Waack – President of the Board (Arapyaú Institute) 
• Pedro Wongtschowski – President of the Directors Board (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development – FNDCT)
• Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of Science (IIS)

     Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

14/11
9am: Morning Talks A nature-based solutions framework for managing environmental disasters risks: https://www.youtube.com/live/m…

• Viviane Dib – Research and Development Manager (IIS)

10am – 11:30am: Resilient Green-Blue Cities: Launch of the Scientific Synthesis Report on Resilient Cities from the SIMACLIM/MCTI Synthesis Center: https://www.youtube.com/live/m…

• Mauricio Guerra – Director of Urban Environment (MMA)
• Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos – Professor (PUC-Rio) and Researcher (Rede Clima/SIMACLIM)
• Hannah Arcuschin Machado – Deputy Coordinator and Principal Investigator at City +2ºC Program (Centre for Urban Studies/Insper)
• Maurício Lamano Ferreira – Professor (University of São Paulo)
• Mila Avellar Montezuma – Researcher (Rede Clima/SIMACLIM)

     Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS

11:30am – 1pm:  International Network for Regenerative Public Policies: Success Stories from Brazil:
https://www.youtube.com/live/m…

• Mila Avellar Montezuma – Researcher (Delft University of Technology)
• Luciana Schenk – Professor (University of São Paulo) and Council (Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil)
• Raquel Hendricht – Researcher (Delft University of Technology and UNDP)
• Roberto Montezuma – Professor (Federal University of Pernambuco)

2pm – 4pm: Scaling Climate Adaptation through Nature-Based Restoration: From Subnational and Territorial Leadership to the World: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/m…

• Thiago Belote – Director of Forests (MMA)
• Artur Falcettie – Executive Secretary for the Environment (Mato Grosso do Sul)
• Robson Monteiro – Deputy State Secretary & Executive Secretary (Consórcio Brasil Verde)
• Ana Paula Silva – Co-lead of the Social and Gender Task Force (Pact for Atlantic Forest Restoration)
• Juliano Salgado – President (Instituto Terra)
• Thais Corral – Founder and Director (Instituto Sinal do Vale) and Co-chair Advisory Council (UN Decade for Ecosystems Restoration)

     Mediation: Martin Perez – Impact NbS Director (WWF)

4pm – 6pm: The Importance of Climate Adaptation for the Land Use Sector: https://www.youtube.com/live/m…

• Joana Chiavari – Research Director (Climate Policy Initiative)
• João Adrien – Head of ESG Agro (Itaú BBA)
• Laura Lamonica – Director of Climate Solutions (CI-Brazil)
• Rayandra Araújo – Climate Policy Specialist (Talanoa Institute)
• Sean DeWitt – Director of Global Restoration Initiative (WRI)

     Mediation: Karen Oliveira – Director of Public Policy and Government Relations (TNC-Brazil) and co-facilitator (Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture)

15/11

10am – 11:30am: The Araguaia biodiversity corridor: restoring landscapes and empowering communities:
https://www.youtube.com/live/t…

• Diogo Ferraz e Castro – Director of Partnerships (Black Jaguar Foundation)
• Bruna Rezende – CEO (IRIS)
• Bruno Camargo – Co-founder (XiCA Lawyers), representing NATIVAS Brazil

 

2pm – 4pm: Weaving with Seeds: Stories from Brazil’s Native Seed Networks: https://www.youtube.com/live/t…

• Eduardo Malta Campos Filho – Forest Restoration Specialist (Redário/ISA)
• Lia Rezende Domingues – Communication Manager (Xingu Seed Network)

     Mediation: Tatiana Botelho – Strategic Coordinator (IIS)

 

4:30pm – 6pm: FROM SCIENCE TO POLICY: Supporting PLANAVEG’s spatial intelligence, assisted natural regeneration and R&D strategies: https://www.youtube.com/live/t…

• Bernardo Strassburg –Founder and Executive Director of Science (IIS)
• Rita Mesquita – National Secretary for Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights (MMA)
• Mariana Oliveira – Director of the Forests and Land Use Program (WRI-Brazil)

17/11

9am: Morning Talks https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Daniela Neves – Sustainability Analyst (IIS)

10am – 11:30am: Scaling Up Restoration: Resources, Partnerships and Investments to Implement PLANAVEG:
https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Thiago Belote – Director of Forests Department (MMA)
• Danilo Zelinski – Head of Investment in Nature and Climate Innovation (KPTL Venture Capital)
• Taruhim Quadros – Native Vegetation Restoration Lead (WWF-Brazil)
• Rubens Benini – Director of Forests and Restoration Strategy (TNC Brazil)

     Mediation: Miguel Calmon – Senior Programme Director (CI-Brazil)

 

11:30am – 12:30pm: Education for Sustainability:https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Father Anderson Pedroso – Rector (PUC-Rio)
• Agnieszka Latawiec – Professor and Coordinator of the Professional Master’s in Sustainability Science (PUC-Rio) and Founder and Executive Director (IIS)
• Bernardo Strassburg – Professor (PUC-Rio) and Executive Director of Science (IIS)
• Bruno Maia – Sustainability Coordinator (Escola Parque)

     Mediation: Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge and Communication Manager (IIS)

 

1pm – 2:15pm: A pre-competitive initiative by the business sector to increase forest restoration in Brazil:
https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Vinicius Ahmar – Programme Director (Arapyaú Institute)
• Mariana Barbosa – Director of Legal and Institutional Relations (re.green)

     Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

 

4pm – 5:30pm: Reducing the risks of large-scale restoration: the strategic role of philanthropy in scaling up NbS: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Daniela Prioli – Senior Programme Manager (Porticus-Good Energies Foundation)
• Marcia Soares – Amazon and Partnerships Management (Fundo Vale)
• Katerina Elias-Trostmann – Director of Climate and Nature for Latin America (Salesforce)
• Cristian Samper – Executive Director and Head of Nature Solutions (Bezos Earth Fund)

     Mediation: Agnieszka Latawiec – Founder and Executive Director (IIS)

 

18/11
9am – 10am: Morning Talks: Scaling up ecological restoration through state and municipal partnerships: https://www.youtube.com/live/y…

• Isabelle Pepe – Sustainability Analyst (IIS)

10am – 11am: A Behaviour approach for voluntary conservation of native vegetation in the tropics: https://www.youtube.com/live/y…

• Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge and Communication Manager (IIS)

11:30am – 1pm: Native Seeds for a Restored Future: Building the Foundations of Brazil’s Bioeconomy: https://www.youtube.com/live/y…

• Rodrigo Ciriello – President (Nativas Brasil)
• Iara Borges – Executive Secretary (Nativas Brasil)
• Renato Ximenes – Institutional Director (Nativas Brasil)

2am – 4pm: Águas que Conectam: Cooperação Multissetorial, Tecnologia e Geoinformação para Fortalecer Políticas Ambientais Municipais voltadas à Restauração e Conservação de Paisagens:

https://www.youtube.com/live/y… 

• Adegas Junior – Executive Secretary for Climate, Environment and Sustainability (City of Campinas)
• Bruno Coutinho – Director of Knowledge Management (CI-Brazil)
• Ângela Guirão – Technical Advisor of Municipal Secretariat for Climate, Environment and Sustainability (City of Campinas)
• Reynaldo Neto – Senior Active Mobility Analyst (WRI-Brazil)

4:30pm – 5:30pm: Future-proofing nature finance: Towards builing climate-resiliente biodiversity credits: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/y…

• Stella Manes – Biodiversity Leader (IIS)

19/11

9am: Ecological Restoration Chronosequence in the Atlantic Forest: Effects on Carbon Soil: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/w…

• Adriano Tamm, Sustainability Analyst (IIS)

10am – 11:30am: Restauração e Comunidades: um caminho para resiliência climática: https://www.youtube.com/live/w…

• Miguel Calmon – Senior Programme Director (CI-Brazil)
• Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge and Communication Manager (IIS)
• Vinicius Ahmar – Programme Director (Arapyaú Institute)
• Ashley Emerson – co-CEO of Business and Scale (Health in Harmony)

     Mediation: Marcelo Stabile – Carbon Manager (ECCON)

 

11:30am – 1pm: Strategies to expand assisted natural regeneration (ANR): https://www.youtube.com/live/w…

• Paulo Amaral – Associate Researcher (IMAZON)
• Mirela Sandrini – Executive Director (WRI-Brasil)
• Cristian Samper – Executive Director and Head of Nature Solutions (Bezos Earth Fund)

     Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

2:30pm – 3:30pm: Enhancing access to carbon markets for small and medium-sized rural properties in Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/live/w…

• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)
• Katerina Elias-Trostmann – Director of Climate and Nature for Latin America (Salesforce)

4pm – 6pm: Observatory of Payments for Environmental Services (OPSA): Building Collaborative Pathways for a Nature-Positive Future: https://www.youtube.com/live/w…

• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)
• Bruna de Vita Silva Santos – Director of the Policies to Promote the Bioeconomy Department (MMA)
• Priscilla Matta – Head of Climate, Nature & Regenerative Innovation (Natura) and Co-leader of the Task Force on PSA (Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture)
• Rubens Benini – Director of Forests and Restoration Strategy (TNC Brazil)
• Yuri Marinho – CEO (ECCON Soluções Ambientais)
• Angela de Jesus – President (FETAGRI)
• Gunãrs Platais – Professor (University of Colorado)

     Mediation: Iuri Cardoso – Advocacy Coordinator (Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture)

 

20/11:

9am – 10am | Resilient Territories: Integrated pathways for climate adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Stella Manes – Biodiversity Leader (IIS)
• Thaynara Fernandes – Researcher (Simbiose)
• Laryssa Nunes – Organizational Development Coordinator (Instituto Decodifica)

     Mediation: Lara Martins (representing Climate Leaders of Rio de Janeiro by the Columbia Global Centers)

10am – 11:30am | Dialogues on biochar in ecological restoration: https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Agnieszka Latawiec –  Founder and Executive Director (IIS)
• Andrea Salimbeni – Head of Unit (Renewable Energy Consortium for Research and Demonstration)
• Boy Heermskerk – CEO (Bambouku)

11:30am – 1pm | Launch of SIMACLIM Scientific Synthesis Reports, Centre for Synthesis on Environmental and Climate Change: https://www.youtube.com/live/2…

• Moacyr Araújo  – Vice-rector (UFPE) and Coordinator (Rede Clima/SIMACLIM)
• Jean Ometto – Researcher (INPE) and Vice-coordinator (Rede Clima/SIMACLIM)
• Ana Paula Prates – Environmental Specialist (MMA)
• Margareth Copertino – Researcher (FURG)
• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Articulation Leader (IIS)

21/11

9am – 10am: MORNING TALKS | How to choose biodiversity metrics to properly assess losses and gains in biodiversity offsetting?

https://www.youtube.com/live/l…

• Thaís Andrade Ferreira Dória – Sustainability Analyst (IIS)

IIS AGENDA AT OTHER COP30 EVENTS

11/11/2025

9h30: Land Restoration: Pathways and Alternatives
Speaker IIS: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS
Venue: Cas’Amazônia (Tv. Campos Sales, 752 – Campina, Belém)
10:00 | Accelerating Climate Transition: The Role of Green Technology and Insurance
IIS Speaker: Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge Management and Communications Manager at IIS
Venue: AXA Forum at the House of Insurance (Tv. Alferes Costa, 2828 – Pedreira – Belém/PA)

12/11/2025
10:30 | Methodologies Applied with Local Communities in Restoration Projects
IIS Speaker: Aline Rodrigues – Nature-based Solutions Leader
Venue: Swiss House – Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

15h: Destravando a restauração em larga escala através da ciência e tecnologia

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS

Venue: Prédio da Economia Criativa da Zona Verde, em espaço cedido pela Secretaria-Geral da Presidência da República

14/11/2025
16:30 | From Risk to Opportunity: Financing High-Integrity Restoration in Tropical Forests
IIS Speaker: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: UNFCCC Side Event – Room 5 (Blue Zone)

17/11/2025
15:00 | Green Skills and Labour Migration – Decision-Making for an Impactful and Climate-Just Transition Pathway
IIS Speaker: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: UNFCCC Side Event – Room 2 (Blue Zone)

19/11/2025
12:00 | Launch of the Brazilian Edition of “Biochar: A Practical Guide for Production, Use and Application”
IIS Speaker: Agnieszka Latawiec – Founder and Executive Director of IIS
Venue: AgriZone Arena (Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Rua Enéas Pinheiro, s/n – Bairro Marco)

20/11/2025

10.30am: Earthshop Prize Finalists Discussion

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: EY House – Praça Waldemar Henrique, s/n – Belém-PA

6.30pm – 8pm: Da Amazônia para o Mundo: prioridades estratégicas e governança multinível para a restauração em larga escala

Speakers IIS: Bruna Pavani and Stella Manes

Venue: Sala Seringueira do Pavilhão Pará – Green Zone

21/11/2025

13h45: AI as an Ally in Landscape Transformation

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: Belém +10, Green Zone, COP30