Name: COP30 in the Amazon: A Strategic Dialogue for Climate Action
Start: 1760535000
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Location: Webinar

The Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies, the Brazilian Petroleum Institute, and the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce hosted a hybrid event on the upcoming COP30 climate meeting in Belém, Brazil. This landmark event, marking the first COP in the Amazon and the first in the Western Hemisphere in over a decade, presents an opportunity to delve into critical topics and strategies for advancing climate action and sustainability leadership in Brazil and the Americas.

The conversation aimed to:

Review outcomes of past COP meetings and identify key challenges and opportunities for the upcoming COP30.
Address critical topics relevant to stakeholders.
Provide insights from experts in the energy, mining and petrochemical sectors.

This event was free and open to the public. Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will now be held fully online. If you previously registered to attend in person, please use the Zoom link below to register for the virtual event.

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Agenda


8:30 am	Opening Remarks Rachel Meidl, LP.D., CHMM Fellow in Energy and Sustainability, Deputy Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Roberto Ardenghy CEO, IBP Brazilian Institute of Petroleum and Gas Carla Lacerda President, BRATECC Brazil Texas Chamber of Commerce
8:45 am	Overview of COP30 in Brazil Introductions by: Francisco Monaldi, Ph.D., Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Director, Latin America Energy Program, Baker Institute Minister João Marcos Paes Leme Energy Department Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
9:15 am	Critical Topics of Recent COP Summits Moderated by: Carla Lacerda, President, BRATECC Brazil Texas Chamber of Commerce Arthur Lee Fellow Emeritus, Chevron
9:45 am	Panel Session Moderated by: Rachel Meidl, LP.D., CHMM, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Jon Ødegård Hansen Senior Vice President Global Energy Systems, Head of Energy Scenario Research, Rystad Energy Isadora Santiago Rodrigues Project Coordinator, International Advisory, Ministry of Mines and Energy Julio Cesar Nery Director Mining Affairs, IBRAM Brazilian Mining Association Claudia Schaeffer Global Energy Climate Change & Latin American Energy Director, Dow
11:00 am	Supply Chain Resiliency and Energy Policy Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
11:15 am	Closing Remarks Roberto Ardenghy CEO, IBP Brazilian Institute of Petroleum and Gas