Inside COP: Brazil's Climate Leadership - the COP30 host takes centre stage

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Nov 11, 2025

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Marina Silva

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Renata Piazzon

Renata Piazzon, Director General of the Arapyaú Institute, is dedicated to linking climate and social solutions in Brazil. She discusses the Forest People Connection project and how storytelling can drive climate prosperity. Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of the Environment, emphasizes the Ethical Global Stocktake's focus on sustainability as a way of being and the urgent need for a fair transition away from fossil fuels. Both highlight Brazil's role in showcasing innovative climate solutions at COP30, pushing for a narrative of regeneration over sacrifice.

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Call Of Belém As Strategic Diplomacy

The Call of Belém functions like a political 'cover decision' to bundle many interests without legal binding force.
This tactic gives Brazil leverage to shape outcomes while preserving diplomatic consensus.

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Consensus-Based Political Wins

Covered decisions require consensus and must give each party at least one political win without crossing red lines.
Crafting such documents is both science and art of multilateral diplomacy.

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Using Bold Language To Shift Norms

The Call of Belém includes bold asks (fossil fuel phase-down, oceans, IMO) that may push norms without legal force.
Including sensitive items creates political pressure even if clauses are later softened.

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What is Brazil trying to achieve with COP30? It's Day Two in Belém and all eyes are on the host nation.

Join Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac as they unpack how the country is shaping the first days of COP30 - and the quiet strategy behind Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago’s leadership.

With the release of the Call of Belém for the Climate, they explore what may be a masterstroke of multilateral diplomacy. And friend of the show Thais Bilenky joins us to break down how the early days of the summit are playing out in Brazilian media and on the streets of Belém.

With the support of the Arapyaú Institute, this episode also turns the spotlight on Brazil’s own climate progress. How is a nation, standing at the bridge between the Global North and the emerging Global Majority, using this moment of global attention to tell a new story: one defined by solutions, not sacrifice? We hear from Renata Piazzon, Director General of Arapyaú, whose mission is to reframe Brazil’s climate story - showing the opportunity that lies in regeneration, restoration, and a thriving social bioeconomy.

And Marina Silva, Brazil’s Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, joins Christiana to share her call for an Ethical Global Stocktake - a reminder that sustainability is not only a way of doing, but a way of being.

Learn more:

🌴 Explore the work of the Arapyaú Institute

⚖️ Read about the Global Ethical Stocktake

🌍 Check out the official COP30 website for background and announcements

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Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks

Edited by: Miles Martignoni

Video Producer: Caitlin Hanrahan

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