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CB Friends: Opening of the 7th Capacity-building Hub
12 Nov. 2025
12:00h - 13:00h
BRT/UTC-3
Belém, Brazil
Brazil
Special event room - Tapajos, Area C
Area C
Capacity-building
English
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CB Friends: Opening of the 7th Capacity-building Hub
12 Nov. 2025
12:00h - 13:00h
BRT/UTC-3
Belém, Brazil
Brazil
Special event room - Tapajos, Area C
Area C
Capacity-building
English

Background 

CB Friends joined together to open the 7th Capacity Building Hub, reconnecting, exchanging, and settng the tone for the days ahead. Experience the inauguration of the UNU-EHS photo exhibition, the screening of pitch winners, and opportunities to build connections across the capacity-building community. A celebration and collaboration of what was to come over the Hub!

Agenda

Time

Segment

Speaker & Affiliation

12:00-12:10

Welcome and opening

H.R.H Princess Abze Djigma, PCCB Co-Chair

Daniel Leitão, COP30 Presidency Focal Point for Observer Engagement

12:10-12:20

7th Capacity-building hub program overview

Lead partners:

  • Sophie de Coninck, UNFCCC MOI
  • TBC, GEIDCO
  • Kalhida Bashir, PCCB
  • Daniel Cervenka, The Convergence  
  • Gunjan Nanda, Entertainment + Culture Pavilion 
  • Andrea Ramirez, Senior Researcher, UNU EHS
  • TBC, Instituto Sociedade, População e Natureza (ISPN)
  • Simone Sandholz, Head of Urban Futures & Sustainability Transformation Programme at UNU-EHS (Opening CB Academy)

12:20-12:55

UNU Photo exhibition

The Voices of Mutirão – Video Pitch Contest 2025

Rogier van den Berg, Global Director for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Simone Sandholz, Head of Urban Futures & Sustainability Transformation Programme at UNU-EHS (Opening CB Academy)

TBC, International Climate Initiative (IKI), BMUKN)

12:55-13:00

Closing

H.R.H Princess Abze Djigma, PCCB Co-Chair

 

Resources 

Session slides