Purpose at COP30
This November, Purpose joins COP30 in Belém, bringing together leaders, practitioners, and storytellers to reimagine how narrative, cooperation, and creativity can drive a just and regenerative future.
Belém, Brazil | 10–21 November 2025
Purpose is pleased to announce a series of events and workshops that will bring together voices from Indonesia, India, North America, UK and Brazil to reimagine how narrative, cooperation, and creativity can drive a just and regenerative future. As a pan global effort, these convenings will seek to evoke dialogue and collaborations that connect local realities to global action.
Our focus this year:
building bridges across the Global South and elevating its leadership,
elevating the voice of family farmers leading food systems transition,
strengthening information integrity, and
using arts & culture to shift narratives
See below to know where you can find us!
Upcoming Events
Tuesday 11 November
📻 RADIO: We Don’t Have Time Radio, COP30 Priorities
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Location: We Don’t Have Time Broadcast, 11:25
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Panelist: Isobel Bruce (Head of Campaigns)
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Panelist: Isobel Bruce (Head of Campaigns)
🍹 RECEPTION: Cocktail Reception on the Green Pioneer (Invite Only)
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Location: Fortescue Green Pioneer boat, 16:30–18:00
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Thursday 13 November
🗣️ PANEL: A Force for Good: The Role of Social Media Content Creators in Climate Communication
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Location: Special Event Room Parnaíba (Blue Zone), 11:00–12:30
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: Tilt Network & UNFCCC
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: Tilt Network & UNFCCC
🔎 ROUNDTABLE: Embracing Opportunity: Advancing Information Integrity in a Time of Climate Urgency (EN)
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Location: Special Event Room 4 (Blue Zone), 12:00–13:00
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: Purpose, Verified for Climate, Global Initiative for Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: Purpose, Verified for Climate, Global Initiative for Information Integrity
🌱 ROUNDTABLE: Rural Credit and the Agroecological National School Feeding Program
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Location: Casa da Sociobioeconomia, 16:00
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: Multi-partner, including Purpose
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: Multi-partner, including Purpose
🎭 ROUNDTABLE: The Power of Story: Embracing Creativity for Information Integrity (BRPT)
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Location: UN Pavilion, 17:00–18:00
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: UNIC Rio and Verified Champions Program
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: UNIC Rio and Verified Champions Program
Friday 14 November
🛠️ WORKSHOP: Verified for Climate creator workshop (Invite Only)
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Location: FAS boat, 15:00–17:30
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: FAS, RPIIC, Verified Champions Program
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Hosts: FAS, RPIIC, Verified Champions Program
🗣️ WORKSHOP: Agentes Do Verificado Interactive Communications (PT) (Invite Only)
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Location: Extreme Hangout, 11:00 – 12:00
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
🗣️ PANEL: Redirecting Subsidies and Investments to Enable Regenerative and Inclusive Food Systems
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Location: Food & Agriculture Pavilion
WHEN & WHERE: Food & Agriculture Pavilion, 17:00
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: IISD, Rockefeller Foundation, Porticus Foundation, iCS and Special Envoys Paulo Petersen (family farming) and Marcelo Boher (bioeconomy)
WHEN & WHERE: Food & Agriculture Pavilion, 17:00
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: IISD, Rockefeller Foundation, Porticus Foundation, iCS and Special Envoys Paulo Petersen (family farming) and Marcelo Boher (bioeconomy)
🔎 ROUNDTABLE: Strategy Discussion on Global South (EN) (Invite Only)
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Location: TBC
Theme: 🌍 Driving ‘Global South’ participation and leadership
Hosts: CIPO and CECG
Theme: 🌍 Driving ‘Global South’ participation and leadership
Hosts: CIPO and CECG
Saturday 15 November
🗣️ PANEL: Leveraging Technology and Finance in Methane Mitigation from the Agricultural Sector
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Location: Asia Climate Solutions Pavilion, 10:00–11:00
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Speaker: Siddharth Pathak
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Speaker: Siddharth Pathak
🗣️ PANEL: Empowering Youth in Agroecology through Accessible Climate Finance for Sustainable Food System (EN)
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Location: Event Room 4 (Blue Zone), 16:45–18:15
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Speaker: Gabriel Gomes, Head of Office Brasil
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Speaker: Gabriel Gomes, Head of Office Brasil
Sunday 16 November
🤝 WORKSHOP: Co-Creation Session with Indonesia CSOs
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Location: Ford Foundation Pavilion, TBC
Theme: 🌍 Driving ‘Global South’ participation and leadership
Facilitator: Elok Faiqotul Mutia, Indonesia Campaigns Lead
Theme: 🌍 Driving ‘Global South’ participation and leadership
Facilitator: Elok Faiqotul Mutia, Indonesia Campaigns Lead
Tuesday 18 November
🎤 TALK: Culture that moves the Planet: Parintins Festival as a stage for climate awareness
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Location: Ted House, 11:00 – 12:00
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Exploring how local stories and cultural traditions can become powerful tools to engage, inspire, and mobilize climate action.
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Exploring how local stories and cultural traditions can become powerful tools to engage, inspire, and mobilize climate action.
🔎 ROUNDTABLE: PRONAFÃO – Unlocking Public Finance for a Regenerative and Inclusive Agriculture
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Location: Food Roots and Routes Pavilion, 11:30
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: ICS, Purpose, Agroicone, Porticus, Conexsus, Rockefeller Foundation
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Hosts: ICS, Purpose, Agroicone, Porticus, Conexsus, Rockefeller Foundation
🛠️ INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP: Verified Champions: How to Tell Climate Stories Online (Invite Only)
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Location: Special Event Room 4 (Blue Zone), 15:00–17:30
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
🍹 RECEPTION: TikTok x Verified Champions @ Goals House (Invite Only)
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Location: Goals House, 17:00–18:30
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Wednesday 19 November
🌾 ROUNDTABLE: Hands Of Transition: Family Farming leading food systems transition in Brazil
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WHEN & WHERE: 11:00 AM, Open Society Foundation Pavilion
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Through strategic communication and storytelling, Hands of Transition amplifies youth rural voices and reframes family farmers as protagonists who hold the solutions for a just and sustainable food systems transition.
Theme: 🌱 Food Systems Transition
Through strategic communication and storytelling, Hands of Transition amplifies youth rural voices and reframes family farmers as protagonists who hold the solutions for a just and sustainable food systems transition.
Past Events
Saturday 1 November (Past)
🗣️ PANEL: New Ways of Telling the World: The Role of Storytelling in Climate Change
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Location: Second International Seminar on Culture & Climate Change, Rio de Janeiro
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives
Speaker: Gabriel Gomes, Head of Office Brasil
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives
Speaker: Gabriel Gomes, Head of Office Brasil
Monday 3 November (Past)
🎨 INTERACTIVE SESSION: Spectators to Storytellers: Participatory Art for Social Impact (PASI)
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Location: Global Artivism Summit, Salvador, Bahia, 13:30–15:15
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives
Facilitators: Tanisha Arora, Taine Bittencourt
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives
Facilitators: Tanisha Arora, Taine Bittencourt
Tuesday 4 November (Past)
🏛️ SUMMIT: Verified for Climate Champions at the C40 World Mayors Summit
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Location: Rio de Janeiro, TBC
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
Theme: 🎯 Strengthening Information Integrity
⚽ SPORTS EVENT: Terra FC Football Match
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Location: Rio de Janeiro, TBC
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives
Theme: 🎨 Investing in Arts and Culture to Shift Narratives