IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), together with international partners, will bring to the table at an official event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, in Antalya, Turkey, the need for forests to play a leading role as a solution to climate change. The side event “From Recognition to Implementation: A Roadmap for Forests as Global Infrastructure” will take place this Tuesday (the 10th), from 4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. (local time), in Side Event Room 3 (Zerzevan) in the Blue Zone. The event is organized by IPAM in partnership with the Woodwell Climate Research Center and Solutions for Our Climate.
Just as investments in energy, water, and transportation are fundamental to sustaining the development of societies, recognizing forests as global infrastructure is essential to ensuring human prosperity and addressing climate challenges. Despite their strategic role in climate regulation, maintaining water cycles, and ensuring food security, forests still occupy a limited space in climate agreements, investment decisions, and the international financial architecture.
This event aims to help change this situation by promoting greater recognition of forests so they can be effectively incorporated into the global agenda for development and climate action. The goal is to discuss governance models, financing mechanisms, scientific evidence, and international partnerships capable of positioning forests and nature as central elements of strategies to address climate change.
According to André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM and Civil Society Special Envoy for COP30, success in valuing forests aligns with the roadmap to end deforestation proposed by Brazil and will require a paradigm shift across various sectors.
“We will have to invest in changing agricultural practices and work with less developed communities—which have less investment capacity—to help them adopt appropriate technologies and improve their land-use practices, thereby reducing pressure on forests,” he argues.
Participants in the event include: André Guimarães; Frances Seymour of Woodwell; Marihel Parda Winda of Solutions For Our Climate; Mithika Mwenda of PACJA (Pan African Climate Justice Alliance); Marco Túlio Cabral (COP30); as well as representatives from the COP32 presidency, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2027.
Event Details:
From Recognition to Implementation: A Roadmap for Forests as Global Infrastructure
November 10, 2026
4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. (local time) – 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Brasília time)
Location: Side Event Room 3 (Zerzevan) – Blue Zone
PRESS INFORMATION:
Marcelo Freitas (In Antalya)
+55 61 999642598
Sara Leal (in Brazil)
+55 62 992552742
