Cynthia Houniuhi, president of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change speaking at an event in Tonga during the week of the 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting. Cynthia is representing the Pacific as one of four lead activists for the Oxfam global Make Rich Polluters Pay campaign. (Photo: Tini Media/Oxfam)
This document presents an overview of Oxfam and partner-led events during COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
It includes both Blue Zone official side events and Green Zone parallel events designed to advance dialogue on climate justice, just transition, and inclusive global cooperation.
Coffee with Journalists – What to Expect from COP30?
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Sunday, 9 November
⏰ Time: 09:00 – 10:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Journalists House – Casa de Jornalismo na COP30
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (main organizer)
Speakers: Viviana Santiago, Maite Gauto – Oxfam Brazil
An informal coffee meeting between the Oxfam Brazil delegation and journalists participating in the Socio-environmental and Climate Journalism House.
The exchange shares key data and findings from Oxfam’s national and global reports to support journalistic analysis of COP30 and highlight priority themes under discussion.
Fostering South-South Solidarity in the Pursuit of Climate Adaptation Finance
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Sunday, 9 November
⏰ Time: 13:30 – 14:20 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Federal University of Pará - Space Zelia Amador
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Viviana Santiago - Oxfam Brazil
The panel will bring together civil society leaders, experts, and representatives from Global South countries to strengthen alliances between Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America around fair climate financing and international cooperation.
On this occasion, the Zélia Amador de Deus Space will also be inaugurated, dedicated to the multifaceted and inspiring legacy of the Emeritus Professor who lends her name to the venue, a national and international reference in the fight for socio-environmental and racial justice, and for the Amazon.
Leading from the Frontlines: Solutions with Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Monday, 10 November
⏰ Time: 16:45 – 18:30 (Brazil time GMT-3)
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Naira Wayand – Oxfam Brazil
This panel will bring together diverse voices of refugees, internally displaced persons, and migrant leaders to advance impactful climate action and improve access to financing for community-led solutions on the frontlines of climate change in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Speakers will share concrete solutions based on their experiences as leaders at international, national, and local levels, setting the stage for inclusive outcomes at COP30.
Maré Kitchen: Women, Territories, and Food Culture
Blue Zone – Food Roots and Routes Pavilion
📅 Date: Tuesday, 11 November
⏰ Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Maite Gauto – Oxfam Brazil; Renilde Piedade – Rede Mães do Mangue; Bruna Melo – Rare Brasil.
Based on the Mães do Mangue campaign and the publication of the book Cozinha da Maré, this activity creates a space for dialogue and appreciation of women from the Amazonian coastal zone, highlighting their crucial role in preserving mangroves, maintaining traditional food systems, and transmitting ancestral knowledge.
Through food and storytelling, these women share life experiences, sustainable practices, and forms of resistance that reaffirm the importance of collective action for environmental conservation and the strengthening of local identities.
The activity features the participation of Oxfam Brazil, through contributions with grassroots organizations, especially connected to the documentary “Standing Forests, Standing Women”, which highlights women’s leadership in defending territories and conserving the Amazon.
Securing Ambitious COP Outcomes and Future Finance for Climate Justice
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Tuesday, 11 November
⏰ Time: 11:30 – 13:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Side Event Room 1
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam International
Speakers: Frontline climate activists, civil society, and government representatives
COP30 is an inflection point for governments to act and make good on the promises they made 10 years ago in Paris to keep global warming 1.5C below pre-industrial levels.
Oxfam’s latest report Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster, shows that without government action to curb the emissions of the very richest, the carbon budget will be blown in less than two years.
We need urgent action for progressive taxation measures, and to limit the power of wealthy elites and corporations over political and economic systems.
This panel discussion event featuring frontline climate activists, civil society and government representatives will explore why this COP is a critical opportunity to push for ambitious climate finance outcomes. Our speakers will be able to share from their community, country, region and global perspectives why we cannot delay yet another year for governments to take bold steps and make meaningful commitments to ensure that climate finance be a tool of justice and can reach those most affected by the crisis.
Reclaiming the Energy Future: Overcoming Inequalities for a Just Transition
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Tuesday, 11 November
⏰ Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: WWF Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam International & CAN International
Speakers: Amitabh Behar, Tasneem Essop, and Hilda Flavia Nakabuye
The global energy transition stands at a pivotal moment: it can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis or deepen them. This session, jointly developed with CAN International, will explore how structural inequalities within and among countries shape the pathways of the energy transition—and how they can be overcome to achieve a truly just transition.
Drawing on key themes from Oxfam’s new report Unjust Transition: Reclaiming the Energy Future from Climate Colonialism, the discussion will unpack how extractivism, exploitation, debt, and unequal energy access reproduce colonial patterns of injustice.
This will be a space to hear insights from governments, activists, and civil society representatives on how to reclaim the energy future and build systems rooted in equality, justice, care, and collective wellbeing—where energy serves life, not profit.
The panel will feature Amitabh Behar (Executive Director, Oxfam International), Tasneem Essop (Executive Director, CAN International), and Hilda Flavia Nakabuye (activist, Fridays for Future Uganda).
Speakers are invited to share reflections on how to ensure the global energy transition is fair and inclusive. Contributions may highlight key challenges or opportunities from national, regional, or global perspectives, as well as the expected outcomes from COP30 regarding the just transition.
A further overview of the work of Oxfam and CAN International on Climate Justice is here: www.actforclimatejustice.com.
Voices on the Move: Ethical Reflections from Displaced Communities – OIM and ACNUR
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Friday, 12 November
⏰ Time: 12:30 – 16:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Global Ethical Balance Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Naira Wayand – Oxfam Brazil
Stories from people across different countries who have been displaced by climate change and affected by multiple forms of climate inequality.
Standing Forests, Standing Women: The Leadership of Women Defenders for Climate Justice
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Wednesday, 12 November
⏰ Time: 15:30 – 16:30 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: BNDES House COP30
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Viviana Santiago – Oxfam Brazil; Sandra Regina – MIQCB; Leticia Moraes – CNS (tbc)
The documentary “Where There’s Standing Forest, There’s Women” by Oxfam Brazil highlights the essential role of quilombola, riverside, Indigenous, and extractivist women in preserving the Amazon. The film brings together personal narratives and data on deforestation and resistance, aiming to amplify the visibility of voices that, while on the front lines of environmental protection, are often marginalized in decision-making spaces.
Rural Work in Times of Climate Crisis: Challenges and Pathways with the Climate Plan
Green Zone
📅 Date: Thursday, 13 November
⏰ Time: 09:30 – 11:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Creative Economy Building Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Ravenna Alves – Oxfam Brazil
To promote a debate on the impacts of climate change on the reality of rural wage workers in Brazil, highlighting how the Climate Plan can serve as a strategic tool for formulating and implementing national and local public policies that address these vulnerabilities. The proposal emphasizes the importance of integrating the agendas of climate action, decent work, and social justice.
The Cost of the Climate Crisis: A Portrait of National Climate Inequalities
Green Zone
📅 Date: Thursday, 13 November
⏰ Time: 13:45 – 14:45 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Brazil Pavilion Belém +10
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil
Speakers: Naira Wayand, Lidia Lins, Junior Aleixo, Leilane Reis, Taynara Gomes
Organized by Oxfam Brazil, this roundtable will present and discuss findings on the impacts of climate change and socio-environmental inequalities in Brazil, based on the fifth edition of Oxfam Brazil’s national report.
The session will also feature analyses on housing and climate adaptation strategies from research by CBJC and Greenpeace Brazil, linking technical evidence and community-based experiences.
Additionally, it will address the impacts of international agribusiness on traditional communities, such as the Babaçu Coconut Breakers, drawing from research by ActionAid.
The event aims to expand access to civil society reports and strengthen collective understanding of inequalities and adaptation strategies within the framework of climate justice.
Climate Change, Disasters, and Human Mobility: Ethical Contributions to COP30 - OIM and ACNUR
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Friday, 14 November
⏰ Time: 09:30 – 11:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Federal University of Pará (UFPA) – Cúpula dos Povos
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Naira Wayand – Oxfam Brazil
The final statements collected from displaced persons, refugees, migrants, and those on the move will be presented, by Brazilian region and nationally, through the first Global Ethical Stocktake.
Connecting Knowledge for the Sustainability of Territories: Women Scientists and Researchers in Dialogue with Social Movements for Climate Justice and a Just Energy Transition
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Friday, 14 November
⏰ Time: 14:40 – 16:40 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Federal University of Pará (UFPA) – Space Zélia Amador
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Naira Wayand – Oxfam Brazil
This dialogue will bring together women scientists, researchers, technologists, and leaders of social movements from the Global South, highlighting local knowledge, sustainable practices, and feminist strategies to address the climate crisis. The goal is to create a network to discuss the definition of concepts, processes, and standards that guide procedures in both urban and rural contexts, ensuring quality of life within the contemporary process of energy transition.
The initiative seeks to reduce risks and impacts while maximizing the opportunities and benefits of technologies and products, promoting socio-environmental justice, confronting environmental racism, and ensuring an energy transition grounded in the fair distribution of wealth and opportunities.
Climate Finance: Pathways for NDC Implementation and the Promotion of Climate Justice
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Saturday, 15 November
⏰ Time: 11:00 – 12:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Blue Zone – Brazil Pavilion – Samaúma Auditorium
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil & Oxfam International
Speakers: Amitabh Behar, Adrián Martínez Blanco, Érico Rocha, Mônica Gregori, Tainá de Paula, Moderator: Viviana Santiago – Oxfam Brazil
This multi-stakeholder dialogue will explore the role of international climate finance in delivering countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and promoting climate justice. Drawing on new findings from Oxfam Brazil and Oxfam International’s 2025 Reports, the session will examine how finance can bridge the gap between ambition and implementation, while addressing the deep inequalities that shape climate impacts and responses.
Government representatives, civil-society leaders, and private-sector actors will discuss how financial flows can be structured to reduce inequalities, empower local actors, and make national climate plans truly fair and effective. The event will feature the launch of Oxfam’s Recommendations Letter on Climate Inequalities, offering practical proposals to inform COP30 outcomes and strengthen future cooperation.
Speakers include Amitabh Behar (Oxfam International), Adrián Martínez Blanco (Ruta del Clima, Colombia), Érico Rocha (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil), Mônica Gregori (UN Global Compact Brazil), Tainá de Paula (Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Rio de Janeiro), moderated by Viviana Santiago (Oxfam Brazil).
Decolonizing the Energy Transition: A Call for Fair Rules, Just Finance, and Global Solidarity
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Saturday, 15 November
⏰ Time: 17:00 – 18:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Nordic Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam, ILC, CooperAcción, Polen
Speakers: Experts and activists from Nordic and Global South contexts
The energy transition will define the next decades — but without fairness, it risks repeating old extractive injustices. This panel brings together experts and activists to explore how to embed principles of justice, equity, and human rights in national and international transition frameworks.
Together with ILC, CooperAcción, and Polen, we will discuss fair financial rules, global solidarity mechanisms, and the need for Southern leadership in shaping equitable transitions. The event will also reflect on how Nordic and international actors can ensure that climate finance and energy investments support rather than constrain countries’ right to lead their own transitions.
Together, we will explore how to align financial flows, strengthen coherence, and ensure that the energy transition truly becomes a pathway toward equality — not a new form of dependency.
A further overview of the work of Oxfam on Climate Justice is here: www.actforclimatejustice.com.
Press Conference – Oxfam at COP30
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Sunday, 16 November
⏰ Time: 09:00 – 10:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Journalists House – Casa de Jornalismo na COP
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (main organizer)
Speakers: Viviana Santiago – Oxfam Brasil; Naf/Jan – Climate Finance; Hilde Stroot – Just Transition; Clemence Abbes/Adam Musgrave – MRPP (tbc); Stefano – InfoAmazônia; Policy Leads Oxfam Delegation
Press conference updating journalists on COP30’s key discussions and next steps, featuring Oxfam’s policy leads on Just Transition, Climate Finance, Loss & Damage, and Adaptation.
Human Mobility and Climate Justice: Voices and Proposals from the Territories
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Sunday, 16 November
⏰ Time: 10:00 – 12:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Casa das ONGS Belém – Abong
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Naira Wayand – Oxfam Brazil
This activity proposes a space for dialogue, learning, and social mobilization on the impacts of climate change on human mobility, with an emphasis on the realities of refugees, environmental migrants, Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and peripheral populations. By connecting personal testimonies, international data, and local experiences, the panel aims to promote the leadership of those who live, resist, and propose solutions in the most vulnerable territories.
Simultaneous interpretation available in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS).
Strengthening Networks for Environmental Justice: The Role of the Escazú Agreement
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Sunday, 16 November
⏰ Time: 10:00-11:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Casa das ONGS Belém – Abong
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Maite Gauto – Oxfam Brazil
The panel proposes a space for dialogue and collective action around the Escazú Agreement as a strategic instrument for environmental justice, climate governance, and the protection of human and environmental rights. Bringing together organizations and initiatives working in the Amazon and other territories, the activity seeks to connect diverse perspectives—from grassroots advocacy to philanthropy, from community safety protocols to political advocacy strategies—strengthening networks of cooperation and a shared sense of belonging around the Agreement.
Youth Power to Shift Systems: From Europe to the World – Mobilizing and Policy Participation for Climate Justice
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Monday, 17 November
⏰ Time: 12:10 – 12:55 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Children & Youth Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: European Youth Forum & Oxfam
Speakers: Youth leaders and Allies
Young people are driving change across the globe — mobilizing millions, shaping public debates, and influencing policy decisions. Yet, despite their recognized role in the Paris Agreement and the UN Declaration on Future Generations (2024), youth still face barriers to participation, representation, and access to funding.
This session, led by the European Youth Forum and Oxfam, will bring together youth leaders and allies to discuss how to remove structural barriers, amplify youth-led action, increase unity and solidarity and embed youth participation in climate decision-making at all levels.
Speakers will share concrete proposals for strengthening youth engagement and policy influence at COP30 and beyond — building bridges between European and Global South movements to ensure that youth power truly drives systemic change for climate justice.
A further overview of the work of Oxfam on Climate Justice is here: www.actforclimatejustice.com and with EYF AU-EU YOUTH ACTION LAB – AU – EU Youth Lab.
Collective Voices for a Just Energy Transition: Unlocking New Narratives and Imaginaries
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Monday, 17 November
⏰ Time: 14:30 – 16:30 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Casa da COP do Povo (House of COP30 People)
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil, ANGRY-Alliance, Palestinian Institute of Climate Strategy (PICS); Naira Wayand e Paulo Cardoso – Oxfam Brazil
Speakers / Moderators: Clemence Abbes Oxfam Novib; Serayna Solanki and Hajar Al Belaji of ANGRY-Alliance; Mohammed Usrof (PICS)
This workshop is organized by and for movements, youth activists, and COP participants who are interested in learning about new research, movement and policy strategies to center justice in the energy transition. We will provide frameworks and tools for participants to develop local advocacy and campaign strategies and empower communities to demand a just energy transition.
Storytelling: Vila da Barca at the Heart of the Climate Debate – Oxfam Networking Event
Outside UN Zone
📅 Date: Monday, 17 November
⏰ Time: 19:00 – 22:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: NGO House (Abong) – Rua Cônego Jerônimo Pimentel, 315 – Umarizal, Belém – PA, 66055-080
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil
Speakers: Oxfam Brazil, Oxfam International (TBC), Cop das Baixadas, activists
The activity includes the screening of a 5-minute mini documentary produced in the Vila da Barca community — a partnership between Oxfam and COP das Baixadas — which highlights narratives of territory, memory, and climate justice from the perspective of a community affected by environmental racism and climate inequalities.
Following the screening, there will be short remarks from the filmmakers and community leaders, linking the reality of urban Amazonia to global discussions on climate, the right to the city, and reparation. The event will also feature activists from the Make Rich Polluters Pay campaign and foster a space for dialogue and exchange promoted by Oxfam Brasil and partners.
In addition, there will be an exhibition of ten local artists from Belém, strengthening the connection between culture and climate, as well as simultaneous translation and a coffee break.
Let's Make Rich Polluters Pay!
This year’s COP30 in Brazil is a turning point. Governments have a chance to show real leadership on climate justice – not with promises, but with action. Together, we can build a fairer world where communities can thrive in the face of climate change.
From Factory to Fashion: Collective Financing and Shared Responsibility for a Just Energy Transition in the RMG Sector
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Wednesday, 19 November
⏰ Time: 12:30 – 13:30 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: Regional Climate Foundation (RCF) Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam & partners from RMG sector
Speakers: Global brands, manufacturers, worker representatives, policymakers, civil society
The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry stands at the forefront of global climate and economic transformation. As one of the most vital manufacturing sectors in the Global South, it faces the urgent challenge of decarbonizing production while protecting workers and sustaining competitiveness.
This COP-30 session will bring together global brands, manufacturers, worker representatives, policymakers, and civil society to explore collaborative pathways and financing models that enable a just and equitable energy transition in the RMG sector. Drawing on insights and evidence from Bangladesh and other garment-producing countries, the discussion will focus on shared accountability, brand-led investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and collective financing mechanisms such as Just Transition Funds.
Speakers will also examine barriers that hinder collaboration, including anti-trust restrictions, limited coordination, and inequitable distribution of financial resources, and propose solutions to overcome them. The session will emphasize that industrial decarbonization must be inclusive, worker-centered, and gender-responsive, ensuring that climate action enhances livelihoods and resilience rather than deepening inequality. By fostering dialogue among key stakeholders, the event aims to build consensus and actionable commitments for fair financing frameworks that link climate justice, competitiveness, and sustainable growth, making the RMG sector a model for equitable industrial transformation worldwide.
Leaving No One Behind: Justice and Accountability in the Southeast Asian Energy Transition
Blue Zone
📅 Date: Wednesday, 19 November
⏰ Time: 14:30-15:45 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: ASEAN Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Pilipinas, Manawari Southeast Asia
In light of the first-ever ASEAN Pavilion at COP, which will bring together diverse multi-stakeholder representatives, this proposed panel discussion seeks to: Present key findings from the research “Socially Accountable Governance for Just Energy Transition: Perspectives and Key Demands from Communities and Civil Society in Southeast Asia”. As well as examine best practices, perspectives, and insights from civil society, governments, and financial institutions; and foster dialogue on adopting a “whole-of-society” approach at the national level and a “One ASEAN” approach at the regional level in advancing social accountability in JET policies and projects.
Building Climate Justice in Brazil: The Articulation Between Black Women, the Private Sector, and the Government for the Regeneration and Development of the Amazon
Green Zone
📅 Date: Thursday, 20 November
⏰ Time: 11:00 (Brazil time GMT-3)
📍 Location: SEBRAE Pavilion
Lead / Co-Organizers: Oxfam Brazil (not main organizer)
Speakers: Viviana Santiago – Oxfam Brazil
Organized by Sebrae (Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service), this panel will highlight the importance of collaboration between Black women leaders, the private sector, and government institutions to foster climate justice and inclusive development in the Amazon region.
The session aims to present innovative approaches for regeneration and sustainable entrepreneurship, emphasizing gender, race, and territorial perspectives as key elements for a just transition.