COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion
Creating Resilient Communities with Sustainable Cooling, Better Buildings, and Smarter Materials
10–21 November 2025 | International Code Council, PV-C82, Belém, Brazil (Blue Zone)
At the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the UNEP Cool Coalition and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) are co-hosting the Buildings and Cooling Pavilion, a unified platform in the Blue Zone to spotlight the essential role of cooling and buildings in delivering on climate goals.
The Pavilion will bring together the full cooling and built environment value chain, serving as:
- a convening space for policymakers, businesses, and practitioners;
- a showcase of cutting-edge solutions and scalable implementation; and
- a hub for cross-sector collaboration, innovation, and ambition.
Programme Overview
09:30-11:00 | Affordable, Social and Sustainable Housing
11:30-12:30 | Where do we stand on Climate Action: Buildings Global Status Report and Emissions Gap Report
13:30-14:00 | Tackling Extreme Heat through Innovation and Efficiency
14:30-16:00 | Driving Sustainable Construction Forward: Pathways and Priority Actions for Transformative Change Across the Value-chain
17:00-18:00 | Opening of Neighbourhood of the Mutirão for Cities, Water and Infrastructure
17:15-18:45 | Green Solutions Awards 2024-2025
09:00-09:45 | Game by Fresque de la Construction
10:00-11:30 | Session 2 on Decarbonising Buildings: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Financing the Transition
12:00-13:30 | Driving Global Uptake of Established Climate Technologies and Solutions for Buildings
14:00-15:30 | Sustainable Public Procurement: Global Cooperation for a Resilient and Circular Future
16:00-16:30 | Session on Transport and Logistics
17:00-18:30 | Launch of World Championship for Energy Savings
10:15-10:45 | Health in Buildings
11:00-12:30 | Business Models for Deep Retrofitting of Commercial Assets Delivering ROI
13:00-14:00 | Making Heat Pumps the New Normal for Clean Heating
14:15–15:15 | Advancing Sustainable Cold Chains with Natural Refrigerants
09:30-10:30 | Charting the Research Agenda: Advancing Buildings, Construction, and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
11:00-12:00 | Enabling Pledge Implementation for Cooling
12:00-13:00 | Session on Innovation
14:30-15:30 | Aligning NDCs and National Cooling Action Plans for Climate-Resilient Development
16:00-17:00 | Game by Fresque de la Construction
10:30-12:00 | Session on Bio-materials
12:30-14:00 | Session on Data & Digital Buildings Passport
(Time TBA) | Session on Informality, Indigenous Knowledge, and African Heritage
(Time TBA) | Session on Nature-based Solutions
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Webinar Series
26 June 2025, 16:00 CEST
Held alongside the June Climate Meetings (SB62), the first webinar of the COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion webinar series introduced the Pavilion’s strategic framing and outlined how sponsors and members can actively shape its success.
22 July 2025, 16:00 CEST
On 22 July, the second webinar of the COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion webinar series explored how circular, sustainable, energy-efficient, and resilient architecture for buildings can safeguard ecosystems and enhance a living Amazon. The session also promoted regenerative design, aligned with the Action Agenda of COP30.
3 September 2025, 16:00 CEST
Held ahead of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), the third webinar aligned partners on messaging, session formats, and coordination with the COP30 host country and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat.
9 October 2025, 16:00 CEST
Across the globe, communities are confronting the dual challenge of providing affordable housing—a human right that is central to the just transition, the SDGs, and the Paris Agreement—while ensuring resilience to climate and environmental risks. Echoing the upcoming Belém Call to Action of the Intergovernmental Council for Buildings and Climate (ICBC), to be launched and endorsed at the ICBC Ministerial during COP30, built environment initiatives are already demonstrating how affordability and sustainability can go hand in hand to make housing a driver of ecological transition, social justice, and climate adaptation.
3 November 2025, 16:00 CET
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The final session of the COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion Webinar Series will brief on key expectations for Market Transformation at COP30. WBCSD will present a stock take of the Market Transformation Action Agenda for the Built Environment and how it supports and aligns with the Buildings Breakthrough and other global initiatives. At the end of the session, GlobalABC and UNEP Cool Coalition will provide a logistical update on Pavilion sessions.
Overview of COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion
- Seventh Letter from the Presidency
- Sixth Letter from the Presidency
- Fifth Letter from the Presidency
- COP30 Announces Ambitious Thematic Days, Invites the World to Belém
- Fourth Letter from the Presidency
- Federal Government and Belém’s Property Sector Sign a Commitment to Good Practices for Property Offerings at COP30
- Third Letter from the Presidency
- COP30 Presidency calls on negotiators to accelerate agreements ahead of Belém Conference
- COP30 Presidency Announces 30 Special Envoys in Priority Sectors and Regions
- Second Letter from the COP30 Presidency
- Webinar Series Driving the COP30 Buildings and Cooling Agenda
- Join the COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion: Where Climate Solutions Take Shape
- Cool Coalition Prepares for Historic COP30 in the Amazon
- First Letter from the President of COP30, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago
The COP30 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion in the Blue Zone will feature a 100 sqm space with livestreamed sessions, a dedicated meeting room, and a welcoming coffee corner for networking and informal discussions.
