About the Canada Pavilion Event Program
The Canada pavilion events program will reflect the dynamism and breadth of Canada’s climate action at all levels of society, domestically and internationally. It will be comprised of up to 60 individual events (ranging from 30 – 60 minutes) over the duration of COP30.
The Brazilian Presidency has unveiled its thematic program to highlight critical areas for climate action and collaboration. The Canada Pavilion events program will closely follow the thematic program, along with considering Indigenous perspectives, gender equality, and youth empowerment as cross-cutting elements across all thematic days, however, dates may vary.
Nov
10-11
Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, and Tourism
Nov
12-13
Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, and Workers
Nov
14-15
Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases
Nov
17-18
Forests, Oceans, Biodiversity, Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and small and medium entrepreneurs
Nov
19-20
Agriculture, Food systems and food security, Fisheries, Family farming, Women and girls, Gender, Afrodescendants, Science, Technology, and Artificial intelligence
Guiding Pillars
The Canada pavilion events program will also have the following guiding pillars:
Ambition
Highlight Canada’s ambitious climate commitments, feature Canada’s innovation in the clean tech and energy spaces, and leverage Canada’s international leadership on climate finance to drive further climate ambition in developing countries.
Implementation
Demonstrate Canada’s commitment to implementation through concrete actions, including the National Adaptation Strategy and the Emissions Reductions Plan, and highlight Canada’s actions to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution.
Partnership
Showcase Canada’s whole-of-society approach to climate action and implementation through the inclusion of a diversity of voices, interests, and perspectives, such as those of Indigenous Peoples, provinces and territories, municipalities, civil society, youth, business, academia, and international organizations
About the Canada Pavilion Event Space
The Canada pavilion will be in the blue zone of COP30 (requiring accreditation to attend) and will consist of both an events space and a networking space. The event space is expected to accommodate an in-person audience of about 25 people. It will not allow for virtual participation in events.
The event space can accommodate a wide variety of event formats, including but not limited to keynote addresses and announcements, armchair dialogues, panel discussions, roundtables, case studies, workshops, and receptions. The event space can also accommodate visual presentations and film screenings (slides, video, etc.).
The networking space can accommodate a smaller variety of events such as short promotional videos as well as attraction type-events (e.g., art exhibits) and experiences (e.g., receptions).
