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The Hub Culture Climate Pavilion for COP29 is set to open 10-18 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. A vibrant capital, Baku is a unique blend of a…

Hub Culture Climate Pavilion COP29 Opening Cocktail

Starts: 6:00pm Monday 11th Nov '24

Join us for the opening of the Hub Culture Climate Pavilion COP29 with our partners Hedera, UN Global Compact Brazil, Digital Innovation Pavilion (DIP) with Glocha and Evercity, and the Ocean Climate Fund.

UN Global Compact - Brazil Network

Starts: 9:00am Wednesday 13th Nov '24

The event will bring together business leaders for a unique moment of global connections and discussions on the progress of the Brazilian private sector on the climate agenda. Throughout the event, the need to increase ambition to ensure that business strategies are aligned with science and the goal of keeping the Earth’s average temperature increase below 1.5°C will be discussed. 

Additionally, ways to enable climate change mitigation and adaptation actions through climate finance will be addressed to ensure a just transition, leaving no one behind. Actions are already underway, reaffirming the business community’s commitment to the Global Climate Agenda. 

 This side event is part of the Global Compact Program Roadmap to COP30, an initiative of the UN Global Compact – Brazil Network to mobilize the business sector in collaborative projects focused on mitigation, adaptation, and means of implementation for climate change. By calling on companies to engage in concrete collective projects, the approach aims to build long-lasting and meaningful cross-cutting results, creating a more resilient and sustainable future.

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Hedera Regenerative Finance Forum

Starts: 8:00am Thursday 14th Nov '24

Join the Hedera Regenerative Finance Forum, gathering leaders from the climate movement for a day focused on building solutions to bring the balance sheet of the planet to the public ledger. Focuses of the event will include; Climate Finance, the Just Transition, Digital Public Goods, Funding Opportunities, Innovations for Article 6, and next generation tools in ESG & NDC Reporting including CSRD and Scope 3 Emissions Reductions. The tentative schedule [subject to change] for the day is:

09:00 - 9:30   - Breakfast09:30 - 10:00 - Welcome & Opening Remarks10:10 - 11:00 - Value Chain Accounting, Scope 3, & CSRD: A Path Forward11:15 - 12:00 - Credible ESG Reporting → Quantitative Outcomes12:00 -13:00 -  Lunch13:00 - 13:45 - Digitalization - Unlocking a Trusted Carbon Market14:00 - 14:45 - Digital Innovation & Climate Finance for Article 6 14:45 - 15:00 - Break15:00 - 15:45 - Catalytic Investments: Outcomes for a Just Transition16:00 - 16:45 - Leapfrogging Opportunities for Tech Enabled Outcomes16:45 - 17:30 - Hedera Regenerative Finance Closing Reception

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