Focusing on Objective 16, promoting resilient health services, COP30 Health Day will convene a Ministerial Health Plenary on 13 November from 9:00AM-12:00PM in the Tocantins Plenary, Blue Zone.
On this occasion, Brazil will officially launch the Belém Health Action Plan for the Adaptation of the Health Sector to Climate Change, developed through extensive international consultations and the result of collective efforts aimed at ensuring that health occupies a central place on the climate agenda. The Plan is founded on the principles of equity, climate justice, and participatory governance, with the purpose of accelerating the implementation of climate-health solutions. To this end, it provides glossaries of best practices in adaptation, guidance on access to means of implementation, and recommendations for strengthening health governance with broad social participation.
Program
The agenda includes a high-level meeting with UNFCCC Parties for the adoption of the Belém Health Action Plan and a roundtable on means of implementation, with statements from representatives of financing institutions and key development actors.
The Plenary includes four segments:
- 9:00–9:35 AM: Opening Remarks
- 9:35–10:50 AM: Interministerial Dialogue
- 10:50–11:00 AM: Adoption of the Belém Health Action Plan + endorser photo
- 11:00 AM–12:00 PM: High-Level Session + Announcements on Means of Implementation
Speakers
09:00–09:35 | Opening – (*TBC)
- Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health of Brazil
- Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Noura Hamladji, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, President of COP30*
- Marcele Oliveira, COP30 Youth Climate Champion*
09:35 - 10:50 | Interministerial Dialogue
- Moderated by COP 30 Special Envoy for Health, Ethel Maciel
- Opening remarks (5’): H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, Co-Chair of the UNFCCC Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB)*
- COP Presidencies Bringing Health to the Centre of the Climate Agenda: A dialogue with the Baku COP Presidencies Continuity Coalition for Climate and Health (25’)
- Azerbaijan COP29 Representative
- UAE COP28 Representative
- Egypt COP27 Representative
- UK COP26 Representative
- COP31 Presidency designate representative
- Open floor for endorsers of the Belém Health Action Plan (45’)
- Ministers of UNFCCC Parties, Vice-Ministers of UNFCCC Parties, Government representatives of UNFCCC Parties and Embassies of UNFCCC Parties in Brazil (3’ each)
- Other endorsers and supporters of the Belém Health Action Plan (2’ each)
10:50–11:00 | Adoption of the Belém Health Action Plan and family photo with endorsers
11:00–12:00 | High-Level Sessions and Announcements on Means of Implementation for Climate and Health
Opening remarks (15’)
- Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health of Brazil
- Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)*
- Ana Toni, COP30 CEO
Announcements on Means of Implementation (30’) - Moderated by Dan Ioschpe, COP30 High Level Climate Champion*
MDBs and Funds (15’)
- Mafalda Duarte, CEO at the Green Climate Fund
- Valerie Hickey, Global Director for Climate Change at the World Bank
- Erik Berglof, Chief Economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Arghya Sinha Roy, Director for Climate Change at the Asian Development Bank
Climate and Health Funders Coalition chairs (15’)
- Jessica Anderen, CEO at the Ikea Foundation;
- Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President of the Health Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation;
- Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome Trust;
- Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Director for Adaptive and Equitable Food Systems at the Gates Foundation
Open floor for endorsers of the Belém Health Action Plan (10’, 1’ each)
Closing remarks (5’): Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health of Brazil