Extreme Events: Resilient Cities in the Context of Climate Change

Faced with accelerating climate change and the rise in urban disasters, this panel discusses ways to adapt cities and territories to extreme events such as floods, landslides, heat waves, and storms. Experts address public policy, climate governance, and green innovation as fundamental pillars for building resilient, safe, and inclusive cities. The panel proposes integrated solutions, where technology and urban planning converge to protect vulnerable populations and reduce future risks.

Green Jobs, Sustainability, and Opportunity Generation

The creation of green jobs will be one of the key pathways to ensuring a just energy and economic transition, one that benefits vulnerable populations and promotes local development. This panel will discuss how the green economy can generate concrete opportunities for work and income, through social inclusion, professional qualification, and the valorisation of local knowledge. What are the tools to make the climate transition an engine for inclusive growth?

Capital with a Purpose: How to Drive Green Investment in the Private Sector

How can private capital be transformed into a strategic ally for climate action? This panel brings together experts from the financial sector and industry to discuss how to design effective incentives, clear regulations, and innovative financial mechanisms to attract the private sector to the sustainability agenda.

Nature-Based Finance: When Nature Becomes an Economic Asset

This panel explores how the valuation of ecosystems and the view of nature as an asset can drive strategic investments in Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Experts will discuss the role of forests, rivers, and oceans as essential natural infrastructure, highlighting the financial instruments that make conservation and regeneration viable economic strategies. The debate proposes a paradigm shift: protecting nature not merely as an ethical duty, but as an intelligent decision for confronting the climate crisis and building a regenerative economy.

Financial Literacy and Citizenship in Times of Climate Change: Information as the Starting Point for Reducing Inequalities

The growing participation of retail investors in the Brazilian capital markets reveals both opportunities for democratisation and risks of exclusion. This panel discusses how financial education can be an instrument of citizenship, expanding conscious access to investments and preventing pitfalls that deepen inequalities. The conversation brings together diverse perspectives to reflect on the role of the public sector, the market, and society in building a robust financial culture capable of transforming information into autonomy and economic inclusion.

Public Policies and the Role of Climate Finance in Sustainable Transformation

How can public policies be structured to turn intentions into concrete investments for climate action? This panel brings together experts and policymakers to discuss the role of governments in financing the green transition. The discussion addresses mechanisms such as climate budgeting, tax incentives, public funds, and public–private partnerships, exploring how regulations and financial instruments can leverage private investment in mitigation and adaptation projects. The focus is on bridging resource mobilisation and implementation, ensuring that climate finance translates into real and effective action.