Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025

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Brasilia, Brazil

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The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 will take place from March 16–21, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil. This year’s theme, “Accelerating Action on Super Pollutants: The Road to COP30,” highlights the urgent need for decisive action. The event will bring together country representatives, global experts, and changemakers, united with over 200 partners, to drive accelerated solutions for mitigating super pollutants and safeguarding our planet’s future.

This year, our focus will be on advancing NDCs 3.0 commitments as investment plans, convening a Science-Policy Dialogue on Super Pollutants, and exploring gender equity as a catalyst for climate action. We will also examine sectoral policies that drive emissions reductions. By sharing real-world experiences and demonstrating leadership—whether as GMP and Clean Air champion countries or by leading sectoral or regional initiatives—we aim to deliver a powerful message at COP30.

Participants will engage in high-level dialogues with country representatives, leading scientists, and civil society leaders to shape the future of climate and clean air policy, with a strong emphasis on a just transition. Through breakout discussions on scientific assessments, practical solutions, and best practices within the CCAC’s six sectoral Hubs, they will collaborate with peers and partners to drive transformative action and lasting impact.

Overview of Programme

16 March: CCAC National Consultants Training (invitation only)

17 March: Pre-Conference 

  • Marketplace of Ideas (Open to all)  
  • Air Quality Management Exchange Platform (AQMx) Workshop (Open to all)  
  • Agri-Food Systems Advocacy Workshop (Invitation only)  
  • Board Meeting (Invitation only)  
  • Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Meeting (Invitation only)  

18 March: Eye on Commitments 

  • Opening Ceremony: Now We Can
  • Plenary panel: Enhancing inclusion of super pollutants into NDC 3.0: showcasing commitments and best practices for health, agriculture and climate  
Parallel sessions

Agriculture:

  • Building Food Systems Ambition to COP30  
  • Advancing Methane Mitigation in Tropical Agriculture

Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines:  

  • Driving action through the CCAC Clean Air Flagship
  • Launch of the Global Sulfur Strategy Update  

Waste:  

  • Breakthrough Ambitions in Organic Waste
  • Transformative Actions in Reducing SLCPs from Waste
Parallel sessions
  • CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Session on Tropospheric Ozone
  • CCAC Clean Air Flagship Session

 

  • Invitation-only Board Meeting 

19 March: Scaling Up Action

  • Plenary panel: Prioritizing gender & women’s empowerment in super pollutant mitigation  
  • Plenary panel: Advances in sectoral policy to advance super pollutant mitigation  
  • Plenary: Science-Policy Dialogue - A “One Atmosphere” Approach 

20 March: Momentum to COP30

  • Plenary panel - What does it take to match finance to scale action on the ground? 
Parallel sessions

Cooling  

  • Increasing ambition
  • CCAC Cooling Projects

Fossil Fuels:

  • The Strategic Importance of Methane Management  

  • The Fossil Fuel Regulatory Program (FFRP): a rapid path towards effective regulation

Household Energy  

  • Advancing Clean Cooking  

  • Coordinating support at the national and regional levels 

Parallel sessions
  • CCAC/GMI Biogas Subcommittee meeting
  • Scaling up action through the CCAC TEAP
  • Closing Plenary: Now We Can: Championing climate and clean air action on the road to COP 

21 March: Site Visits (Space limited; registration required) 

  • Site Visit: Waste Management
  • Site Visit: Air Quality Action
  • Site Visit: Sustainable Agriculture 

If you have any questions, please contact the CCAC Secretariat at secretariat [at] ccacoalition.org.  

 

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