Media Advisory: Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025, Brasília, Brazil

The theme of this year’s Conference is “Accelerating Action on Super Pollutants: The Road to COP30”. Action is urgent because action on super pollutants is the emergency brake for climate, due to a combination of time and temperature. Action is doable because action on super pollutants comes with a double dividend to effectively address air pollution and reduce the risk of hitting climate tipping points. The event will bring together country representatives, global experts, and policy leaders from across the partnership. As countries prepare their updated national climate plans, or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) on the road to COP30, this year’s Conference will focus on integrating super pollutants and ways to tackle air pollution in national and global climate strategies.

Sessions at the Conference will cover NDCs 3.0, gender equity as a driver of action, a science-policy dialogue highlighting a “one atmosphere” approach, scaling up finance on super pollutants, a marketplace of ideas to drive innovation from the partnership, and sectoral breakout conversations with the CCAC’s six sectoral hubs (agriculture, heavy duty vehicles and engines, waste, household energy, fossil fuels, and cooling). 

Key Media Moment

What: Opening plenary of the Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 and media Q&A

When: March 18, 9:00 – 11:15 BRT

Where: Meliá Brasil 21

High-level remarks, open to media, from leading voices on super pollutant action, including: 

• Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil 

• Sônia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil 

• Adalberto Maluf, CCAC Co-Chair and National Secretary of Urban Environment, Water Resources and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil 

• Valerie Hickey, Global Climate Change Director, World Bank

• Pedro Alves Correa Neto, Secretary of Innovation, Sustainable Development, Irrigation, and Cooperativism, Brazil 

• Martina Otto, Head of the CCAC Secretariat

• Marcelo Mena, CEO of Global Methane Hub

• Tony Kay OBE, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Brasilia 

• Alberto Pacheco Capella, UNEP Representative in Brazil 

• Cleonilde Maria Nascimento, Brazil Youth Representative 

• Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Note that from 10:45 – 11:15, following the conclusion of the opening plenary, there will be an opportunity for members of the media to participate in a question-and-answer session with select plenary speakers.  

Please confirm your attendance in advance at secretariat [at] ccacoalition.org (secretariat[at]ccacoalition[dot]org)

Key Media Moment

What: Closing plenary of the Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025

When: March 20, 15:45 – 17:00 BRT

Where: Meliá Brasil 21

Closing remarks, open to media, that summarize discussions and progress made at the Conference, featuring: 

• Adalberto Maluf, CCAC Co-Chair and National Secretary of Urban Environment, Water Resources and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil 

• Drew Shindell, CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel Chair and Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University.

• Martina Otto, Head of the CCAC Secretariat

• Claire Henly, Executive Director, Super Pollutant Field Catalyst

• Nkiruka Madeuekwe, Global Methane Pledge Champion, Nigeria

• Masako Ogawa, Global Methane Pledge Champion, Japan

• Andria Sherstone, Global Methane Pledge Champion, Canada

• Su McCluskey, Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Australia

• Leona Kolberg, European Commission 

Please confirm your attendance in advance at secretariat [at] ccacoalition.org (secretariat[at]ccacoalition[dot]org)

Expected Announcements

As part of discussions throughout the week, there are several expected announcements and updates from the partnership, with details provided via press release at the conclusion of the Conference. These announcements and updates include: 

• Launch of UNEP’s Accelerating the Global Shift to a Cleaner On-Road Diesel Fleet – an update of the Global Strategy to Introduce Low-Sulfur Fuels and Cleaner Diesel Vehicles

• The release of a CCAC Technology and Assessment Panel (TEAP) report on black soldier fly technology to reduce methane emissions 

• The release of a policy brief on digital extension services technology to reduce methane emissions from the livestock sector 

• Announcement of a strategy aimed at making the Bioceanic Road Corridor more sustainable

• Announcing new governments working with the Lowering Organic Waste Methane (LOW-M) partnership, and launching the Lowering Organic Waste Methane (LOW-M) Data Guidance - Unlocking action through emissions data

• Launch of the CCAC-Oxfam America gender-focused Transformative Action Plan 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)  

The UNEP-Convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a partnership of over 200 governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. It works to reduce powerful but short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) – methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and tropospheric ozone – that drive both climate change and air pollution. Co-Chaired by the United Kingdom and Brazil, it connects ambitious agenda setting with targeted mitigation action within countries and sectors. Robust science and analysis underpin its efforts, and bolstered by its Trust Fund, it has given rise to high level political commitment, in-country support, and a range of tools that help make the case for action and support implementation. 

For more information, please contact: 

Ava Bahrami, Communications Officer, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat at United Nations Environment Programme – Ava.Bahrami [at] un.org (Ava[dot]Bahrami[at]un[dot]org) 

Vincent Hughes, Communications and Media Consultant, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat at United Nations Environment Programme – Vincent.Hughes [at] un.org (Vincent[dot]Hughes[at]un[dot]org)