Portugal at COP28.
A small country with big numbers, one might say. Be that in climate goals, clean energy achievements or pioneer technologies.
You see, size is nothing next to ambition.
The same ambition that, despite it all, still leaves us to wonder:
A question to which, to be honest, we already know the answer: no, not even close.
Because being the first and the best is not enough.
You see, ambition is nothing if you’re all alone.
So, let’s do more than enough: let’s work together to make the world a better place.
Program
15h – 15h30 EVENT
Opening Ceremony of the Portugal Pavilion
Promoter: Ministry for Environment and Climate Action of Portugal
15h30 – 16h EVENT
High level
Signing Ceremony for the Financial Commitment Agreement between the Portuguese Environmental Fund and the Green Climate Fund
Promoter: Ministry for Environment and Climate Action of Portugal and Green Climate Fund
16h – 16h30 EVENT
CPLP
High level
Debt Swap for Climate Finance: How Portugal and Cape Verde want to lead the Climate Transition
Promoters: Governments of Portugal and Cape Verde
15h30 – 16h15 EVENT
CPLP
High level
Launch of the Portuguese Version of the Executive Summary of the International Energy Agency Report Financing Clean Energy in Africa
Promoters: Ministry for Environment and Climate Action of Portugal and International Energy Agency
10h – 11h PANEL
Me to We: Collaborative Transition
Promoter: Fidelidade Companhia de Seguros
15h – 16h PANEL
Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality in the Azores – Challenges in an outermost and isolated region, composed by nine islands
Promoter: Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change of the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores
17h – 18h PANEL
High level
Public participation and climate action
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
“100 Aldeias” Project
Promoter: EDM – Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro
SHOWCASE
Climate action in Portuguese-speaking SIDS and community involvement
Promoter: EFRICAN, NGO
VIDEO STORY
Ocean Film
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
10h – 11h PANEL
How an Investment Fund aims to change the Portuguese rural landscape and have a positive impact in nature and biodiversity
Promoter: Land Fund
12h – 13h30 PANEL
CPLP
Women 4our Climate: From Portuguese Speaking Countries to the World
Promoter: Business as Nature, NGO
15h – 16h PANEL
How good fire governance can help tackle climate crisis participation and climate action
Promoter: AGIF – Agency for Integrated Rural Fire Management
17h30 EVENT
MORE Malawi – Mountains Recovery System
Promoter: Mamaland
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
Sustainable Finance & ESG Performance
Promoter: United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal
10h – 11h PANEL
Critical Raw Materials in the Climate Transition Era
Promoter: EDM – Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro
12h – 13h PANEL
Energy Transition in Cities: Green Investments furthered by the European Green Deal
Promoter: Municipality of Cascais
14h – 15h PANEL
Mobi.E Network: A Live Example of AFIR?
Promoter: Mobi.E
15h30 – 16h30 PANEL
Transition to Renewable Energy: From Ambition to Action
Promoter: National Laboratory of Energy and Geology
17h – 18h PANEL
The Role of Green Hydrogen in the Energy Transition
Promoter: APREN – Portuguese Renewable Energy Association
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
Windfloat
Promoter: EDP
SHOWCASE
PRF Hydrogen Projects
Promoter: PRF
10h – 11h PANEL
Green Transport for a Greener Tomorrow
Promoter: AMT – Authority for Mobility and Transport
11h30 – 12h30 PANEL
Public Transport Steering Portugal Towards Carbon Neutrality
Promoter: IMT – Institute for Mobility and Transport
13h – 14h PANEL
Sustainable mobility for carbon-neutral cities: a community-based approach
Promoter: CEiiA
15h – 16h30 MASTERCLASS
High level
Delivering effective policy for Active and Public Transport to meet the Paris Agreement
Promoter: Walk 21 Foundation/International Association of Public Transport
17h – 18h EVENT
High level
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
BE NEUTRAL Position Portugal as an exporter of zero carbon mobility cyber-physical products for cities around the world
Promoter: S317 Consulting
SHOWCASE
Mobi.E Network: A Live Example of AFIR?
Promoter: Mobi.E
09h – 20h
The Portugal Pavilion, similar to others, is closed, with no scheduled events or initiatives.
10h – 11h PANEL
Green Jobs: why they matter for a sustainable economy
Promoter: ADENE – Portuguese Energy Agency
12h – 13h PANEL
CPLP
Tourism and community-based solutions as a key factor in the sustainable development
Promoter: EFRICAN, NGO
13h30 – 14h EVENT
The Impact of Climate Change on Antarctica: Call to Action
Promoter: Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet, REFACOF (African Women’s Network for Community Forest Management)
14h30 – 15h30 PANEL
CPLP
Crafting Paris+10: Stable Climate as a Common Heritage of Humankind
Promoter: Common Home for Humanity, NGO
16h – 17h EVENT
High level
Mobilizing Ocean-Based Climate Action: charting a way forward
Promoters: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Portugal and Oceano Azul Foundation
17h30 – 18h30 EVENT
High level
Portuguese Foundations: Front Runners in the Climate Transition
Promoters: Serralves Foundation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
10h – 11h PANEL
CPLP
Climate action in Portuguese-speaking SIDS as a strategic collaboration unit
Promoter: EFRICAN, NGO
12h – 13h PANEL
Connecting Blue Carbon Experiences: Guiding Cimate Impact for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Promoter: WWF/ANP/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
14h – 15h PANEL
Accelerating renewables without harming nature?
Promoter: ZERO, NGO
15h30 – 16h30 EVENT
CPLP
High level
Ocean-Climate Nexus: Contributions from Portuguese-speaking countries
Promoters: IPDM – Portuguese Institute of the Law of the Sea
17h – 18h EVENT
High level
Marine Natural Park of the Algarve Reef – Pedra do Valado
Promoters: ICNF – Portuguese Institute for Nature Conservancy and Forests and Oceano Azul Foundation
18h30 – 20H
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
Nature-based Solution in the urban context – experiences of Portuguese cities
Promoter: WWF/ANP, NGO
VIDEO STORY
Portugal Natural
Promoter: ICNF – Portuguese Institute for Nature Conservancy and Forests
VIDEO STORY
Ocean Film
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
10h – 11h PANEL
From COPs to Action: Managing the Interconnected Challenges of Climate and Biodiversity
Promoter: EY Portugal
12h – 13h PANEL
The role of water-energy nexus for sustainable development
Promoter: Portuguese Agency for Energy
15h – 16h EVENT
Water management and sustainable food production – the cases of olive oil and nuts production in Portugal
Promoter: Ministry for Agriculture and Food of Portugal
17h – 18h EVENT
Young Leadership in Climate Careers
Promoter: Youth Climate Leaders Environmental Association (YCL)
18h30 – 20h
GET TOGETHER
SHOWCASE
Tâmega river giga battery
Promoter: Iberdrola
SHOWCASE
Alqueva Floating Solar Farm
Promoter: EDP
VIDEO STORY
Water and Agriculture Film
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
VIDEO STORY
Água Film
Promoter: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
09h – 20h
The Portugal Pavilion, similar to others, is open, with no scheduled events or initiatives.
09h – 20h