ANDE emphasized that SGBs across the Global South are already scaling viable climate innovations, urging policymakers to integrate these entrepreneurs into climate strategies and direct finance toward their proven solutions.
Brazil Brings Ground-Level Climate Realities Into Global Debate
Brazil’s role as host significantly shaped both the substance and the diversity of participation. Local entrepreneurs, ESOs, and community-based organizations engaged directly with global stakeholders, bringing operational experience and on-the-ground insights into policy discussions often held far from regions where climate impacts are most acute.
ANDE’s strong presence in Brazil helped deepen this engagement. Long-standing relationships across the ecosystem enabled targeted convenings and ensured that Brazilian perspectives were included in conversations about climate finance, supply chains, and adaptation.
COP30 reaffirmed the value of rotating host locations. Geographic diversity ensures that climate policy reflects a broader range of institutional and economic contexts, and that global dialogues are informed by those closest to climate risks and solutions. Hosting COP in the Amazon was a powerful reminder that climate policy cannot be written far from the places where climate impacts land hardest. Rotation is not symbolic—it is essential.
Putting Small and Growing Businesses at the Center of Climate Action
From São Paulo: Where Climate Conversations Begin
To Belém: Where Local Realities Meet Global Decisions
Entrepreneurship as a Climate Engine
Looking Ahead: COP as a Starting Point
ANDE Member Highlights at COP30
Brazilian Climate Innovation Takes the Global Stage
Impact Hub São Paulo’s contributions at COP30 showcased the strength and maturity of Brazil’s impact ecosystem. The progress made—across innovation, investment, collaboration, and narrative-building—directly supports ANDE Brasil’s priorities and establishes a strong foundation for continued momentum in 2025. Together with partners across the ANDE network, we remain committed to transforming territorial solutions into systemic climate impact and advancing a new climate economy rooted in local ingenuity.