From Crisis to Synergy: The world faces a triple planetary crisis — climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Addressing these interconnected challenges requires integrated, synergistic solutions across all sectors. Building on the UNEA-6 Synergy Resolution, this official COP30 side event brings together governments, international organizations, business leaders, and youth to showcase real-world examples of synergy in action — from policy and finance to innovation and partnerships.
The event will highlight UNEP’s global leadership, new insights from the Asia-Pacific Synergy Report (APSR), and pioneering opportunity and initiatives such as Japan’s opportunity of Greenｘ EXPO 2027 and WBCSD’s Global Circularity Protocol for Business.
Through an interactive dialogue among UNEP, IUCN, WBCSD, ADB, IGES, and others, participants will explore concrete pathways to accelerate integrated transformations — linking nature, climate, and people toward the 2030 Agenda and beyond.
The discussion will contribute to shaping UNEA-7 deliberations on synergistic implementation of the multilateral environmental agreements.
Event Details
Side Event Room 1, Blue Zone, Belém, Brazil
Presentation Materials
| Opening Remarks – Welcome and Invited Remarks | |||
| DOI Kentaro, Vice-Minister for Global Environment Affairs ,MOEJ | |||
| Niklas Hagelberg, Subprogramme Coordinator for Climate Change, UNEP | |||
| Keynote Presentations – Global and Regional Perspectives on Synergies | |||
| Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE); Co-Lead of the APSR and Member of the Expert Panel for the Global Synergy Report “From Global to Asia-Pacific Synergies: Progress and insights from the Asia-Pacific Synergy Report (APSR) and regional outlook toward Post 2030 Agenda” | |||
| Stakeholder Dialogue – Accelerating Synergies through Partnerships | |||
| Moderator: | Junichi Fujino, Principal Synergy Coordinator, IGES | ||
| Panelists: | Sandeep Sengupta, Global Policy Lead on Climate Change, IUCN “Linking Nature, Climate, and Land: Integrating the Rio Conventions in Practice.” | ||
| Quentin Drewell, Senior Director, Circular Products & Materials, WBCSD “The Global Circularity Protocol for Business (GCP): Driving synergy through business innovation.” | |||
| Misa Kenmiya, Executive Director, Sustainability Management Department, Japan Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama “Leveraging GREEN X EXPO 2027 towards society with synergies” | |||
| Yoko Watanabe, Director for Environment, ADB “ADB’s Effort to Scale Investment to Accelerates Synergies in the Asia-Pacific” | |||
| Haruno Tadokoro, Director, Energy Policy Division, Climate Youth Japan | |||
| Commentators: | Bernhard Stormyr, Head of Sustainable Management at Yara | ||
| Khulan Berger, Director of Development, CLIMAT BRIDGES | |||
| Open Floor Discussion | |||