An official side event is being co-organised by WaterLANDS partners Wetlands International, the Michael Succow Foundation and Landscape Finance Lab at the COP30 in Brazil, exploring how the “Peatland Breakthrough” is catalysing global action, and uniting countries, communities, and companies to restore and protect one of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems.

Event Details

🌿Monday, 17th November 2025, 18:30—20:00 (GMT-3)

🌿Side Event Room 1, Blue Zone, UNFCCC COP30, Belém Brazil

🌿In-person, register here

🌿Livestreaming available for COP30 virtual-only registered participants

The Peatland Breakthrough - A Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands

A Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands for Climate, Nature and People. This COP30 official side event will explore how the Peatland Breakthrough is catalyzing global action, and uniting countries, communities, and companies to restore and protect one of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems.

This official side event is a pre-launch milestone for the Peatland Breakthrough, a high-ambition global effort under the UNFCCC 2030 Breakthrough Agenda, and a call to action and commitment to scale up efforts towards the conservation, restoration, and sustainable, wise use of peatlands. Engaging with a broad audience from the whole of society, this event presents the Peatland Breakthrough and its Science-Based Framework for Global Targets and Guiding Principles, and announces the opening of its endorsement process. There will be two roundtables; the first with Ministers and high-level government representatives to share their national perspectives and commitments to advancing the Peatland Breakthrough. A second roundtable will engage non-state actors to share their experiences and how they can contribute to the Peatland Breakthrough, demonstrating how involving different actors is key to transforming the targets into practical action and impacts on the ground.

The session will highlight the growing coalition of Champion Countries and partners, showcasing how collective leadership and multi-sector partnerships can mobilize knowledge, policy, and finance for transformative peatland action. The discussion will build momentum and shared ownership of the Peatland Breakthrough, reaffirming peatlands as critical ecosystems for climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, water security, and resilient livelihoods.

The is event is co-organised by by Wetlands International, the Michael Succow Foundation (partner in the Greifswald Moor Centrum), Global Environment Centre and the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU), in collaboration with the other Peatland Breakthrough partners, including FAO, the Global Peatlands Initiative, Landscape Finance Lab, UN Environment Programme and the Convention on Wetlands.