Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
With just weeks to go until COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the world’s attention is turning to how global climate commitments can move from promise to practice. Investors are central to this shift — from financing the transition to engaging with policymakers - all of which we’ll be discussing at PRI in Person in São Paulo, just days before COP30 kicks off. In this episode, Tamsin Ballard, Chief Investor Initiatives Officer at the PRI, speaks to Ana Toni, CEO of COP30, about the critical role of the investment community in shaping outcomes at this year’s UN Climate Conference.
Overview
COP30 marks a pivotal moment: the first time all elements of the Paris Agreement’s “full cycle” come into play. Countries must submit their decarbonisation and adaptation plans through to 2035, setting the framework that will guide both public and private capital flows. Against the backdrop of worsening climate impacts — and all this as the Amazon rainforest hosts — the stakes for implementation have never been higher.
Ana Toni outlines her three cross-cutting priorities for COP30:
Protecting the multilateral system to ensure global cooperation.
For more information on PRI in person, or its plans for COP30, please visit the following links:
PRI in Person 2025 - 4-6 November: pip2025.registration.unpri.org/saopaulo/registration/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shownotes_bonus
The Road to COP30:
unpri.org/sustainability-issues/climate-change/the-road-to-cop30?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shownotes_bonus
Visit the PRI website: unpri.org
With just weeks to go until COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the world’s attention is turning to how global climate commitments can move from promise to practice. Investors are central to this shift — from financing the transition to engaging with policymakers - all of which we’ll be discussing at PRI in Person in São Paulo, just days before COP30 kicks off. In this episode, Tamsin Ballard, Chief Investor Initiatives Officer at the PRI, speaks to Ana Toni, CEO of COP30, about the critical role of the investment community in shaping outcomes at this year’s UN Climate Conference.
Overview
COP30 marks a pivotal moment: the first time all elements of the Paris Agreement’s “full cycle” come into play. Countries must submit their decarbonisation and adaptation plans through to 2035, setting the framework that will guide both public and private capital flows. Against the backdrop of worsening climate impacts — and all this as the Amazon rainforest hosts — the stakes for implementation have never been higher.
Ana Toni outlines her three cross-cutting priorities for COP30:
Protecting the multilateral system to ensure global cooperation.
For more information on PRI in person, or its plans for COP30, please visit the following links:
PRI in Person 2025 - 4-6 November: pip2025.registration.unpri.org/saopaulo/registration/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shownotes_bonus
The Road to COP30:
unpri.org/sustainability-issues/climate-change/the-road-to-cop30?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shownotes_bonus
Visit the PRI website: unpri.org
