Climate Change

Japan and Brazil have been hosting the Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change (the Japan-Brazil Dialogue) in Tokyo every year since 2002. The objective of the meeting is to have discussions in a candid and informal manner among chief negotiators and other officials from various countries. The participants in this year’s meeting discussed the outlooks and issues of negotiations on mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation etc., towards COP30 to be held in Belem (the Federative Republic of Brazil) from November 10th to 21st.

(1) Date:

Thursday 13th March and Friday 14th March 2025

(2) Venue:

Mita Conference Hall, Tokyo

(3) Co-Chairs:

(Japan) Mr. NAKAMURA Ryo, Ambassador, Assistant Minister and Director General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(Brazil) Ms. Liliam Chagas, Ambassador, Director for Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(Countries/Region) Australia, Azerbaijan (COP29 Presidency), Brazil (COP30 Presidency), Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, European Commission, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Poland, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Türkiye, UAE, UK

(Observers) SBSTA Chair, SBI Chair, The UNFCCC Secretariat, and C2ES