the COP30 Presidency announced that the pre-COP will be held on October 13-14 in Brasilia, in the Federal District (DF). The pre-COP meeting gathers climate-negotiating ministers and seeks to promote agreements on key issues for COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Pará.
Around 30 to 50 international delegations will participate in the pre-COP, organized by its host country about a month before the climate conference. Observer representatives from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will also be invited.
It is expected that 800 people will attend, including international delegations and observers. The venue for the pre-COP will be announced in the coming weeks.
Although the pre-COP is not part of the official UNFCCC calendar of events, it is one of a series of meetings held throughout the year in the run-up to the climate conference. These include the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin in March and the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in May.
Azerbaijan, host of COP29, held its pre-COP in Baku, and the United Arab Emirates, presidents of COP28, held their pre-COP in Abu Dhabi. COP27, hosted by Egypt, had its pre-COP in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. COP26, chaired by the United Kingdom in partnership with Italy, held its pre-COP in Milan.
