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#27 COP30: Sustainable infrastructure, adaptation and the battle for 1.5°C

5 December 2025

COP30 has been called the most important climate conference in years – and for emerging markets and developing economies, the stakes couldn’t be higher. These regions are already living with the accelerating impacts of climate change, making the agreements reached at COP crucial for their futures.

PIDG has attended every COP since Glasgow. This year, our CEO and Climate Change Manager were on the ground in Brazil, engaging in discussions on adaptation, resilience, nature-positive infrastructure, and the mobilisation of private finance.

In this episode, we reflect on the biggest takeaways from this year’s event, how financial institutions can collaborate for better climate risk management, and the role of nature-positive infrastructure to align climate, biodiversity and equity goals. We also explore what all of this means for PIDG’s bold 2030 Strategy.

Our guests are:

Philippe Valahu, CEO PIDG
Stuart Cannon, Climate Change Manager, PIDG

Your host is Marcel Klebba, Communications Manager at PIDG.

Learn more about PIDG on our website, pidg.org.

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