This year’s summit is being framed as the moment to move from negotiation to implementation. After the “Finance COP” in Baku fell short of expectations, the global community arrives in Belém with a clear message: delivery matters.
“We need a new era beyond negotiating talks: we must help put into practice what we have agreed.” – André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President
With that mandate, COP30 is designed around Thematic Days that focus on connecting big commitments to real world action.
1.Climate Finance: Turning Pledges into Pathways
Climate finance will sit at the heart of COP30. Discussions will determine how money flows and how accessible it becomes for mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. These outcomes will shape how both public and private finance interact for decades.
The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG)
At the centre is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), the next major financial commitment under the Paris Agreement. Two benchmarks are expected to dominate conversation:
- Developed countries providing at least US$300 billion annually by 2035.
- A global ambition to mobilise US$1.3 trillion per year from public and private sources combined.
The Baku-to-Belém Roadmap
Supporting that ambition is the Baku-to-Belém Roadmap, a framework that transforms those targets into milestones and monitoring tools. It sets the tone for what counts as climate finance and how it gets measured.
Expect focus on:
• Defining climate finance (public vs private vs concessional)
• Ensuring non debt creating mechanisms for developing economies
• Scaling private sector participation
• Balancing funding between adaptation, mitigation, and loss & damage
For business leaders, this Roadmap is more than policy, it’s a market signal. It will influence where capital flows, which projects qualify, and how organisations position themselves to attract investment.
2.Carbon Accounting: From Rules to Results
While COP30 won’t rewrite corporate accounting rules, it will refine the systems that sit behind them, especially around carbon markets and net zero standards.
UN Carbon Market (Article 6)
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement governs international carbon markets. While formal guidance won’t reopen until 2028, COP30 will focus on implementing what’s already agreed:
Article 6.2: Expanding theCentralisedAccounting and Reporting Platform (CARP) and facilitating country to country trades of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs)
Article 6.4: Operationalising the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), a regulated system for trading verified emission-reduction credits
For corporates, this means tighter verification, authorisation, and quality control of credits, boosting credibility but raising the bar for participation.
ISO Net Zero Standard
Running in parallel, the ISO Net Zero Standard is expected to open for public consultation during COP30. It aims to unify definitions, strengthen accountability, and create globally consistent criteria for what “net zero” actually means.
This will:
– Align with frameworks like SBTi’s Corporate Net Zero Standard
– Help guard against greenwashing
– Make climate reporting and verification more credible and comparable
In short, organisations will need to prove performance, not just promise it.
3. The Pivot to Action
COP30 marks the shift from what we will do to how we’re doing it. It’s about embedding climate ambition into economic systems, investment flows, and corporate governance.
With more than 30,000 attendees from 190 countries, the success of Belém will depend on how far global leaders can push beyond pledges, setting frameworks that enable progress at scale, and credibility at speed.
How Flotilla Can Help
At Flotilla, we help organisations move faster and smarter through this transition, turning sustainability demands into strategic advantage.
Get Ahead
- Anticipate policy, market and investor shifts emerging from COP30.
- Align operations and reporting with ISO Net Zero and Article 6 frameworks before they become standard.
Reduce Risk
- Build climateready governance structures and credible data systems
- Strengthen resilience to evolving compliance and disclosure expectations
Unlock Commercial Value
- Identify funding, procurement and partnership opportunities shaped by the Baku-to-Belém Roadmap.
- Position your business to capture climate aligned capital and drive innovation-led growth.
- COP30 will set the tone for the decade ahead. With Flotilla, you can be ready. Turning compliance into confidence and ambition into advantage.
Get in touch to explore how we can help your business navigate the path from pledges to performance.
