The urgency of climate action has made COP30 in Bélem the “implementation COP”. The Partnership for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) will be on the ground, taking its expertise in innovation and best practices that translate to impacts on the ground.
PEEB’s presence at the Conference will approach different strategies to mobilise finance for implementation. Carbon finance, development banks, and subnational leadership will be on the spotlight to show that solutions can be implemented when we use the right frameworks.
Our activities will include the launch of a first-of-its-kind Handbook for the use of Carbon Market for buildings, sharing experiences from development banks and best practices from subnational actors in Argentina. Check the full PEEB participation calendar below and join us in making finance work for buildings at COP30!
Climate finance innovation for buildings: changing the game through carbon markets and development banks
- Event: Climate Finance Innovations for Buildings: Opportunities for Development Banks and Carbon Markets
- Organiser: PEEB, FiCS/IDFC, IFD, GGGI
- Location: COP30 Buildings and Cooling pavilion, PV-C82, Blue zone, Bélem, Brazil
- Date: 13 November 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 11:30 – Brazilian time zone GMT – 3 (14:00-15:30 CEST)
- Online transmission link: coming soon
In this high-level session at COP30, PEEB will gather financial sector and sustainable development leaders to discuss climate finance innovations and their potential to scale finance flows for sustainable buildings. Speakers will discuss how the finance and building sectors can take advantage of an evolving landscape of new finance taxonomies and carbon market regulations to close the investment gap in building energy efficiency and make this sector, which accounts for 34% of global GHG emissions and 10% of global GDP, a game-changer for climate action.
Topics addressed will include:
- Mobilising finance via Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for Buildings: PEEB will launch a first-of-its-kind handbook that guides project development through the steps of developing bankable Article 6 building projects.
- Article 6 insights from the ground: Nana Maidugu, Head of Sustainability and ESG, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, will share insights from PEEB’s Article 6 work in Nigeria.
- Integrating sustainability into (development) financial institution operation, including the roles of pilot projects and public finance. With insights from Katja Eisbrenner (Director & Programme Director for International Climate Initiative [IKI] projects at Guidehouse) and Sébastien Soleille (Director Sustainable Finance, French Banking Federation)
- Policies for promoting finance flows, with Nicolas Picchiottino(Secretary General of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and Head of Public Development Banks Mobilisation at AFD)
Financing the Energy Transition in Buildings for a Sustainable Future
- Event: Implementing the Chaillot Declaration: financing buildings and social infrastructure for decarbonization and adaptation
- Organiser: PEEB, AFD, French Ministry for Ecological Transition
- Location: COP30 French pavilion, Bélem, Brazil
- Date: 12 November 2025
- Time: 14h – 15h30- Brazilian time zone GMT – 3
- Online transmission link:
At COP30, this event will showcase the buildings sector as a key lever for achieving carbon neutrality and resilience. It will also highlight the central role of the ICBC, which will meet for the first time at ministerial level to advance the implementation of the Chaillot Declaration. The roundtable will explore how public policies, supported by innovative financing and solutions, can translate into tangible projects on the ground. Among these initiatives, the Partnership for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB), illustrates how combining concessional finance with technical assistance can transform the building sector.