COP30 in Brazil in the spirit of mutirão – Dr. Barbara Wassen’s first-hand account of COP at the Race to Zero working group

One of the BCSDH Race to Zero working group’s key events of the year took place on November 25. The meeting was particularly timely, as COP30 had ended just a few days earlier in Belém, allowing participants to receive first-hand, reliable, and detailed information about the most important climate policy developments of the year.

On behalf of AutoWallis Nyrt., the host of the event, Gábor Ormosy, CEO welcomed the attendees, followed by Dr. Barbara Wassen, Ambassador-at-Large for Climate at the Energy Ministry, who gave a comprehensive presentation on the most important developments at COP30. The most important political outcome of the event was the adoption of the Global Mutirão decision, which elevates the logic of collective action originating in Brazilian culture to a global level. This cooperation-based framework focuses on the accelerated implementation steps necessary to keep the 1.5 °C target alive, including more effective implementation of countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and strengthening international cooperation.

In the next part of the program, Tímea Kovács, ESG expert at AutoWallis, presented the company’s sustainability activities and goals. The series of presentations was concluded by Irén Márta, director of BCSDH, who presented the main current issues in the field of climate-neutral operation and adaptation.

The event was concluded with an informal professional discussion, during which participants shared their own climate and sustainability challenges, good practices, and lessons learned from the COP.

Dr. Barbara Wassen’s daily report on COP30 is available here: https://ceenergynews.com/cop30-insights/

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