Capacity-building Hub: Designing capacity for culture-based climate action

18 Nov. 2025

14:00h - 15:15h

BRT/UTC-3

Belém, Brazil

Brazil

Special event room - Tapajos, Area C

Area C

English

Capacity-building Hub: Designing capacity for culture-based climate action

18 Nov. 2025

14:00h - 15:15h

BRT/UTC-3

Belém, Brazil

Brazil

Special event room - Tapajos, Area C

Area C

English

Organizers

The Convergence

Entertainment + Culture Pavilion

Peoples Palace Project

Background

This session convened experts for an open dialogue on how culture can drive systemic climate solutions. It examined how strategic collaboration, shared learning, and capacity-building mechanisms can align cultural action with broader climate goals. The discussion aimed to chart pathways for collective mobilization - bridging cultural creativity, institutional frameworks, and funding ecosystems to accelerate scalable and high-impact cultural climate initiatives.

Agenda

Time	Segment	Speaker/Affiliation
14:00 - 14:30	Panel: From Funding to Collective Capacity	Ave Paulus, ICOMOS, Climate Action WG Focal Point Alexa Halpern, UNFCCC / ECCA Thiago Jesus, We Make Tomorrow / Peoples Palace Project
14:30 - 15:00	3 Break Out Groups: Segment will be aimed at providing practical insights for solutions for Capacity building gaps for Culture-based climate action.	Breakout Leads / Speakers: ECCA Solutions: Accelerator City Program Themes: Cities We Make Tomorrow Campaign Solutions: Global Campaign, Culture Mapping Themes: Advocacy and Mobilization Heritage Adapts Community of Action Solutions: Heritage Adapts - 3000 x 2030 Themes: Capacity Building / Knowledge Sharing
15:00 - 15:15	Closing: Reporting back to plenary with outcomes of discussions