On Thursday, 11 December, the Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change will conclude its 2025 academic events schedule by hosting the seminar The Future After COP30 and the release event for books published by our team over the year at the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ). Between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., researchers from the Observatory will gather in the Olavo Brasil Room for two roundtable discussions to offer a critical assessment of the 30th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in Brazil. Starting at 7 p.m., a cocktail reception will be held to celebrate the release in Rio de Janeiro of the four publications presented by the OIMC in Belém (PA) during the Conference.

Programme:

2 p.m.: Opening of the event

• Carlos R. S. Milani (Director of OIMC)

2.30 p.m. – Panel 1: COP 30 between frustration and some progress

• Bruna Bataglia (IESP-UERJ)
• Carolina de F. Garrido (JUMA/PUC-RIO)
• Júlia Nascimento Santos (RI-UERJ)
• Mariana Castro (IESP-UERJ)
• Viviane F. de Oliveira (EGG-UFF)
• Moderator: Elza Neffa (PPGMA/UERJ)

5:00 p.m. – Panel 2: The future of climate multilateralism

• Ana Paula Tostes (Cátedra Jean Monnet – UERJ)
• Rubens de S. Duarte (IMM-ECEME)
• Janaína Pinto (IESP-UERJ)
• Beatriz Triani (IESP-UERJ)
• Thaís J. Batista (IESP-UERJ)
• Carlos R. S. Milani
• Moderator: Polianna de A. Portela (IESP-UERJ)

7 p.m. – New releases:

• Atlas of Climate Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean (CLACSO, 2025): Partnership with the Observatory of Geopolitics and Ecosocial Transitions (GeoEcos), edited by Enara Echart Muñoz (UCM), Lara Sartorio (IMAR-Unifesp), Rubens Duarte, Breno Bringel (IESP-UERJ), Carlos Milani  and Caio Samuel Milagres (IMM-ECEME). 
• The climate emergency is knocking on our door: how can we overcome fatalism and imagine sustainable futures? (Mórula, 2025): Second volume of the Climate Emergency Collection, organised by Bruna Bataglia and Carolina de F. Garrido.
• Anthropocene, climate change and social sciences in Brazil (Mórula, 2025): Third volume of the Climate Emergency Collection, organised by Carlos Milani, Luisa Harduim and Mariana Castro.
• Green agenda in European Union-Latin America relations (Mórula, 2025): Fourth volume of the Climate Emergency Collection, organised by Ana Paula Tostes and Yasmin Renni (NOVA University Lisbon).