From 10 to 21 November 2025, Belem, Brazil. The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference will convene in Brazil. It will bring together the signatory countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A key task for the COP is to review the national communications and emission inventories submitted by Parties. Based on this information, the COP assesses the effects of the measures taken by Parties and the progress made in achieving the ultimate objective of the Convention. The Parties also discuss the measures and means that need to be committed to ensure progress towards the reduction ambition, which are then reported into a joint declaration.
Renewed partnership with ISWA
The FSWP is pursuing its partnership with ISWA initiated at COP28 to consolidate the contributions of all solid waste stakeholders in this international arena. It is a unique opportunity to unify the voice of the waste sector, in order to amplify its outreach to the climate community and mobilise national delegations around an ambition to reduce emissions through improved waste management (prevention, source separation, collection and treatment, recycling).
A high-level event ahead of the COP
6 november 2025 - Participation by invitation only
ustainable cities are cities that set high ambitions on waste prevention and waste sorting for recovery, as well as ensure they provide for the collection and safe final disposal of the waste that could not be avoided nor recycled. Implementing these waste management strategies can unleash a mitigation potential of up to 20% of global emissions. However, their full implementation requires a transition from the 3Rs (Reduce, Recycle, Recover) to reshaping business models and the global economy to achieve the 3Ds (Decouple growth from waste generation, Decarbonize and Decontaminate the economies).
This high-level event will provide a platform for Local Authorities, National Governments, Private Companies and Financiers to share their challenges and opportunities in shaping projects that contribute to this ambitious transition, identifying synergies to accelerate action.
Our 2025 publication « Atlas on Waste Management and Climate Change Mitigation. Focus on integrating waste initiatives into NDCs. » will be widely shared around these events. The latter is available to download.
Tentative flyer
