[{"jcr:title":"Researchers from the Center for City Research who attended COP30 assess the outcomes of the event","cq:tags_0":"area-de-conhecimento:políticas-públicas/sustentabilidade","cq:tags_1":"area-de-conhecimento:políticas-públicas/urbanismo","cq:tags_2":"area-de-conhecimento:políticas-públicas/cop30","cq:tags_3":"centro-de-conhecimento:laborat-rio-arq--futuro-de-cidades"},{"richText":"The program included presentations of work to the debate of ideas and projects developed by Insper's knowledge center team in areas such as city adaptation, finance, resilience, architecture — including indigenous architecture — urbanism, and urban mobility","authorDate":"28/11/2025 01h40","author":"Leandro Steiw","madeBy":"Por","tag":"centro-de-conhecimento:laborat-rio-arq--futuro-de-cidades","title":"Researchers from the Center for City Research who attended COP30 assess the outcomes of the event","variant":"imagecolor"},{"jcr:title":"verde - vermelho - laranja"},{"themeName":"verde - vermelho - laranja"},{"containerType":"containerTwo"},{"jcr:title":"Grid Container Section","layout":"responsiveGrid"},{"text":"A group of members from the Center for City Research – Laboratório Arq.Futuro at Insper attended the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), held from November 10 to 21 in Belém do Pará, and participated in various activities of the meeting. The program included presentations of work to the debate of ideas and projects developed by Insper's knowledge center team in areas such as city adaptation, finance, resilience, architecture — including indigenous architecture — urbanism, and urban mobility. According to Élcio Batista, Program Director of the Cidade +2°C program, a significant advancement was expected in modeling finance for urban adaptation against climate changes, estimated at 1.3 trillion dollars per year. But, in light of expectations, the result was modest, especially concerning resource sources, timelines, and goals. The final COP30 document also did not define what types of projects would be validated as urban adaptation. Reflecting on the Climate Summit, Batista emphasized the lack of a more precise definition of how to reduce emissions to contain global warming and the absence of greater clarity about when the planet will abandon fossil fuels. In the parallel program at the Insurance House, Batista reports, several conclusions were reached: cities were designed for a climate that no longer exists; extreme events are multiplying; developing countries, including Brazil, pay the highest price in lives and economic activity; the insurance industry is being pulled to the center of climate adaptation; and data, technology, and science can transform the ‘disaster bill’ into a driver of prevention and resilience. Therefore, the Laboratório Arq.Futuro at Insper can work on this frontier between city, climate, data, and finance, becoming a strategic partner of the insurance industry in Brazil and abroad, Batista believes. The discussions at COP30 opened work opportunities with figures and urban risk maps, adaptation finance and insurance models, data science applied to early warnings, executive training for a new generation of public managers, insurance executives, investors, and community leaders, and, finally, in producing evidence on prevention and damage repair post-climatic events. “We have sought to ensure Cidade +2°C provides training and qualification to create a critical mass regarding climate risks and the insurance market,” says Batista. On the 12th, at the Green Zone pavilion, Hannah Arcuschin Machado, Assistant Program Director and principal researcher of the initiative that Batista leads, was alongside him starring the Cidade +2°C Panel, which addressed urban adaptation solutions to climate change. The two members from Laboratório Arq.Futuro at Insper launched at the occasion a policy brief about Barcarena and conversed with guests on mitigation, adaptation, knowledge systematization, and nature-based solutions, among other topics. Hannah also took part in the launch of the synthesis report Resilient Green-Blue Cities, of which she is one of the authors. The main messages of the study were presented on the 14th by the study’s lead researcher, Maria Fernanda Lemos, from PUC-Rio, at the Blue Zone pavilion of the conference. The discussion also addressed the centrality of the housing sector for climate adaptation (with resilient housing), the inequality in the distribution of urban tree cover, public policy levers capable of supporting municipalities in the transition to green and blue resilience, and the diversity of the country’s water-related challenges. Architectures of Indigenous Peoples Beatriz Vanzolini, Program Director of teaching at the Center for City Research – Laboratório Arq.Futuro at Insper, actively contributed to the collective construction process of the Indigenous Biennial, a pre-COP event that took place from November 3 to 10. She says that the coordinating group systematized the main themes and emerging axes in the discussion circles, confirming the title Indigenous Biennial: Architectures and Territories. ‘Architecture stood out as a way of inhabiting, considering its uses, meanings, and materials, as well as the centrality of the territorial issue, including land demarcation, the debate on the time frame, collective life, well-being, and coexistence,’ Beatriz reports. In the title of the Biennial, the term ‘urbanism,’ previously chosen, was replaced by ‘territory’ as a more faithful expression of the living, spiritual, and community-based relationship that each people maintains with their collective spaces, Beatriz explains. She highlights the approach to themes such as memory, traditions, and ways of life, which position architecture as a space of remembrance, culture, and a tool of resistance. Another important point in the discussions was the impact of technological transformations in the villages and their implications for the territories. The listening and construction process of the Biennial brought together dozens of representatives of Indigenous peoples and leaders from various regions of Brazil. The Indigenous Biennial: Architectures and Territories has a diverse list of organizers and supporters. Its conception and implementation are led by Escola da Cidade and the A Gente Transforma Institute, together with the Office of University Outreach and Culture of the São Paulo State University (Unesp Proec) — Casa da Floresta Unesp Peabiru, the Center for the Study of Cities – Arq.Futuro Lab at Insper, Associação Casa Floresta, the Indigenous Media Collective, and the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Institutional support comes from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib). The systematization of the Biennial was presented on the 10th, at the Architecture and Urbanism Council (CAU) space in the Green Zone, by Thiago Karai Djekupe, Carla Bethânia, and Araju Ara Poty, who emphasized the importance of architecture for Indigenous territories. In this first stage, the eight days of activities in the pre-COP period at Casa Maraká involved around 100 people in the process — including Indigenous leaders, university students, cultural collectives, and institutional partners. There were representatives from 30 Indigenous peoples from all over Brazil, among them Arapium, Aruá, Bakairi, Baniwa, Guajajara, Guarani Mbya, Kaiabi, Kamayurá, Kayapó, Karajá, Kuikuro, Macuxi, Marubo, Munduruku, Pankararu, Suruí, Tembé, Tupinambá, Tuxá, Tuyuka, Waiwai, Wapichana, Xikrin, Xipaya, Yanomami, and Yudja. Decarbonizing Urban Transport Sérgio Avelleda, Program Director of the Urban Mobility Resource Unit, also attended COP. He participated in a panel on decarbonization in urban mobility and opportunities for innovation with just transition, conducted by the Ministry of Cities and the Confederação Nacional do Transporte (CNT). Held in the Green Zone, the debate showed that electrification of bus fleets and energy transition can generate more inclusion, social justice, and economic development. “It was a rich conversation, with a very attentive audience, which caught my attention a lot,” comments the coordinator. In Avelleda's report, the guests talked about types of technological solutions that can accompany electrification, prioritizing buses in using lanes and rethinking the digitalization of public transport — so that each user can have easy access via mobile to purchase tickets, check schedules, and know travel time forecasts, among other information. A relevant concern in urban mobility is that the transition to buses with new technologies is not exclusionary. “Since new engines require less maintenance, it is essential to take care of professional training, promote training, and ensure social inclusion,” ponders Avelleda. Considering Brazilian development, the debaters recalled that the country has always been an important platform for exporting diesel buses and that it needs to maintain this economic heritage with a strong national electric bus industry."}]