Where to find Alianza, our members and The Global South House at COP31
The 2026 UN Climate Change Conference – COP31 brings Alianza and its members to different spaces in Antalya, Türkiye, with conversations rooted in the experiences of proximity funds and territories across the Global South.
The agenda includes a Blue Zone event co-organized by Alianza, sessions organized by or featuring our members, and events where The Global South House is participating as a Network Partner or co-organizer.
Across these spaces, discussions will address local climate finance, adaptation, nature-based solutions, youth leadership, social forestry, Indigenous-led action, and the financial infrastructures needed to move resources and decision-making power closer to territories.
Explore the agenda below to find Alianza, our members, and The Global South House across COP31.
From Standing Forests to the New Economy: Local Funding for Climate Change-Oriented Nature-Based Solutions and Sociobiodiversity Enterprises
November 10 | 6:30–8:00 PM
Blue Zone, Room 9 – Safranbolu
Nature-based Solutions (NbS), including agroecology, agroforestry, community-led natural resource management, and sociobiodiversity enterprises, are essential to advancing climate action while conserving biodiversity, safeguarding food security and public health, and supporting a just transition.
Yet, despite their proven contributions to building a more inclusive and sustainable economy, Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, family farmers, and grassroots organizations continue to face significant barriers to accessing climate finance directly.
Local and territorial funds play a strategic role in bridging this gap by channeling resources to communities and strengthening the leadership, networks, and initiatives that translate these solutions into lasting local impact.
Bringing together perspectives from local funds and partners working across the Amazon and Southeast Asia, the panel will explore how to strengthen this financial architecture, scale investment in the sociobiodiversity economy, and better connect international climate finance with solutions already being implemented on the ground.
Co-organized by:
Casa Socio-Environmental Fund
Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur | Socio-environmental Funds of the Global South
GTA – Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico
Rede Comuá
Moderators
Juliana Tinoco – Alianza
Jonathas Azevedo – Rede Comuá
Panelists
Maria Amália Souza – Casa Socio-Environmental Fund
Pedro Rossi – Global Fund for a New Economy
Sila Apurinã – Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico (GTA)
Jean Benevides – Caixa Econômica Federal
Mayna Pomarin – Pastor Rice Grants Fund (NTFP-EP)
ALIANZA MEMBERS AT COP31
November 12
Youth Mutirão: Voices, Territories and Climate Action
Mutirão das juventudes: vozes, territórios e ação climática
9:55–10:40 AM | Children and Youth Pavilion, Blue Zone
With the participation of Casa Socio-Environmental Fund (Brazil), this session will bring together youth perspectives and territorial experiences, exploring how young people and their initiatives can contribute to climate action.
Organized by: Office of the COP30 Presidency Youth Climate Champion (PYCC).
Scaling Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Cities and Ecosystems: Inclusive Multi-Stakeholder Action from Land to Sea
3:00–4:30 PM | Philippine Pavilion, Blue Zone
The Samdhana Institute (Southeast Asia) will participate in this panel discussion on nature-based solutions for climate resilience in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The event will explore multi-stakeholder approaches to urban adaptation and inclusive solutions across land and sea.
Patti Rahmi Rahayu, from Samdhana, will join Panel 2, “Building Resilience Together: Co-Creating Inclusive Nature-Based Solutions for Land and Sea in Southeast Asia,” alongside other regional organizations working on nature-based solutions and community resilience.
Lead Organization: CRS, FFP, IIED, WCS Global
Unlocking the Tripling of Adaptation Finance: Reform, Access and Local Delivery Pathways
6:30–8:00 PM | Side Event Room 8 – Bergama, Blue Zone
ISPN (Institute for Society, Population, and Nature – Brazil) is one of the organizers of this session on the reforms and practical arrangements needed to scale up adaptation finance while improving its quality, predictability, and accessibility. Alianza Executive Coordinator Juliana Tinoco will join Panel 2, “Access and Local Delivery,” which will focus on practical initiatives for moving resources through strengthened country systems, direct-access institutions, and community funds, while giving local actors a meaningful role in setting priorities and shaping investments.
Organized by Talanoa Institute, GFLAC, ISPN, and IIED.
November 14
Youth at the Center of Climate Implementation: Planning, Funding, and Territorial Action
2:00–3:00 PM | Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone
With the participation of the Brazilian Environmental Education Fund (FunBEA – Brazil) and Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, the session will discuss the role of youth in climate implementation and the connections between planning, financing, and territorial action. Participating organizations also include the National Youth Secretariat (SNJ), General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA).
November 16
From Permits to Portfolios: Unlocking Capital for Social Forestry as Bankable Climate Investment
9:00–10:30 AM | Indonesia Pavilion, Blue Zone
With the participation of The Samdhana Institute, the session will explore how legal access and forest management rights can be translated into finance-ready enterprises for Social Forestry Groups and Adat Forest communities. Tri Nugroho, from Samdhana, will take part in the session.
Organized by: Directorate General of Social Forestry, Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, in partnership with UK-FCDO, UNDP, and The Samdhana Institute.
November 18
Beyond Participation: Resourcing Women-Led Climate Solutions in the Face of El Niño
4:45–6:15 PM | Side Event Room 1
Pastor Rice Grants Fund/NTFP-EP Asia (Southeast Asia) is co-organizing this official COP31 side event with GAGGA (Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action), NIDWAN, and Vital Voices.
The session will spotlight the leadership of women environmental human rights defenders and women-led community-based organizations responding to climate impacts, including extreme heat and El Niño-related risks. It will bring community voices into dialogue with climate finance institutions, bilateral donors, and other decision-makers to discuss how women-led organizations can access flexible, sustained funding and greater decision-making power for gender-just climate action.
Beyond the events listed above, several other Alianza members will also be in Antalya, participating in panels, meetings, and other spaces throughout COP31. We’ll be glad to have the Youth Climate Justice Fund (Global), Plurales Socio-Environmental Fund (Argentina), Fundación Semilla (Bolívia) and Fondo Tierra Viva (Central America) joining the wider Alianza presence during the conference.
THE GLOBAL SOUTH HOUSE AT COP31
November 13
Beyond the Climate Finance Gap: Financing African Institutions that Sustain Resilience
Convened by TrustAfrica, in collaboration with Ecojustice Ethiopia, this Finance Day session will explore how climate finance can be designed and directed so that African institutions, movements, and communities have the resources, agency, and institutional strength to lead and sustain resilience over time.
The discussion will look at where climate finance flows, on what terms, and with whose leadership, including approaches such as direct access, flexible and multiyear support, grant-based finance, and greater local decision-making.
Juliana Tinoco will join the conversation representing Alianza and The Global South House, alongside speakers from Ecojustice Ethiopia, African Futures Lab, and the ECOWAS Fellowship on Human Mobility.
Speakers
Juliana Tinoco – The Global South House
Eskedar Awgichew Ergete – Ecojustice Ethiopia
Hélène Himmer – African Futures Lab
Kulubo Nyamahlorpu – ECOWAS Fellowship on Human Mobility
Moderator
Beatrice Makwenda – TrustAfrica
2:00–3:00 PM
Ethiopia Pavilion
November 15
Fourth Annual Global Convening of Philanthropies at COP31
Co-hosted by WINGS, Philea, TÜSEV, Vehbi Koç Foundation and AKMED, with Wellcome as Lead Partner, this networking reception will bring together the global philanthropic community at COP31. As COP31 sets its sights on implementation, the convening will be a space to come together, share ideas, and explore philanthropy’s role as a connector, partner, and risk-taker in supporting locally-led action and advancing the implementation agenda. It will also celebrate the growth of the Philanthropy for Climate movement.
The Global South House will participate as a Network Partner, helping connect the convening with different philanthropic communities at COP31.
5:00–8:00 PM
Koç University Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Centre for Mediterranean Civilizations
November 17
Territorial Funds and the New Architecture of Nature Finance: From Direct Access to Powershift
This session will bring together Indigenous leaders and partners from the Amazon, Southeast Asia, and the Congo Basin to discuss direct access to finance, secure land tenure, Indigenous-led stewardship, and the role of territorial funds in climate and biodiversity action.
The conversation will also explore how Indigenous-led nature-based solutions, the bioeconomy, and stronger participation in climate policy can contribute to COP31 outcomes.
The Global South House is one of the co-organizers, alongside New Animal, The Nature Conservancy, Global Land Alliance, Forest Climate Leaders’ Partnership, Land, Culture & Rights, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, and UNEP.
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Brazil Pavilion, Global Mutirão Room – Belém Auditorium
