See you at COP 31!

The Casa Socio-Environmental Fund brings debates on direct funding, socio-bioeconomy, and youth leadership to the climate conference

The Casa Socio-Environmental Fund is taking part in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 31) in Antalya, Türkiye, with an agenda built around three themes at the heart of the climate response: direct access to funding for local organizations and initiatives, stronger socio-bioeconomy, and young people’s participation in climate decisions and action.

One highlight is the launch of the publication Sociobiodiversity Web: A Portrait of the Economies of Traditional Peoples and Communities in Brazil on November 10, at an event in the Blue Zone, the conference’s official space. The session brings together the Casa Fund, the Amazon Working Group (GTA), the Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur, and the Comuá Network to discuss how funding can strengthen sociobiodiversity enterprises and initiatives that pair nature conservation with income generation and local development.

The Casa Fund’s participation also includes two events focused on youth. They explore how young people contribute to climate action and why it matters to create the conditions for their proposals to move from debate to implementation. Both are part of an agenda that recognizes young people as agents of climate transformation and as essential participants in shaping policies and strategies for the future.

Throughout the conference, the Casa Fund will argue that tackling the climate crisis means taking into account those who are already working to protect sociobiodiversity and to build sustainable economic alternatives. That requires expanding access to funding, recognizing the diversity of local initiatives, and creating funding mechanisms that respond to the realities of the people who live and work in these contexts.

The Casa Fund’s COP 31 agenda connects the international climate debate to the experiences of community-based organizations, Traditional Peoples and communities, and youth. At a moment when the world is searching for ways to confront the climate crisis, the Fund brings to the conference its experience in direct funding at scale, showing how support for these initiatives can strengthen local economies and contribute to protecting sociobiodiversity. The goal is for these experiences to also inform decisions on how resources are allocated and how climate action is implemented.

Check out the Casa Fund’s COP 31 agenda

🗓️ November 10 | 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Event: From Standing Forests to the New Economy: Local Funding for Climate Change-Oriented Nature-Based Solutions and Sociobiodiversity Enterprises

Casa Fund participant: Maria Amalia Souza, founder and Director of Global Philanthropy Strategies at the Casa Fund.

Organizations: Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, Amazon Working Group (GTA), Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur, and Comuá Network.

About the event: The session will discuss the role of local funding in strengthening Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and sociobiodiversity enterprises. It will also mark the launch of a publication on socio-bioeconomy, with reflections on ways to strengthen economic initiatives that value biodiversity and local knowledge.

Location: Blue Zone, Room 9 – Safranbolu.

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🗓️November 12 | 9:55–10:40 a.m.

Event: Youth Mutirão: Voices, Territories and Climate Action

Casa Fund participant: Antônio J. P. B. Neto, Project Technical Assistant at the Casa Fund.

Organization: Office of the COP30 Presidency Youth Climate Champion (PYCC).

About the event: The session will bring together youth perspectives and experiences on climate action, with room to discuss how young people’s voices and initiatives can contribute to responses to the climate crisis.

Location: Children and Youth Pavilion, Blue Zone.

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🗓️ November 14 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Event: Youth at the Center of Climate Implementation: Planning, Funding, and Territorial Action

Casa Fund participant: Antônio J. P. B. Neto, Project Technical Assistant at the Casa Fund.

Organizations: Brazilian Environmental Education Fund (FunBEA), National Youth Secretariat (SNJ), General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA), and Casa Socio-Environmental Fund.

About the event: The session will discuss the place of young people in implementing the climate agenda, looking at how planning, funding, and territorial action fit together. The aim is to explore ways to expand the conditions for youth participation in designing and carrying out initiatives that respond to the climate crisis.

Location: Blue Zone, Brazil Pavilion.

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Follow the Casa Fund’s participation in COP 31, along with our efforts to strengthen direct funding, socio-bioeconomy, and climate action led by those on the frontlines of socio-environmental transformation.

Click here to download the agenda.