COP30│The Peatland Breakthrough: A Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands

A Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands for Climate, Nature and People. This session will explore how the Peatland Breakthrough is catalyzing global action, uniting countries, communities, and companies to restore and protect one of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystems. 

This official side event is a pre-launch milestone for the Peatland Breakthrough, a high-ambition global effort under the UNFCCC 2030 Breakthrough Agenda, and a call to action and commitment to scale up efforts towards the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands.  Engaging with a broad audience from the whole of society, this event presents the Peatland Breakthrough and its Science-Based Framework for Global Targets and Guiding Principles. There will be two roundtables; the first with Ministers and high-level government representatives to share their national perspectives and commitments to advancing the Peatland Breakthrough. A second roundtable will engage non-state actors to share their experiences and how they can contribute to the Peatland Breakthrough, demonstrating how involving different actors is key to transforming the targets into practical action and impacts on the ground. 

The session will highlight the growing coalition of Champion Countries and partners, showcasing how collective leadership and multi-sector partnerships can mobilize knowledge, policy, and finance for transformative peatland action. The discussion will build momentum and shared ownership of the Peatland Breakthrough, reaffirming peatlands as critical ecosystems for climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, water security, and resilient livelihoods.

💚 Monday, 17th November 2025,  18:30—20:00 (GMT-3)

💚 Location: Side Event Room 9, Blue Zone
 

The Peatland Breakthrough is a global call to action led by Wetlands International, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Greifswald Mire Centre, and the Landscape Finance Lab, developed in close alignment with the Global Peatlands Initiative, and in collaboration with the High-Level Climate Champions Team and the Convention on Wetlands.

Our growing list of supporting partners includes: the Global Environment Centre, RE-PEAT, and The Nature Conservancy