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10 November 2025
Top of the COP
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Countries Unite to Boost Adaptation and Unleash the Power of Technology
Today’s edition spotlights a wave of major announcements under the Climate Action Agenda: the Race to Resilience campaign reports that around 438 million people are now better protected from climate shocks; Brazil and the UAE offer an early look at AgriLLM, the world’s first open-source AI model for farmers; and some of the world’s leading development and technology institutions announce the Green Digital Action Hub, measuring tech’s true climate impact.
Monday 10th November 2025
Welcome to the ‘Top of the COP’ daily newsletter, brought to you by the Climate High-Level Champions.
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil unfolds in one of the regions most vulnerable to the crisis it seeks to solve. As delegates began arriving, torrential rains flooded Belém’s streets into rivers – a reminder that climate change is no longer abstract but a lived reality, and adaptation has never been more urgent. Only days earlier, Hurricane Melissa tore across the Caribbean, its rainfall 16% heavier and winds 7% stronger due to human-induced warming, according to World Weather Attribution scientists.
These scenes of flooded cities and shattered coastlines set the stage for what’s unfolding in the next two weeks in Belém, where COP 30 is focusing on turning ambition into action – and elevating the Action Agenda — the “whole-of-society” effort to accelerate implementation now.
Over the next fortnight, the Climate High-Level Champions will report live from COP 30, spotlighting new capital committed for climate action, partnerships tackling system-wide bottlenecks, and implementation blueprints – all aimed at rewiring the global economy to embed climate action at its core.
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Driving the Day
As COP 30 turns its focus today to adaptation and resilience, the timing could not be more urgent. From floods to fires, climate impacts are escalating faster than expected, causing over USD 250 billion in weather-related losses last year alone. Nearly three-quarters of national climate plans now include adaptation components — but the challenge is turning those plans into bankable pipelines, and promises into protection for vulnerable people.
Yet, new waves of digital innovation – from early warning systems to smart agriculture – are transforming how communities prepare for, withstand, and recover from shocks.
Technology is emerging as a powerful ally in protecting people on the frontlines. Today’s Action Agenda announcements show how digital solutions can supercharge resilience, helping societies not only endure, but evolve, adapt and thrive in a changing climate.
Nearly Half Billion People Now More Resilient via the Race to Resilience
The Race to Resilience (RtR) campaign today unveils major progress towards its goal of helping four billion people to withstand climate impacts by 2030.
RtR is the world’s first and largest campaign – led by non-State actors, such as cities, regions, businesses, and civil society – tracking resilience outcomes among people, nature and finance. Today it announces the following tangible proof that collective adaptation efforts are already improving lives and protecting livelihoods.
a.. Nearly 437.7 million people – about one in every 18 people – have become more resilient to climate shocks.
b.. More than 18 million hectares of ecosystems – about twice the size of Portugal – have been protected, restored or better managed, across 78 countries.
c.. USD 4.2 billion in funding for adaptation has been mobilized, signalling that investment in resilience is scaling.
Why this matters:
In almost five years, RtR has united over 40 partners, with more than 1,700 members, in 164 countries. This growing movement includes 96 cities as part of Cities Race to Resilience, with Atlanta, USA, among the latest signatories. Additionally, 85 regions have joined the campaign through RegionsAdapt, including ABEMA (the Brazilian Association of State Environmental Entities) which represents Brazil’s 26 state secretariats and 24 autonomous agencies.
Collectively, partners are driving solutions across all Axes of the COP30 Action Agenda from universal energy access, and resilient agri-food systems, to urban water security, and health infrastructure. RtR embodies the COP30 Presidency’s challenge to have climate action begin and end with people — a theme set to define this year’s COP, with human resilience at the heart of global climate ambition.
Speaking from Belém, Dan Ioschpe, COP30 Climate High-Level Champion reflected on the urgency of climate adaptation, having witnessed first-hand the human and economic cost of intensifying climate catastrophes: “Last year, my hometown, Porto Alegre, faced its worst flood in 80 years. Over 150,000 people lost their homes, with damages of about USD 18 billion. Building resilience to floods, droughts, and heatwaves is no longer a choice. It’s an imperative we must embed in everything we do.”
New Tools Take Root at COP 30: Brazil and UAE Preview AgriLLM as AIM for Scale Expands to 100 Million Farmers
Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with support from 15+ global organisations including the Gates Foundation, Embrapa, CGIAR and ai71, today introduce ‘AgriLLM’ the world’s first open-source Large Language Model for agriculture. The model provides a shared foundation for governments and local organizations to create digital tools that empower farmers with locally relevant insights, enhancing their knowledge and decision-making.
At COP 30, AgriLLM is being presented to regional and international partners, demonstrating how open, collaborative AI can empower millions of farmers worldwide. Its full global launch is planned for December 2025 in UAE marking a major step toward a more inclusive, adaptive, and climate-smart future for agriculture.
Separately, another UAE and Gates-funded initiative, the Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale (AIM for Scale) has announced its plan to reach 100 million farmers with digital advisory services. These efforts aim to deliver science-based insights – such as weather forecasts, pest advisories, or soil information – directly to farmers, improving decision-making, productivity, and climate resilience at scale.
In line with this, this year, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare delivered AI-based monsoon onset forecasts to 38 million farmers, up to 30 days in advance, enabling them to make timely decisions for the growing season. AIM for Scale provided catalytic support to scientific partners leading this work.
AIM for Scale was among the initiatives highlighted by the Gates Foundation earlier this week as part of its announcement to invest USD 1.4 billion over four years to expand access to innovations that help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia adapt to extreme weather.
Why this matters:
Global crop yields are already down 4-13% in tropical regions and could fall another 8% by 2050.
Together, AgriLLM and AIM for Scale are advancing information equity across developing countries, that help rural communities anticipate risks, adapt early, and protect harvests and livelihoods.
As Nigar Arpadarai, the Climate High-Level Champion for COP 29, put it: “AI can help farmers predict droughts before they happen — tools that could save lives and livelihoods. But if developing countries don’t have the data or the infrastructure to use these technologies, we risk deepening old inequalities with new tools.”
Green Digital Action Hub Provides a Platform to Measure Tech’s Climate Impact
Some of the world’s leading development and technology institutions today announced the creation of the Green Digital Action Hub (GDA Hub) — a global platform designed to turn technology into a force for climate action.
The initiative brings together the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the World Bank Group, the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), working alongside the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). An International Advisory Board, co-led by Brazil and Saudi Arabia, will oversee progress to ensure the effort delivers real-world impact.
The GDA Hub builds on last year’s COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action, endorsed by 82 countries and nearly 1,800 organizations.
Designed to accelerate the use of technology for sustainability, the hub will help countries and industries shrink the environmental footprint of the digital sector itself while expanding access to green digital solutions — particularly in developing countries. Key priorities include launching an open-access portal to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, reductions, and e-waste data from tech companies and countries. It will also support innovation and technology transfer to help countries expand green digital strategies. The Hub will follow the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s globally recognized standards for measuring digital emissions.
Why this matters:
Digital innovation could cut global emissions by up to 20% by 2050, yet AI’s soaring energy demand rising 70% annually through 2027 risks offsetting those gains. The GDA Hub will ensure technology becomes a measurable driver of climate action, not a hidden source of emissions.
News In Brief:
a.. World’s First Digital Infrastructure for Climate Action Launches. A new global framework — led by the Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services, the Digital Public Goods Alliance, and The Institute of Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio) — will help countries use Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Digital Public Goods (DPG) to drive climate action. The open source initiative will engage at least 30 countries across three continents, to apply open digital tools to strengthen disaster response, energy, water, and climate-resilient agriculture.
Learn more about Action Agenda plans to accelerate real-world solutions and outcomes that strengthen climate adaptation and resilience.
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