NYBG at COP30 (draft)

November 10 through 21, 2025

Ongoing | Online

We Look to Plants for the Answers

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will take place in Belem, Brazil from November 10 through 21, 2025. Held annually, the conference convenes delegates from around the world to negotiate goals for combating climate change and limit Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. COP30 aims to focus on action and implementation and address the urgent, interconnected global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. COP30 is anticipated to be a milestone for advancing nature-based solutions, especially around the Amazon.

We cannot tackle the climate crisis without plants. They are essential to adaptation, mitigation, and resilience—they strengthen food systems, protect health, restore ecosystems, and help communities prepare for climate extremes. NYBG is at COP30 to ensure nature-based solutions include plants—and to share how botanical gardens, through cutting-edge science, inclusive education, and global partnerships, are driving climate and biodiversity solutions.

Follow along for live updates from NYBG scientists during COP30 and learn more about how NYBG Science looks to plants for the answers in advancing real-world solutions around plants for climate resilience, food security, AI-driven innovation, and urban conservation.

NYBG Events & Speaker Schedules

Join NYBG during COP30 and hear from our expert scientists during the conference.

To be announced

Key Initiatives

Four key initiatives at NYBG, including Plants for Climate Resilience, Food Plants as a Global Conservation Priority, AI-Driven Innovation in Biodiversity Science, and Urban Conservation, are crucial to utilizing plants to counter climate change. Learn more about each project.