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Oct. 15, 2025

The Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies, the Brazilian Petroleum Institute, and the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce invite you to a hybrid event on the upcoming COP30 climate meeting in Belém, Brazil. This landmark event, marking the first COP in the Amazon and the first in the Western Hemisphere in over a decade, presents an opportunity to delve into critical topics and strategies for advancing climate action and sustainability leadership in Brazil and the Americas.

The conversation aims to:

Review outcomes of past COP meetings and identify key challenges and opportunities for the upcoming COP30.
Address critical topics relevant to stakeholders.
Provide insights from experts in the energy, mining and petrochemical sectors.


8:30 am
Opening Remarks

Rachel Meidl, LP.D., CHMM
Fellow in Energy and Sustainability, Deputy Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

Roberto Ardenghy
CEO, IBP Brazilian Institute of Petroleum and Gas

Carla Lacerda
President, BRATECC Brazil Texas Chamber of Commerce

8:45 am
Overview of COP30 in Brazil

Introductions by: Francisco Monaldi, Ph.D., Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Director, Latin America Energy Program, Baker Institute

Minister João Marcos Paes Leme
Energy Department Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

9:15 am
Critical Topics of Recent COP Summits

Moderated by: Carla Lacerda, President, BRATECC Brazil Texas Chamber of Commerce

Arthur Lee
Fellow Emeritus, Chevron

9:45 am
Panel Session

Moderated by: Rachel Meidl, LP.D., CHMM, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

Jon Ødegård Hansen
Senior Vice President Global Energy Systems, Head of Energy Scenario Research, Rystad Energy

Isadora Santiago Rodrigues
Project Coordinator, International Advisory, Ministry of Mines and Energy

Julio Cesar Nery
Director Mining Affairs, IBRAM Brazilian Mining Association

Claudia Schaeffer
Global Energy Climate Change & Latin American Energy Director, Dow

11:00 am
Supply Chain Resiliency and Energy Policy

Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

11:15 am
Closing Remarks

Roberto Ardenghy
CEO, IBP Brazilian Institute of Petroleum and Gas

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