Brazil launched, on Saturday (15) during the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), a Center for Country Platforms, with the aim of exchanging knowledge between national governments on this mechanism aimed at attracting investment – public and private – for strategic projects included in the Green Agenda. It is one of the mechanisms expected in the final report of the Department of Finance Ministers to the Conference of the Parties.
“The climate finance community, bringing together mainly multilateral banks, academic funds and the private sector, believes in the concept of the country platform as a key tool for scaling up climate investments,” he said. value Ambassador Tatiana Roseto, Secretary for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance. He adds: “It is a legacy that the Brazilian presidency (of the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties) will leave behind, within the acceleration agenda.”
Country Platforms (CP) bring together projects that commit to each country’s strategy for decarbonisation and the transition to a greener economy. The government of each country mediates these projects with national and foreign investors. The aim is to unleash investments in these initiatives, which tend to be innovative, large-scale and in sectors that need more support.
Brazil launched its platform last year, within the framework of the G20, when the country was the president of the group. Called the Brazilian Climate and Ecological Transition Investment Platform (BIP), the platform currently includes 16 selected projects, divided into three main sectors (nature-based solutions and bioeconomy, energy, industry and mobility), with the potential to attract investments worth US$23 billion.
The projects are selected by the secretariat of the platform hosted by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) preparation programme. The idea for the platform came from the Ministries of Finance, Environment, Minerals, Energy, Industry and Trade.
Roseto explains that Brazil’s platform is considered a reference in the world, because the country programs established by other countries in the past, called the first generation, were more focused on donating resources to projects. However, these donations were not often implemented.
In the case of the Brazilian platform, the focus is on private investments, with the government and BNDES acting as facilitators to unlock investment in the initiatives. “But the idea is not just to create a conciliation mechanism. The idea is also to identify issues and bottlenecks to which we can provide solutions in public policy,” explains the Minister.
For example, the Brazilian government has identified the need to bring private equity funds to the platform, because there are many innovative projects seeking to explore underdeveloped market niches.
Roseto stated that the initiative helps strengthen the Brazilian capital market. “This is a tool for coordination and facilitation by the state, but the goal is to create and strengthen markets,” the ambassador stressed. “Brazil is leading the model of building an ecosystem for financing sustainable development,” he adds.
The idea of the center emerged with the aim of training other countries that want to build their platform, especially developing countries in the Global South, which represents a priority for the Brazilian presidency at COP 30.
Coordination will take place through ministerial networks such as the COP30 Department of Finance Ministers, the Climate Action Alliance of Finance Ministers (CFMCA) and ministers from the Climate Vulnerable Forum – Vulnerable 20 (CVF-V20).
The center will also have its own secretariat, which will be structured throughout 2026. A US$3.75 million fund will support initial operations.
The high-level launch took place on Saturday, during COP 30, through a joint declaration from Brazil, Uganda, CVF-V20 and other partners.
It is another acceleration agenda proposed by the Ministry of Finance within the scope of the COP30.
About The Author
