COP31 Side Event: Accelerating Finance for Climate & Nature Action, featuring the launch of the Peatland Breakthrough

Date: 14 November 2026

Time: 13:15 - 14:45 Istanbul time (UTC+3)

Location: Side Event Room 5 – HATTUŞA, Blue Zone. Antalya Expo Center, Türkiye.

Register here. The event is open to everyone with access to the Blue Zone. A light lunch will be offered to attendees.

As countries advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the UNCCD and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the need for integrated, cross-cutting ecosystem solutions has become increasingly urgent.

This event will illustrate how governments, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), the private sector, and international partners can accelerate financial solutions and action on the ground through investment-ready peatland project pipelines.

The Peatland Breakthrough launch marks the start of its implementation phase, working as a whole of society towards investment-ready peatland project pipelines that can be matched with financial partners.

Agenda at a Glance:

13:15–13:25 | Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynote

13:25–13:50 | Panel 1: Scaling Integrated Ecosystem Solutions for Nature and Climate

High-level dialogue on accelerating finance and delivering interconnected global commitments under the Rio Conventions and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

13:50–14:00 | Launch of the Peatland Breakthrough

Official launch ceremony and introduction to implementation pathways, including regional and local project pipelines.

14:00–14:40 | Panel 2: Scaling Up Peatland Conservation, Rewetting, Restoration and Sustainable, Wise Use

Dialogue with governments, international partners and the private sector on delivering action on the ground and mobilizing investment.

14:40–14:45 | Closing Remarks

Co-organised by Wetlands International, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, Global Environment Centre and the Michael Succow Foundation / Greifswald Mire Centre with the Peatland Breakthrough partners (Wetlands International, United Nations Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Greifswald Mire Centre), in alignment with the Global Peatlands Initiative, the Convention on Wetlands and the Marrakech Partnership.