BK Calendar of Events COP30
10-21 November 2025, Belém
​Brahma Kumaris Voices at COP3


Exhibition Blue Zone

  • 10th - 15th November 
  • Location: Booth 40,  Exhibition Area C 

A transformation of consciousness and mindset can create opportunities for clean technologies and sustainable lifestyles. BKWSU, FARSO, GPIW & ISMUN exhibit renewable energies programs, tree plantations, young leaders’ climate projects and advocate for a just, human-focused transition.

Co-applicants:

  • Faith Association of the Rehabilitation of Street Children and Orphans,
  • Global Peace Initiative of Women,
  • International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations

 


Global Meditation for the Climate - Clean

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom : Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Join us to cleanse the mind and heart, releasing the clutter of negativity. Together we’ll create clear inner spaces that radiate clarity and peace into the world.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


Interfaith Gathering in Spirit of Talanoa Dialogue COP30

  • Time:11:00-14:00
  • Location: Evangelical Church Av. Visc. de Inhaúma, 1557 - Pedreira, Belém
  • Registration Online

As we come together for COP30, we would like to offer an opportunity for faith-oriented and all interested people to gather and freely share our respective initiatives, concerns and hopes. As faith communities active in climate action, the Talanoa Dialogue will bring us to discuss, as faith communities in relation to climate challenges: where are we; where do we want to go; and how do we get there.

  • Welcome by Lutheran Pastor Romeu, Belem
  • Spiritual Moment Sister Maureen, Brahma Kumaris
  • Introduction by Rev. Henrik Grape, Interfaith Liaisons Committee
  • Interviews of Ms. Patricia Gualinga, former Foreign Affairs Leader of the Native Kichwa People of Sarayaku
  • Ms. Moema Miranda - Catholic Church, Brazil
  • Moderator Bishop Bedford-Strohm
  • Talanoa Small Group Discussions

Climate Wisdom Live Stream : Ethics for Climate Finance

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Programme Dir., Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Dr .Lorna Gold, Director Laudato Sì Movement
    • Lucas Ramalho Maciel, Secr. Green Economy, Brazil's Ministry of Development MDIC
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy Brahma Kumar

Global Meditation for the Climate - Light

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom : Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Awaken your inner light and let it shine beyond boundaries. Through guided visualization, we’ll illuminate the planet with collective brightness and hope.

Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


COP30 Side Event Blue Zone

  • Time:11:30-13:30
  • Location: Room: Side Event Room 6

How ethical approaches create successful climate actions – in science, just transition and finance
This session explores how ethical frameworks can drive transformative climate action in lifestyles, root cause transformation, human rights, climate finance, and intergenerational solidarity as pathways to restorative & peace-building climate solutions. 

Speakers:

• Debra Roberts – IPCC Co-Chair AR6, University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Elisa Morgera – UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
• João Carlos dos Santos – Soka Amazon Institute
• Flore Ghetti – Soka Gakkai International
• Keith Runyan – Quaker Earthcare Witness
• Maureen Goodman – Brahma Kumaris
• Aria St Louis – Negotiator, Grenada’s Ministry of Climate Resilience
• Lindsey Fielder Cook – Quaker United Nations Office


The Solar Hub' Pavilion

  • Time:15:00-16:00
  • Location: The Solar Hub' Pavilion  C-79, Blue Zone

Powering Buildings of Tomorrow:
Scaling Renewable Interventions
Collaboration between International Solar Alliance (ISA)​ & GRIHA Council (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment)​ in a panel discussion with brief showcases incl. Golo Plz as speaker.


Water and Youth Summit 

  • Time:08:30-09:00, 11:00 - 12:30
  • Location: Auditório do ITEC, Campus Profissional, cidade Universitária José da Silveira Neto

Water Ceremony Activities including Ananya Tomar from the Brahma Kumaris
Dialogue on Environmental Education and Climate Justice incl. Ananya Tomar from the Brahma Kumaris
Hosted by URI United Religions Initiative Brazil.


Climate Wisdom Live Stream : Ethics for Climate Finance

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Programme Dir., Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Isadora Canela, Visual Artist, Co-founder Collective Web
    • Andre Fraga, Chair Climate Emergency, Salvador Council
    • Anchor: Sonja Ohlsson, Focal Point to UNFCCC, Brahma Kumaris


Global Meditation for the Climate - Constant

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Discover the strength of constancy — a peaceful mind that remains steady amidst change. In
this meditation, we’ll cultivate unwavering calm and clarity.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).

 


Climate Wisdom Live Stream : Conscious Choices for a World in Transition

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Director Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Andreas Holmberg, Bishop Stockholm Diocese
    • Enric Noguera, UN Affairs, Plant-Based Treaty
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy, Brahma Kumaris


Global Meditation for the Climate - Cooperative

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom : Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Experience the harmony of shared purpose. As we meditate together, we’ll nurture the spirit of cooperation that unites people, communities, and nature.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).

 


Press conference Blue Zone

  • Time:12:30-13:00
  • Location: Press Conference 2 Area
  • Watch Live

Ethics Driving Transition to Renewable Energy

  • Maureen Goodman, Director Brahma Kumaris, UK
  • Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy, Brahma Kumaris
  • Santosh Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Indian Social Responsibility Network
  • Moderator: Sonja Ohlsson, Brahma Kumaris Focal Point UNFCCC

Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Wisdom for a World at a Crossroads

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Director Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Vinícius da Paixão, LSRI Researcher Oxford University
    • Ms. Shabnam Bassi, Dir. Sustainable Buildings TERI and Deputy CEO GRIHA Council,
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy, Brahma Kumaris



Global Meditation for the Climate - Silent

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom : Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Enter the stillness within. In deep silence, we’ll touch the essence of peace and allow the quiet power of awareness to expand across the planet.

Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


Young Leaders Workshop

  • 10:00 - 12:30
  • Location: Museum of Art, Praça Dom Pedro II, 2 - Cidade Velha, Belém

The Ownership Illusion - an Interactive Workshop for Co-Creation
Step into a journey to explore the subtle links between mining extraction, ego-centric living, and our shared path toward resilience and renewal. Discover how the concept of “mine” shapes both the mining industry and our sense of identity. Experience the shift from “mine” to “mutual” through reflection and dialogue.

Partners: Vazio sobre Terra, New Futures Arts Collaborative, Initiatives of Change United States, WEBS, Brahma Kumaris

 


People’s Summit - Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Tapiri Climate Justice and Rights in the Amazon

  • Time:11:00-14:00
  • Location: Catedral, Anglicana de Santa María.
    Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 446 Nazaré, Belém
  • Open for all

How can Organizations contribute to tackling violations and environmental racism, and ensuring grassroots participation?" (Area 2, table 6)
Mediation: Vinicius Benites Alves – CESE, Roundtable Participants:
Martha Jarvis (ACC/ONU), Moema Miranda (Church and Mining), Socorro Chaves (UFAM), Elianildo Nascimento (URI), Goreth Dunningham (Brahma Kumaris) and a CIMI representative.


Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Programme Dir., Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Kumi Naidoo, President, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • Karenna Gore, Director Centre for Earth Ethics
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy, Brahma Kumaris


Global Meditation for the Climate - Abundant

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Focus on the fullness of life and the generosity of nature. Through this meditation, we’ll
awaken a mindset of gratitude and abundance for all beings.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).

 


The TED House

  • 14:00 - 15:30
  • Location: TED House Casa Mia,
    Tv. Quintino Bocaiúva, 1696 Belém

The climate crisis is a spiritual crisis: A multifaith Global Ethical Stocktake event
At the half-way point of COP30, this interactive session explores how faith, spirituality, and moral imagination can drive courageous climate action. Together, speakers, and the audience present, will help shape a Global Ethical Stocktake submission on the role of faith in building a just and regenerative future. Bring your mobile phones for active participation!
Convened by Project Dandelion; Laudato Si’ Movement; Center for Earth Ethics; Women, Faith and Climate Network, The Brahma Kumaris
Meditation led by Maureen Goodmann. Speakers: Dr Lorna Gold, Laudato Si’ Movement; Samira Siddique, Women, Faith, Climate Network; Thaynah Gutierrez, Geledés Black Women's Institute.


People’s Summit Tapiri

  • Time:16:00
  • Location: Catedral, Anglicana de Santa María.
    Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 446 Nazaré, Belém
  • Open for all

BK Statement presentation Tapiri by Alex



Global Meditation for the Climate - Patient

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Breathe into patience as a source of peace. Together, we’ll learn to trust the rhythm of time
and the gentle unfolding of transformation.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).

 


Interfaith COP30 Dialogue Blue Zone

  • Time:09:00-10:00
  • Location: Blue Zone

Facing Ethical Challenges
Join an open and honest dialogue at COP — a conversation among diverse stakeholders on some of the most pressing ethical challenges of our time.
Together, we will reflect on ways to renew trust and international cooperation in these critical times. Including Sister Jayanti


The Higher Education Pavilion

  • Time:13:00-14:15
  • Location: Blue Zone

Transforming Higher Education for Climate Action: Integrating Inner-Outer Transformation for Climate Action Through Expanded Knowledge Systems.
This session showcases how higher education can powerfully drive climate action by integrating inner-outer transformation into education, research, innovation, community engagement, and institutional leadership.

  • Prof. Chrstine Wamsler, Lund University, Sweden (online)
  • Sister Jayanti Kirpalani, Addl. Admin. Head of the Brahma Kumaris Intl.
  • Prof. Mark Lawrence, Scientific Director, Research Institute for Sustainability Potsdam, Germany
  • Laila Martins, Founder and Managing Director, RegenBeings; Unity Effect
  • Moderation: Carolin Fraude, Board member Brahma Kumaris Germany; Affiliate Scholar at Research Institute for Advanced Sustainability

Brahma Kumaris Public Event

  • Time:19:00-20:30
  • Location: Catedral, Anglicana de Santa María.
    Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 446 Nazaré, Belém
  • Open for all

Sister Jayanti in Belem:
Ancestral Wisdom, Contemporary Solutions


Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Inner Resilience, Planetary Renewal

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live
    • Maureen Goodman, Director Brahma Kumaris, UK
    • Lindsey Fielder Cook, Repr. Climate Change, Quaker UN Office
    • Heloisa Schurmann, Voice of the Oceans' Leader
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy


Global Meditation for the Climate - Magnificent

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Recognise the magnificence within yourself and in all creation. This session celebrates the
beauty of the human spirit and the planet we share.
Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


Press conference Blue Zone

  • Time:12:30-13:00
  • Location: Press Conference 2 Area D
  • Watch Live

Ethics and Peace Accelerating Climate Action

  • Sister Jayanti, Add. Admin. Head of the Brahma Kumaris
  • Suresh Yadav, Dir. Climate Change Division, The Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy
  • Moderator Sonja Ohlsson, Brahma Kumaris Focal Point UNFCCC

Children and Youth Pavilion

  • Time:05:30-06:15
  • Location: Human Library Workshop

Capacity Building Hub, Blue Zone

  • Time:18:15-19:15
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live

Creative Circularity: Where Art Meets New Possibilities
Reinventing Futures Institute, with LB Cultura Circular as the implementing partner, will offer a participatory experience integrating art, music, meditation, and collective reflection — exploring creative circularity as both a cultural and an inner practice for climate resilience. The event will feature the presence of Goreth and Alex, representing the Brahma Kumaris, as part of the artistic and musical well-being experience that forms the heart of our session.



Global Meditation for the Climate - Rich

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Explore the richness of inner treasures — love, wisdom, and peace. In stillness, we realize that true wealth comes from within.

Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


Interfaith PRESS Conference

  • Time:10:30-11:00
  • Location: Press Conference 2 Area D
  • Watch Live

Faith voices’ concerns on the outcome from COP30, including Sister Jayanti as speaker


Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Building the Future We Choose

  • Time:18:30-20:0
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live

Building the Future We Choose

    • Sister Jayanti, Add. Admin. Head of the Brahma Kumaris
    • Budi Tjahjono, Advocacy Director of Franciscans International
    • Vanessa Nakate, Climate Youth Ambassador
    • Anchor: Sonja Ohlsson, Focal Point to UNFCCC, Brahma Kumaris


Children and Youth Pavilion

  • Time:05:30-06:15
  • Location: Blue Zone

Meditation a positive attitude are seeds of positive change.


Global Meditation for the Climate - Non-violent

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Explore the richness of inner treasures — love, wisdom, and peace. In stillness, we realize that true wealth comes from within.

Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).

 


Sustainable Development Goals Pavilion

  • Time: 09:00-10:00
  • Location: SDG Pavilion Blue Zone

Transforming Systems Through Ethical Leadership: Values as Catalysts for Climate and Development Synergies

  • Jayanti Kirpalani – UK/India, Additional Administrative Head, Brahma Kumaris; UN Representative (spiritual and ethical perspectives on resilience) UK/India
  • Jeremy J.R. Dommnich, CEO, NVOYE, Researcher and analyst of negotiations, Ex-Clingendael Institute
  • Laila Martins, Founder and Managing Director, RegenBeings; Unity Effect
  • Youth Representative from Brazil: Isadora Canela, Co-founder of Collective Web
  • Giuliana Torta, COP30-Negotiator for the European Commission (tbc)
  • Moderation: Carolin Fraude, Brahma Kumaris Germany; Affiliated scholar at the Research Institute for Advanced Sustainability

webpage: https://www.un.org/en/cop30/page/programme


Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Ethics at the Heart of COP30

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live

Ethics at the Heart of COP30

    • Sister Jayanti, Add. Admin. Head of the Brahma Kumaris
    • Isabel Pereira, Religion and Environment of ISER
    • Christiana Figueres, Co-Founder Global Optimism
    • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy


Global Meditation for the Climate - Powerful

  • Time : 6:30–7:30 PM IST |  2:00–3:00 PM CET |  10:00–11:00 AM BRT | 9:00–10:00 AM AST
  • Zoom: Join Online | Passcode: yogapower

Connect with the power of peace that lies at your core. As we meditate together, we’ll amplify
this energy to uplift and empower the world. Co-organised with The Pavilion for People (www.thepavilionforpeople.com).


Climate Wisdom Live Stream: Integrating Ethics, Science, and Innovation for Climate Resilience

  • Time:18:30-20:00
  • Location: Climate Wisdom Studio, Nazaré Area, Belem
  • Watch Live

Integrating Ethics, Science, and Innovation for Climate Resilience

  • Sister Jayanti, Add. Admin. Head of the Brahma Kumaris
  • Tati Trevisan, PhD, Innovation, University New South Wales
  • Vibha Dhawan, PhD, Dir. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
  • Anchor: Golo Pilz, Adviser Renewable Energy

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