Generation Climate Europe (GCE) takes an active part in the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) negotiations each year, with the aim of advancing youth priorities within global climate policymaking.
Each year, GCE’s COP team contributes to and shapes the UN climate conference by organising events and capacity-building activities, holding bilateral meetings with policymakers, and coordinating joint advocacy efforts with civil society partners.
This report provides an overview of the GCE COP30 team’s activities before, during, and after COP30, held in Belém do Pará, Brazil, from 10 to 23 November 2025. It outlines the delegation’s key engagements, strategic interventions, and advocacy efforts to ensure that youth perspectives were meaningfully reflected in COP30 discussions and outcomes.
COP30 carried particular symbolic weight: hosted in Brazil at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest, it took place just over a decade after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and in the country where the Rio Declaration laid the foundations of modern environmental governance. Against this backdrop, the report highlights GCE’s key achievements in 2025 and reaffirms its role as a strategic partner in international climate negotiations.
