CLIMATE TALKS 2025
Play for Climate Action
Date: 31 October, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 13:20 p.m.
Location: Belgrade Fair – Hall 5 (EXPO 2027 Playground), Bulevar Vojvode Mišića 14
Registration link: https://forms.office.com/e/Df3zaGdDzP
Registration is required
Participation is free of charge.
Ahead of COP26, this event will focus on how to transform climate ambitions into actions while fostering efficient and inclusive options as part of the transition to a new climate economy.
The Goals of the Event is to present Serbia’s increased climate ambition and related climate actions and initiate a stakeholders’ dialogue. Conclusions and recommendations of the Dialogue will be reflected in Serbia’s climate ambition, as appropriate.
The “Serbia’s Climate Talks” will seek responses to the four major questions concerning the goals of the CoP26:
- How do we achieve decarbonization targets?
- How can we make our communities and natural capital resilient to climate change?
- How to mobilize financing for climate actions?
- How to ensure collaboration between stakeholders in the decade of action?
UNFCCC 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) planned for November 2021 in Glasgow is the most important meeting since CoP21 when Paris Agreement was adopted.
In this Decade of Action, it is expected from all countries to turn their climate ambitions into immediate actions, to forge climate-smart partnerships in achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 C degrees above pre-industrial levels.
With adoption of the Climate Change Law, the Republic of Serbia made important step towards low-carbon development, setting a clear trace for the transformation of its economy. New, revised and more ambitious NDC is setting the roadmap for decarbonization till 2030 and beyond.
UNDP’s Climate Promise is the world’s largest offer of support for countries to enhance their pledges (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. In collaboration with over 35 partners globally, UNDP is helping 118 countries to be bolder in reducing emissions, increasing resilience, and protecting nature.
UNDP’s Climate Promise is offering five service lines for NDC enhancement including: (i) building political will and societal ownership at national and sub-national levels; (ii) reviewing, aligning, and updating existing targets, policies and measures; (iii) incorporating new sectors and/or greenhouse gases; (iv) assessing costs and investment opportunities; and (v) monitoring progress and strengthening transparency.
09:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
- Yakup Beris, United Nations Resident Coordinator а.i. in Serbia and UNDP Serbia Resident Representative
Opening remarks:
- E. Maria Clara de Abreu Rada, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Republic of Serbia
- E. Andreas von Beckerath, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of European Union to the Republic of Serbia (tbc)
- Nemanja Starović, Minister of European Integration (tbc)
Opening remarks by the Minister:
- Sara Pavkov, Minister of Environmental Protection
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:55
Keynote Address: H.E. Anne Lugon-Moulin, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Serbia
- Representative, Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Мs Maja Vukadinović, Assistant Minister of Mining and Energy
for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
- Representative, Ministry of Finance
- Representative, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
Moderator: TBC
11:55 – 12:05
12:05 – 13:15
Keynote Address: H.E. Charlotte Sammelin, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Serbia
- Representative, Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Representative, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
- dr Rastislav Stojsavljević, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, aSpecial Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
- Representative, Public Water Management Company Srbijavode
Moderator: Mr. Žarko Petrović, Programme Specialist, Resilient Development, UNDP Serbia
13:15 – 13:20
13:20 – 14:20
