Brazil strengthens international cooperation to transform climate commitments into fundable projects.

Brazilian proposal supported by MCTI seeks to accelerate climate solutions in developing countries.

Transforming climate commitments into concrete solutions for the population has become one of the strategic priorities of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). Amid the increase in extreme events, the pressure on production systems, and the need to accelerate the ecological transition, the Brazilian government has expanded its international activities to strengthen mechanisms capable of connecting science, funding, and technology.

In this context, the ministry relies on the support of the Center for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE) in developing technical proposals to support the implementation of commitments made during the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30) in November 2025, through the Belém Technology Implementation Programme (BTIP). This initiative is part of the Technology Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and seeks to expand the use of climate technologies in developing countries.

Brazil's role gained even more relevance after the country assumed, for the first time, the presidency of the UNFCCC's Executive Committee on Climate Technology, the body responsible for producing analyses and recommendations on the development and transfer of climate technologies. The position was taken over by the Coordinator of Scientific and Technological Affairs of the Climate Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva. According to the diplomat, recent studies prepared by the CGEE help to structure the next steps in the international climate agenda.

“Brazil has been working and reflecting extensively on how to operationalize the BTIP. Recent publications from CGEE should help us think about what mechanisms to create and what process arrangements to establish to effectively put into practice what was decided in Belém,” he stated.

According to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, the BTIP represents a new stage in the international climate agenda, based on the ability of countries to transform scientific knowledge into applied solutions and expand the use of climate technologies.

“There is no way to confront the climate crisis without science, technology, and innovation. What Brazil is advocating for within the BTIP framework is that developing countries have the real conditions to access technologies, strengthen their national capacities, and transform knowledge into concrete solutions to protect the population, generate sustainable development, and build technological sovereignty. The climate agenda of the future necessarily involves the capacity to implement innovation on a large scale,” stated the minister.

From technical assistance to implementation.

The studies developed by CGEE are based on a recurring diagnosis in international climate negotiations: fragmentation between technical assistance, financing, regulation, and project implementation.

According to the documents, the main barrier to scaling up climate technologies is not the absence of technical solutions, but the difficulty of transforming national priorities into fundable and executable projects — a process known as the valley of death for climate innovation.

To meet this challenge, the center developed two documents focused on the operationalization of the BTIP.

The first is the Position Paper "Operationalizing the Belém Technology Implementation Programme From Mandate to Action: A Proposal for Integrated Implementation Position" . The text presents suggestions for structuring permanent mechanisms for coordination, financing, and implementation of climate technology.

The study proposes replacing fragmented funding models with programmatic technology portfolios, capable of bringing together projects from different sectors and countries into structured and fundable programs. This measure aims to increase scale, reduce risks, and attract international resources.

New architecture for climate action

The second document, entitled A New Architecture for Climate Technology Implementation: The Belém Technology Implementation Programme (BTIP) in Practice , presents an analysis of the institutional changes approved at COP30 and proposes an integrated framework to accelerate climate technology implementation.

The text advocates for a transition from a model based on isolated projects to a coordinated architecture, geared towards large-scale implementation and the integration of innovation, funding, and public policies.

The documents also reinforce the importance of South-South cooperation, the valorization of locally developed technologies, and the inclusion of vulnerable communities, indigenous peoples, women, and youth in climate implementation processes.

Science, climate and development

The climate agenda has been treated by the MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) as one of the strategic areas for national development. In recent years, the ministry has expanded initiatives related to environmental monitoring, energy transition, bioeconomy, artificial intelligence applied to climate, and strengthening the scientific infrastructure focused on sustainability.

According to CGEE, the goal of BTIP is precisely to create permanent mechanisms capable of integrating climate priorities, financing, and large-scale technological implementation, strengthening the capacity of developing countries to execute structuring projects aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Source: Press Office of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Ascom - MCTI).