Friday 28 November 2025 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Wolfson College
About
Wolfson College Research Networks (WCRN) and the Wolfson College Sustainability & Conservation Network in collaboration with Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Jesus College invite you to
Join us for a Panel Discussion entitled, ‘From Baku to the Amazon: Climate Justice, Finance and Our Common Future at COP30’
Date: 28 November
Time: 17.30-19.00
Venue: Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge CB3 9BB
Online registration link: https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/fiuTGoVnTciSJ85zgSOTXQ
This event will mark COP30 which will take place in Belém, Brazil from 10-21 November 2025.
This panel discussion will convene policymakers and academics to reflect on Brazil’s announcements in Belém outlining a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The conversation will highlight the handover from Azerbaijan to Brazil, amplify Indigenous perspectives on the Amazon, and explore pathways for climate justice, climate finance, and a more equitable future for the Global South.
Chair
Robin Daniels is a serial company founder, innovator and impact investor. He is focused on the environmentally sensitive application of technologies and new business models to drive innovation and investment into the global fight against climate change, social inequality and habitat loss. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College.
Panellists
His Excellency Elin Suleymanov is the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom, appointed in 2021 by President Ilham Aliyev. Prior to that Mr Suleymanov served as Azerbaijan’s long-time Ambassador to the United States of America for a decade. Earlier, he served as Senior Counselor at the Foreign Relations Department, Office of the President in Baku, Azerbaijan and as Press Officer of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, DC. Mr Suleymanov’s experience before joining diplomatic service includes working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Azerbaijan and Glaverbel Czech, a leading manufacturing company in East-Central Europe.
Natalia Buitron is an anthropologist exploring political subjectivities, indigeneity, and development, specifically how broader political and economic forms interweave with moral transformation in daily life. She has researched, written, and taught on a wide range of issues pertaining to indigenous-state relations, (in)equality, intercultural education, writing and childhood. She is a Fellow of Jesus College.
Priscila Tapajowara is an indigenous woman from the Amazon biome, born in the ancestral territory of the Tapajó people, Santarém, Pará. She is a filmmaker, and photographer and she was chosen by EFE and Sanchamama as one of the 100 Latinos most committed to climate action in 2023 and 2024. Since 2013, she has been showing the struggle and culture of indigenous peoples through photography and in 2018 she graduated in Audiovisual Production from FAPCOM College, becoming the first indigenous woman to graduate from the institution. She serves as president of the indigenous communication organisation, Mídia Indígena, and the vice-president of the Território da Artes Institute.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Cambridge Central Asia Forum