Dear ClimateMind friends,
COP30 begins — and for me, this is a deeply personal moment. I’ve spent this year travelling across the Pacific, the Caribbean, South America and Europe, listening to communities, observing negotiations, and building relationships to bring psychology into international climate diplomacy in a tangible way. Arriving in Belém now feels like the moment everything connects.
The city has become the world’s meeting point for climate cooperation — and ClimateMind is here to help bring the human layer of negotiations to the forefront: the emotions, identities, trust, fatigue, and aspirations that shape whether cooperation succeeds or stalls.
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, we enter a COP where ambition depends less on new promises and more on implementation, shared purpose, and the psychological foundations of collaboration — especially for frontline states navigating exhaustion, loss, and uncertainty.
My hope is that COP30 becomes a turning point: a COP where empathy and connection strengthen ambition more powerfully than pressure ever could.
Warmly,
Janna Hoppmann
On the picture: Túlio Andrade, COP30 Presidency Strategy Team Lead
