WATCH: Top experts reflect on the outcomes of the crunch UN climate talks in Brazil and the implications for business - in BusinessGreen's latest Spotlight webinar
In November 2025, shortly after COP30 drew to a close in Brazil, BusinessGreen brought together several top experts in international diplomacy and climate politics to reflect on the outcomes of the UN Climate Summit, what lessons businesses can learn and how they should respond.
Hosted in association with Inspired as part of BusinessGreen's Spotlight webinar series, the interactive event offered an overview of what was agreed at fortnight-long negotiations, how they were impacted by geopolitical tensions, and the extent to which they delivered on the goals for the meeting.
Panellists also reflected on potential impact of the Summit's outcomes impact on climate finance, national climate action plans, carbon markets, global trade, clean tech deployment, climate adaptation, business confidence and more.
Hosted by BusinessGreen's editor in chief James Murray, the webinar featured top insights from:
- María Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition
- Dr Michelle de Jongh, managing director for ESG at Inspired
- Ed King, network director for energy and diplomacy at the Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC)
You can now watch back their discussion in full below.
BusinessGreen's webinar - Spotlight on climate diplomacy: What businesses needs to know about the COP30 Climate Summit - was hosted in partnership with Inspired.
