The Global South House at COP30: lessons, barriers and the path forward

There are a diverse range of funds across the global South that are channelling finance to local communities to drive social, environmental, climate and economic solutions.

In the face of intensified socioenvironmental crises, these funds offer an opportunity to drive effective change through bottom-up solutions that take advantage of the knowledge, resources and capacities of the communities.

The Global South House is a collaborative platform driven by organisations, networks and coalitions that articulate and strengthen funding mechanisms from and for the global South, committed to advancing socioenvironmental justice.

COP30 in Belém in 2025 provided the backdrop for the first edition of the Global South House, which brought together over 1,200 in-person participants representing approximately 500 organisations from 29 countries.

As a knowledge partner of the Global South House, IIED documented and synthesized the key issues and agendas discussed during its inaugural edition.

Our analysis seeks to produce strategic knowledge based on the content, debates and messages that emerged from the COP30 edition, the Global South House Manifesto, and the Global South House partners’ contributions.