Registration, refreshments and networking time.

AlterCOP30 Philippines Welcome Remarks & Embodiment Exercise. Introduction to AlterCOP and what to expect. Introduction to Day 3 theme: Financing Future, Scaling Impact.

Showcasing how research, leadership, and finance drive regenerative futures. This day also features AIM Capstone Exhibits that bridge policy and practice into real-world solutions.

This session introduces the global climate negotiations under the UNFCCC, situating COP30 in Belém, Brazil, within the context of international climate action and justice. Anchored on the 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, it explores how global commitments and NDCs can translate into local action, policy innovation, and regenerative futures for the Philippines.

This keynote highlights the Philippines’ updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and implementation plan, charting the country’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. It will set the stage for translating global obligations into local action through clear policies, financing, and governance mechanisms.

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The Bridging Leadership empowers participants to navigate complexity with empathy, collaboration, and shared accountability. Anchored in the Bridging Leadership Framework—ownership, co-ownership, and co-creation—it cultivates the ability to bridge societal divides and co-create solutions for regenerative development and good governance. Through guided reflection and real-world cases, participants explore how to shift from an ego-system to an eco-system mindset, mobilizing people and institutions toward collective impact in an interconnected and rapidly changing world.

Day 3 highlights the vital link between research, policy, and practice in advancing systemic transformation toward regenerative futures. The session showcases capstone projects from the Executive Master in Disaster Risk and Crisis Management (EMDRCM) Program, reflecting AIM’s mission to cultivate adaptive and competent leaders capable of addressing disaster and crisis challenges through evidence-based and forward-looking interventions. By integrating technical expertise with leadership and systems thinking, EMDRCM graduates exemplify AIM’s vision of empowering leaders to build safer, more sustainable, and regenerative societies.

Light snacks and refreshments provided by AlterCOP Philippines, networking time and discussions over the morning presentations. Expect intermission performances as well!

The ridge-to-reef approach underscores the interconnectedness of uplands, coasts, and communities in building climate resilience. This session explores how ecosystems and natural capital can be systematically integrated into governance, policy, and finance. Tourism and waste management are also vital to sustaining ecosystems from mountains to seas, and the panel will highlight approaches that draw on indigenous wisdom, regenerative tourism models, and circular economy innovations. Through insights from practice, research, and policy, speakers will illustrate how biodiversity protection can move beyond isolated projects toward institutionalized, cross-sector action—advancing climate justice, reducing plastic pollution, restoring ecosystems, and ensuring that cultural and natural wealth remain enduring sources of resilience and well-being.

The masterclass trains participants to write engaging teaching cases on net positive models—organizations that create more value than they extract. It introduces the structure, style, and storytelling techniques of effective case writing, emphasizing sharp decision focus, real-world dilemmas, and regenerative leadership themes. Participants learn to turn sustainability practices into vivid narratives that drive analysis and action, producing draft case concepts ready for classroom or publication use.

The Action Triangle is a collaborative tool to overcome fragmented and accountability gaps in climate action by providing a shared responsibility framework where citizens, businesses, and government as co-actors who each commit to action while enabling one another. Participants map best practices, gaps, and opportunities, build bridges across citizens, business, and government, and commit to collaborative actions for collective impact. These commitments converge into a Knowledge Hub (sharing insights), a Network of Practice (cross-sector partnerships), and Financing Pathways (access to grants, CSR, loans, bonds, blended finance, and carbon markets).

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Sustainable Finance is a key enabler for regenerative and inclusive growth. The session explores frameworks on risk management, governance, and accountability—emphasising how finance can enable climate resilience and long-term sustainable development. Thought leaders from IFC, BSP, SAP, ICSC share insights from policy, regulation, and practice on aligning investments with sustainability goals.

The Plausible Regenerative Futures 2045 session unfolds in three interconnected phases designed to engage participants in collective foresight and systems thinking.

Fireside Chat with Experts serves as the culminating dialogue where MDM capstone teams and invited experts stress-test assumptions and pathways toward a regenerative 2045. Drawing insights from earlier “Futures Harvest” stations, the session invites critical reflection on what must change, emerge, or be defended in shaping our shared future. Through this interactive, foresight-driven conversation, participants co-create strategic insights and identify key signals for transformative action in the years ahead.

This session marks a vibrant close to the day’s sessions with the launch of Climate Action Labs (CAL)—a global volunteer action network connecting university students and city leaders to co-create regenerative solutions for communities and ecosystems.

The evening continues with “Tipsy with Sustainability”—a fun, hands-on activity where participants make fruit cocktails, save seeds, and raise funds for reforestation efforts in Rizal and Zambales.

The night concludes with closing remarks from AlterCOP30 Philippines and partners—MDM 2025 (AIM), Climate Fresk, Aqo Partners, Global Shapers, and 3Zero/ACTED—celebrating collaboration, creativity, and commitment to regenerative futures.