Between 2 and 5 December 2025, Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Director of the Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM), co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme, participated in the II International Conference – The Law & the Amazon: Thinking Locally and Beyond the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30).

The conference was organized by Max Planck Law and its Initiative Forum Latin America, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, with support from several national and international institutions, including the Federal University of Pará, the University Center of Pará, the Attorney General’s Office School, Maastricht University, and Tilburg University.

Hosted at the Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos (NAEA) of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), the conference brought together academics, legal practitioners, policymakers, and representatives of Indigenous communities to discuss interdisciplinary approaches to research on the Amazon in the lead-up to COP30. The discussions focused on innovative methodological and educational perspectives, as well as strategies to strengthen multilevel forest governance by integrating the experiences and knowledge of local communities affected by international, regional, and domestic regulatory frameworks.

Professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida participated in Session 5: Regulating Commodities and Trade, alongside Julian Trujillo Marin, Camila Pintarelli, and Claire Debucquois, under the chairmanship of Bruno Lima. Her presentation, Monitoring the Impacts of the European Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) in Brazil, showcased the empirical research developed by CPDG and CEJM on the indirect implementation of the EUDR in Brazil. The presentation examined the regulation's practical implications for Brazilian producers, with particular emphasis on the coffee sector, highlighting both regulatory challenges and broader debates on global environmental governance and sustainable trade.