Global NDC Conference
The Global NDC Conference has become an international forum to discuss about Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), inspiring practitioners and policymakers around the world to share, lead and contribute to their country’s NDC update and implementation processes.
Throughout the years, the Global NDC Conference has contributed to the conversation on NDCs. From sharing experiences on climate governance, finance, and transparency to inspiring policymakers and practitioners to accelerate the pace towards transformational climate action around the world.
The 2025 edition will foster the rapid and effective translation of NDC commitments into implementation and investment plans. With the aim of catalysing ambition and easing access to financial flows from a broad donor landscape, a particular focus lies on the private sector to bridge the climate finance gap.
Our numbers in 2023


“The biggest challenge in the NDC process is the implementation phase through targeting the most vulnerable communities and reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in changing and challenging economic and political context.”












Preliminary agenda
Please note that the agenda is subject to change. We are currently finalising session formats, speakers, and timings. The agenda will be updated regularly as more information becomes available.
11 June 2025
Ambition & implementation day
- 8:00
- 9:00
- Welcoming words by Federal Minister (IKI-hosting Ministry, tbc)
- Inspiring keynote speech(es) by influential climate actors
- Spiritual/cultural contribution to conference opening
- Speakers to be confirmed
- 10:00
- Agenda and logistics
- Who’s in the room?
- 10:30
- 11:00
- Key question: What makes a good NDC?
- Themes: Lessons from NDC regional fora and climate weeks, involvement and insights from different stakeholders, country best practices
- Speakers to be confirmed
- 12:30
- 14:00
1. Just transition and inclusive NDC implementation
More details will follow soon.
2. Sectoral decarbonisation pathways for energy
More details will follow soon.
3. Alignment for accelerated and impactful adaptation
More details will follow soon.
4. Transparency: NDC – BTR linkages
More details will follow soon.
5. Pipeline development for NDCs
More details will follow soon.
- 15:15
- 15:45
1. Just transition and inclusive NDC implementation
More details will follow soon.
2. Sectoral decarbonisation pathways for industry
More details will follow soon.
3. Alignment for accelerated and impactful adaptation
More details will follow soon.
4. Transparency: NDC – BTR linkages
More details will follow soon.
5. Pipeline development for NDCs
More details will follow soon.
- 17:00
- Sharing key insights and reflections of the first day
- 17:30
- 18:30
12 June 2025
Finance day
- 7:30
- 9:00
- Framing keynote speech(es) on how to drive finance into NDC implementation when climate budgets are collapsing across the globe
- General sensemaking of NDC finance landscape
- Speakers to be confirmed
- 9:30
- Key question: How do we secure (more) investment for NDC implementation from a broad donor landscape and how do we ensure efficiency and efficacy of spending?
- Themes: Challenges and different/diverging perspectives about public and private finance mobilisation
- Speakers to be confirmed
- 10:30
- 11:00
1. De-risking approaches to attract investment
More details will follow soon.
2. Article 6: advancing high integrity carbon markets
More details will follow soon.
3. Investment planning: from paper to process
More details will follow soon.
4. Catalytic finance: exploring opportunities for replication and scale
More details will follow soon.
- 12:15
- 14:00
1. De-risking approaches to attract investment
More details will follow soon.
2. Article 6: advancing high integrity carbon markets
More details will follow soon.
3. Investment planning: from paper to process
More details will follow soon.
4. Catalytic finance: exploring opportunities for replication and scale
More details will follow soon.
- 15:15
- 15:45
- 16:00
- Themes: Key insights from the parallel sessions that offer solutions and a possible way forward in financing and investments for NDC implementation
- Format: Plenary discussions in small table groups, with input from (panel) speakers
- 17:00
- Moment of reflection and grounding before heading to solutions day
- 17:30
- 18:30
13 June 2025
Solutions day
- 7:30
- 9:00
- Different cases and challenges around NDC processes brought forward by participants and discussed in small groups
- 10:15
- How to bring solutions to replication and scale?
- How can different actors come in and do their part to bridge the global ambition and finance gap?
- 11:00
- 11:30
- Key question: What are tried-and-tested solutions that work and can be replicated/scaled up?
- Thematic clusters:
- Financing & funding solutions
- Subnational & urban solutions
- Technology, AI & data
- Nature-climate synergies
- 12:30
- Reflect on the conference learning journey, plan concrete next steps, and collectively commit to keeping ambition high
- 13:15
- 14:00
- Participants can use the conference spaces (i.e., plenary and parallel sessions rooms, break area) to hold bilateral meetings, connect, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration in a more personal setting
News & stories
The organisers of the Global NDC Conference 2023 were dedicated to providing an inclusive conference space in which everyone can participate regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical ability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, or any other social category.

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Contributors
We are grateful to all the contributors for their support in making our conference possible.
Contributors to the 2025 Global NDC Conference will be announced at a later stage.