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11 June – 13 June 2025

Berlin, Germany

About the

Global NDC Conference

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1. The 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. 

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2. Past editions

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.

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3. The focus in 2025

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.

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Global NDC Conference 2023, Berlin | © Photo: Jan Rottler; graphic recording Christoph J Kellner
Wafa Hmadi
Coordinator and member
Young Tunisian Climate Negotiators Group

“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.”

Urda Eichhorst
Project Director
GIZ
“Achieving NDCs requires transforming transport. With serious leadership and stakeholder engagement sustainable mobility is possible!”
Amit Bhatt
Managing Director (India)
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
“Fostering international cooperation is crucial to enhance NDC ambition as countries can work together by sharing best practices, providing financial and technical support to developing countries, and engaging in global climate negotiations.”
Zagy Berian
Founder
Society of Renewable Energy (Indonesia)
“Youth can act as a bridge between stakeholders in energy and climate sector, government must involve youth to contribute enhancing the NDC target from individual to group level.”
Samantha Youngeun Shin
Senior Climate Finance Associate
CCAP
“The Global NDC Conference is a great opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of climate finance tracking experiences from countries and international organizations and to refine the ICAT Climate Finance Guide that CCAP has been developing to better fit the needs of specific countries.”
Alexandra Mieth
Associate Project Manager
MCII at UNU-EHS / V20 Secretariat Policy Support
“I am looking forward to the Gobal NDC conference to exchange ideas with different stakeholders on how we can unlock economic cooperation and innovative financing that enables climate vulnerable countries to reach their self-determined climate positive development targets. “
Sarah Goodenough
Head of Policy
Climate Policy Radar
“Delivering the Paris Agreement requires urgent action, yet insights into effective policy making are hidden within mountains of documents. Arming researchers and decision-makers with a comprehensive evidence base is crucial to halve emissions this decade.”
Joaquim Leite
Head of Climate Finance
NDC Partnership
“Achieving the Paris Agreement requires unprecedented levels of global cooperation. The NDC Partnership supports countries in adopting a whole-of-society and collaborative approach by mobilizing and coordinating technical and financial resources for ambitious climate action.”
Jebi Rahman
Head of Global Implementation
Climate Group
“State and regional governments play a key role in implementing NDCs. There needs to be closer collaboration between national and subnational governments to ensure that NDCs increase in ambition, and are deliverable on the ground.”
Cassie Flynn
Director, Climate Hub
UNDP
“NDCs are one of the strongest tools we have at our disposal to advance sustainable development in the years and decades ahead. From energy and nature to agriculture and transport, NDCs offer unique, sovereign blueprints for investment in areas that can push climate ambition and action.”
Martin Ewald
Managing Director & Lead Portfolio Manager
Allianz
“The Global NDC Conference engenders a unique opportunity to showcase the innovative and impactful work of private markets blended finance.”
Sara Cognuck González
Natural Resource Manager
“Still excited to have participated in the Global NDC Conference and to have been part of the group of 10 young people who were selected for our work in climate policy. It was really inspiring to share and meet more young people in climate action.”
Silvia Elena Gomez Garcia
Secretary of Environment and Sustainability
Government of Antioquia, Colombia
“The Global NDC Conference is an enriching and valuable experience where we strengthened ties with great leaders from different countries.”

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

Arrival & registration
Conference opening (part I)
  • 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
Conference opening (part II)
  • Agenda and logistics
  • Who’s in the room?
Break
Plenary panel
  • 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 
Lunch
Parallel sessions on ambition & implementation

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Break
Parallel sessions on ambition & implementation (repeat)

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Plenary reflection
  • Sharing key insights and reflections of the first day
Closing of the day
Evening reception

12 June 2025
Finance day

Morning sports & activation (optional)
Plenary opening
  • 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
Plenary panel
  • 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
Break
Parallel sessions on finance
Lunch
Parallel sessions on finance (repeat)
Break
Group picture
Plenary panel, with connection & learning in smaller groups at the tables
  • 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
Plenary reflection
  • Moment of reflection and grounding before heading to solutions day
Closing of the day
Dinner cruise with conversations on NDC implementation

13 June 2025
Solutions day

Morning sports & activation (optional)
Case clinic
  • Different cases and challenges around NDC processes brought forward by participants and discussed in small groups
Plenary fireside chat
  • 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?
Break
Solutions lab (parallel sessions)
  • 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
Conference closing
  • Reflect on the conference learning journey, plan concrete next steps, and collectively commit to keeping ambition high
Lunch
Time for bilaterals
  • 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

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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.