Global NDC Conference
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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
Unleashing ambition – moving climate pledges to progress
- 8:30
- 9:30
- Welcoming words by Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), Germany
- Inspiring keynote speech by Dessima Williams, President of the Senate, Grenada
- Indigenous cultural blessing by Sara Omi of the Emberá People, Panama, President of the Coordination of Territorial Women Leaders of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests
- Agenda and logistics
- Who’s in the room?
- 10:45
- 11:15
Key question: What makes a good NDC?
- Insights from different stakeholders and country best practices on ramping up ambition and accelerating implementation of NDCs.
Speakers
- Dessima Williams, President of the Senate, Grenada
- Daniele Violetti, Senior Director for Programmes Coordination, UNFCCC
- Åsa Persson, Research Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
- Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change, UNDP
- Harjeet Singh, Founding Director, Satat Sampada Climate Foundation
- Nicolas Picchiottino, Secretary General of International Development Finance Club (IDFC), Head of Public Development Banks Mobilization, AFD
- Moderator: Kaveh Guilanpour, Vice President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
- 12:30
- 14:00
1. Opportunities for a just transition in climate action and NDCs
This session brings together just transition practitioners to share best practices, successes, and challenges to integrating just transition in climate action and NDCs. Key topics of discussion will include: social protection, finance and policy alignment, transition impact assessment, stakeholder engagement and social dialogue, and skills and jobs.
2. Decarbonising the energy sector: From NDC targets to net-zero implementation pathways
Decarbonising the energy sector is central to achieving both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. This session will address the challenges and oppotunities in setting clear, quantifiable targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and fossil fuel transition in NDCs, in response to the first Global Stocktake’s call to action on energy system decarbonisation.
3. Accelerating the formulation and implementation of adaptation priorities: Leveraging NAPs, NDCs, and NBSAPs for action
During this session, we would like to present how integrated planning can help countries align National Adaptation Plans and Nationally Determined Contributions, and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans to strengthen adaptation outcomes and policy coherence. The session will highlight country experiences and lessons learned in bridging these frameworks to move from planning to implementation.
4. From reporting to action: The role of BTRs in NDC enhancement and implementation
The main objective of this parallel session would be to enhance understanding and provide clarity on the interlinkages between BTRs and NDCs development and implementation at different stages within the Paris Agreement framework.
- 15:15
- 15:45
Parallel sessions repeated: opportunity to learn and engage in a different discussion.
1. Opportunities for a just transition in climate action and NDCs
This session brings together just transition practitioners to share best practices, successes, and challenges to integrating just transition in climate action and NDCs. Key topics of discussion will include: social protection, finance and policy alignment, transition impact assessment, stakeholder engagement and social dialogue, and skills and jobs.
2. Sectoral decarbonisation pathways for industry: Scaling assistance to implement industry decarbonisation targets from updated NDCs in emerging markets and developing economies
This session explores how countries are integrating industrial targets into their NDCs, the current state of technical and financial assistance, and how new initiatives—like the Climate Club’s Global Matchmaking Platform—are helping bridge technical and financial assistance gaps.
3. Enhancing climate implementation and ambition through NDC and LTS alignment: Approaches, strategies, and best practices
This session will explore approaches to ensure alignment between NDCs and LTS, with a focus on enhancing readiness for implementation and fostering policy and investment coherence.
4. From reporting to action: The role of BTRs in NDC enhancement and implementation
The main objective of this parallel session would be to enhance understanding and provide clarity on the interlinkages between BTRs and NDCs development and implementation at different stages within the Paris Agreement framework.
- 17:00
- Sharing key insights and reflections of Day 1.
- 17:30
- 18:30
GIZ Haus, Berlin Representation
Speakers
- Andrea von Rauch, Director General, International Services, GIZ
- Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), Germany
12 June 2025
Driving finance into NDC implementation
- 7:00
- C.L.I.M.A.T.E. crunch time (Cardio & Light Intensity Morning Active Training Experience)
- 9:00
- Launch of the joint OECD-UNDP report “Investing in climate for growth and development: The case for enhanced NDCs” by Jo Tyndall, Director, Environment Directorate, OECD
- 9:30
Key question: How can we secure more investment for NDC implementation from a broad funder and investor landscape, whilst ensuring efficiency and efficacy of spending?
- Discussing solutions to address current funding gaps across public and private sectors.
Speakers
- Jo Tyndall, Director, Environment Directorate, OECD
- Joshua Amponsem, Strategy Director, Youth Climate Justice Fund
- Pablo Vieira, Global Director, NDC Partnership Support Unit
- Ada Osakwe, Founder and Managing Director, Agrolay Ventures, Board Director, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Kavita Sinha, Director, Department of Private Sector Facility, GCF
- Martin Ewald, Lead, Hamburg Sustainability Platform
- Moderator: Olga Almqvist, Senior Manager, Societal Impact Financing Initiative (SciFi), ESMT Berlin
- 10:45
- 11:15
1. Planning ambitious, investable NDCs: De-risking approaches to attract private investment
The session focuses on understanding private sector needs and developing actionable roadmaps for mobilizing capital.
It will promote collective discussions to identify challenges and opportunities based on insights provided by representatives of key stakeholders.
2. Mind the gap: Building bankable NDC pipelines in emerging markets
This interactive session unpacks why pipelines stall, showcases diverse solutions—from stand-alone Project-Preparation Facilities (PPFs, such as GCF’s PPF) to fund-embedded PPFs (Like Technical Assistance Facilities or DevCos)—and invites participants to co-design country-driven models that deliver bankable, investment-grade deals.
3. From planning to implementation: Enabling adaptation finance through public–private collaboration
This session will explore how countries are translating adaptation priorities into investable plans, with a focus on the role of Ministries of Finance and private sector engagement. Through rotating table discussions, participants will engage with real-world experiences in investment planning, country platforms, and blended finance.
4. Catalytic finance for climate action: Unlocking private investment to accelerate NDC implementation
This session explores how innovative financial instruments—such as green bonds, credit guarantees, carbon markets, and more—can support the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by catalyzing private investment in climate action.
- 12:30
- 14:00
Parallel sessions repeated: opportunity to learn and engage in a different discussion.
1. Planning ambitious, investable NDCs: De-risking approaches to attract private investment
The session focuses on understanding private sector needs and developing actionable roadmaps for mobilizing capital.
It will promote collective discussions to identify challenges and opportunities based on insights provided by representatives of key stakeholders.
2. Mind the gap: Building bankable NDC pipelines in emerging markets
This interactive session unpacks why pipelines stall, showcases diverse solutions—from stand-alone Project-Preparation Facilities (PPFs, such as GCF’s PPF) to fund-embedded PPFs (Like Technical Assistance Facilities or DevCos)—and invites participants to co-design country-driven models that deliver bankable, investment-grade deals.
3. From planning to implementation: Enabling adaptation finance through public–private collaboration
This session will explore how countries are translating adaptation priorities into investable plans, with a focus on the role of Ministries of Finance and private sector engagement. Through rotating table discussions, participants will engage with real-world experiences in investment planning, country platforms, and blended finance.
4. Catalytic finance for climate action: Unlocking private investment to accelerate NDC implementation
This session explores how innovative financial instruments—such as green bonds, credit guarantees, carbon markets, and more—can support the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by catalyzing private investment in climate action.
- 15:15
- 15:45
- 16:00
- Key insights from the parallel sessions with a focus on what’s already working in climate finance.
- Space to reflect on unresolved questions in a dynamic exchange between participants and a small panel — tapping into the collective experience and creativity of the room.
- 17:00
- Sharing key insights and reflections of Day 2.
- 17:15
- 18:30
13 June 2025
Solutions to make change happen
- 7:00
- N.D.C yoga (Nurture – Deepen – Care)
- 9:00
- Inspiring keynote speech and Q&A with Ana Toni, CEO, COP30 Presidency, Brazil
- 9:30
The case clinic is a space where participants can share a challenge they are facing in their work right now; it’s a space where they can gather best practices around a specific topic to exchange with others.
- Explore real-life challenges around NDC implementation and financing with peers from different countries, professional backgrounds, and perspectives.
- Learn about different experiences and best practices around a topic.
- Identify collaboratively potential next steps and solutions for action.
Cases
- Ensuring effective youth engagement and capacity development in NDC consultations and implementation (Kenya)
- Developing effective regulations to ensure the achievement of unconditional emission reduction targets (Nigeria)
- Democratizing access to climate finance at the grassroots level: Microgrants, community funds, fintech tools (India)
- Indigenous Peoples and NDCs in Latin America: Strengthening participation, access to climate finance, and knowledge-based monitoring
- Linking NDC ambition and unique national circumstances in the context of Pacific SIDS (Pacific Community)
- Aligning regional and local actions with national climate objectives: Overcoming capacity gaps, data limitations, and institutional fragmentation (Morocco)
- Mobilising adequate and sustained finance for NDC implementation (Pakistan)
- Developing bankable projects, navigating complex application processes for climate funds, unlocking blended finance, and enhancing institutional readiness for climate finance access (Seychelles)
- Designing and harmonising a set of carbon pricing instruments and other policy tools to deliver on Mexico’s net-zero goal by mid-century (Mexico)
- Costing of the NDC: Challenges of data and bottom-up costing methodology (Kenya)
- Linking the national GHG inventory with NDC tracking (Philippines)
- Integrating gender dimension into NDCs (Gambia)
- Adopting a monitoring system for NDC implementation (South Africa)
- Refining and deepening synergies between NDC and NBSAP (Colombia)
- Engaging Ministries of Finance and Energy in NDC revision and implementation (Mexico)
- Including the voices, needs, and realities of marginalized urban communities – especially Black and peripheral populations – in NDC revision and implementation (Brazil)
- 10:30
- Solutions for successful NDC implementation and financing, with a focus on the energy sector.
- Highlighting proven solutions that are already working and have the potential to be replicated or scaled across countries, sectors, and contexts.
Speakers
- Zoisa North-Bond, CEO, Octopus Energy Generation
- Ute Collier, Acting Director, Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, IRENA
- Asma Rouabhia, Youth Champion, UN SDG7 Technical Advisory Group, IRENA Global Council on Enabling Youth Action for SDG7
- Moderator: Hajar Yagkoubi, Co-founder of Network 2100, public speaker, former UN Youth Representative for the Netherlands
- 11:15
- 11:45
Key question: What are tried-and-tested solutions that work and can be replicated or scaled up?
We have five solutions labs:
1. Financing and funding solutions lab
With a focus on NDC3.0 implementation, this lab offers a timely space to shape investable, inclusive climate action. If you’re looking to unlock finance and turn plans into action with impact, this is the room to be in.
2. Subnational and urban solutions lab
The session will focus on different programmes that tackle cities and subnational entities such as federal states to improve their climate action and how to create meaningful networks among engaged actors on these different levels of government.
3. Technology, AI, and data solutions lab
The Technology, AI and data solutions lab will showcase five different initiatives and/or tools that help us to better understand or use (climate) information for academia, policy advise, development and/or analysis.
4. Nature-climate synergies solutions lab
This session aims to highlight how integrated, synergetic solutions pave the way for more sustainable and inclusive development by presenting different initiatives and approaches: a checklist for national policy makers along with a global study on the alignment of NBSAPs and NDCs, the Fast Forward NDC guidance tool, amongst other.
5. Article 6 solutions lab
This session explores how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can be used to mobilize finance for ambitious NDC implementation. It will provide a concise overview of the negotiation status and functioning of Article 6, including cooperative approaches (Article 6.2), the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) (Article 6.4), and non-market approaches (Article 6.8).
- 12:45
- 13:00
- Reflecting on the conference learning journey, planning concrete next steps, collectively committing to keeping ambition high.
Speakers
- Philipp Behrens, Head of Division, International Climate Initiative (IKI)
- 13:30
- 14:30
- 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.
“The 2025 NDCs need to set the tone for the next decade. The 1.5°C national pathway explorer show countries what ambitious 1.5°C-aligned 2030 and 2035 targets could look like – and illustrates how to get there.”
“The Global NDC Conference provides an important opportunity to inspire practitioners and policymakers around the world to share, lead, and contribute to their country’s NDC process.”
“Indigenous Peoples are stewards of ecosystems that are vital to climate stability. As the world gathers for the #GlobalNDCConference, it’s time for governments to move beyond tokenism and ensure meaningful participation of Indigenous Peoples in NDC processes.”
“To make NDCs truly implementable, ambition isn’t enough — we need alignment. Subnational governments are leading with credible, sector-specific transition plans. Recognising and integrating these into national strategies is key to turning commitments into progress.”
“LT-LEDS link NDCs with the 1.5°C goal, short-term plans without long-term vision risk fragility. Together, bold LT-LEDS and NDCs spotlight what’s truly transformational to boost action, manage risks, and guide effective global partnerships now.”
“The 2025 NDC round offers a chance to turn climate goals into growth drivers – moving beyond a technical exercise to a strategic tool guiding economic decisions, with strong leadership, inclusive engagement and targeted finance.”
“We need ambitious new emissions targets that are economy-wide, covering all greenhouse gases, keeping 1.5 degrees alive. The targets need to be broken down into sectors and gases, and should be credible with substantive regulations, laws, and funding to ensure goals are met and plans are implemented.”
“NDCs must evolve from vision statements into investment strategies – with clear priorities, credible data and catalytic finance aligned with country needs. Without these, ambition remains abstract.”
“NDCs mean nothing without action. True ambition is measured by what gets implemented—not just what’s promised.”
“To meet the ambition of our NDCs, we must move beyond intention to intelligent action. Artificial Intelligence offers us the precision, speed, and scale needed to transform data into climate decisions.”
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We are grateful to all the contributors for their support in making our conference possible.
More Contributors to the Global NDC Conference 2025 will be announced shortly.
