#GlobalNDCConference

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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 fostered 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 lied on the private sector to bridge the climate finance gap.

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Claudio Forner
Climate Analytics
Head of Climate Policy

“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.”

Anika Terton
International Institute for Sustainable Development - IISD
Senior Policy Advisor

“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.”

Mary Ann Manja Bayang
UNDP
Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Specialist

“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.”

Toby Walker
Climate Group
Senior Manager

“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.”

Marcela Jaramillo
The 2050 Pathways Platform
Executive Director

“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.”

Jo Tyndall
OECD
Director of the Environment Directorate

“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.”

Daniele Violetti
UNFCCC
Senior Director, Programmes Coordination

“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.”

Chavi Meattle
Climate Policy Initiative
Climate Finance Specialist

“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.”

Abdurrahim Durmuş
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye
Head of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies Department, Directorate of Climate Change,

“NDCs mean nothing without action. True ambition is measured by what gets implemented—not just what’s promised.”

Yazid Mikail
Nest Africa AI Innovation Lab
Founder and Executive Director

“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.