This blog post was originally posted at the NDC Partnership website in July 2025.
Nearly 350 participants from over 60 countries convened in Berlin, Germany on 11–13 June for the Global NDC Conference, aiming to foster higher ambition and support rapid implementation and financing of “NDCs 3.0,” the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions.
Now in its fourth edition, the Global NDC Conference has become the leading global conference for dialogue and partnership-building among policymakers, climate experts, practitioners, researchers and other key stakeholders involved in the development and implementation of NDCs. A regular touchpoint for countries and stakeholders to share NDC progress and challenges, the conference is a key platform for surfacing insights on climate governance, finance, transparency and other key aspects of NDCs.
In Berlin, participants engaged in over 30 panel discussions and technical sessions, focused on unlocking opportunities to raise ambition and quickly shift from pledges to progress, mobilizing finance for NDC implementation. Key takeaways included:
Countries and partners are committed to enhancing ambition and accelerating implementation. While work remains to deliver stronger climate action at the speed and scale required, countries are making progress — strengthening policy frameworks, engaging the whole of society, building national ownership and creating institutional arrangements to mobilize finance and sustain action over the long term.
Technical solutions and opportunities to accelerate climate action are real, practical and available. Solutions and opportunities to accelerate climate action are everywhere, from new facilities to fast-track project development and deploy climate finance to engaging parliamentarians on climate legislation and advancing whole-of-society approaches to decarbonisation.
Implementing NDCs fundamentally depends on countries’ ability to mobilise finance effectively. To drive transformational change, all types of finance — especially from the private sector — must be deployed strategically to turn NDCs from plans to reality. Countries are taking steps to prepare by developing investment plans and finance strategies, strengthening enabling environments, integrating NDCs into economic and fiscal planning, engaging the private sector and creating financial instruments and project pipelines.
