For many participants, the conference was a valuable give-and-take exercise of sharing knowledge, opening new perspectives and sparking energy in climate action. Check out their testimonials.
Highlights
We sat down with Indigenous participants of the Global NDC Conference to hear how they see the connection between their communities and the global effort to implement NDCs. Read their testimonials.
Over 350 practitioners and policymakers from more than 60 countries came together in Berlin at the Global NDC Conference 2025, a forum for exchanging on policy innovations, highlighting real-world case studies, and building multi-stakeholder collaboration.
There is no pathway to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement without the leadership and stewardship of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
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.
Parliamentarians have been overlooked for too long and are vital to the NDC 3.0 design and implementation process. This was the key message from the one-day GLOBE Roundtable on Parliamentary Engagement in the NDCs, held in Berlin on 10 June 2025.
Day 3 of the conference turned to the practical side of NDC implementation. Participants left the conference carrying a toolkit of solutions and new ideas for engagement, clarity on next steps in the NDC process and an expanded network of motivated peers.
The second day of the Global NDC Conference focused on the role of finance as a crucial enabler for NDC implementation in the pursuit of global climate goals.
On Day 1, five parallel sessions opened the floor for discussing and exploring opportunities for a Just Transition in climate action and NDCs, decarbonising sectors, among other topics.
Ahead of the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2025, practitioners and policymakers from more than 50 countries have come together at the Global NDC Conference to accelerate NDC implementation, turn commitment into action, and shift into sprint mode for the next round of NDCs.