The focus in 2025
The Global NDC Conference 2025 (held 11-13 June 2025 in Berlin) came at a critical moment for global climate action. With the latest round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under review and the need for increased ambition clearer than ever, this edition focused on fostering the rapid and effective translation of NDC commitments into implementation and investment plans. The aim was to catalyse such ambition and ease access to financial flows from a broad donor landscape.
300+ participants from around the world engaged in peer discussions and hands-on breakout sessions, addressing emerging needs and opportunities in climate governance, investment mobilisation, and private sector engagement in bridging the climate finance gap.
Conference objectives
Explore ways to set more ambitious climate targets and create clear, actionable plans that translate NDCs into implementation.
Learn about successful project pipelines and identify good examples that would help you set clear priorities in your contribution to the NDC cycle.
Discover innovative financing solutions, public or private, that can unlock the resources needed to support transformative climate policies.
Connect with climate experts, share ideas and build lasting relationships to drive robust NDCs.
Agenda flow
11 June 2025
Ambition & implementation
Ambitious NDCs 3.0 are a vow to level up and accelerate climate action, but the policies alone will not get the job done.
The first conference day was about translating both mitigation and adaptation goals into high-impact national and sectoral implementation plans and project pipelines.
This day provided learning and knowledge exchange opportunities on how to drive urgent climate action, ensuring alignment, inclusion, and transparency.
Through interactive parallel sessions, participants engaged in exchanges on how to turn climate pledges into real, measurable progress.
12 June 2025
Finance
The second conference day looked at the role of finance as a critical enabler of NDC implementation.
Participants explored how to drive finance into NDC planning and implementation, enhanced collaboration between public and private actors, and learned from examples of successful investment planning and innovative finance.
This day established understanding and knowledge alignment between the diverse set of actors present at the conference.
In engaging plenary and breakout sessions, participants tackled opportunities and challenges related to finance mobilisation for climate action.
13 June 2025
Solutions
The final conference day highlighted a variety of tried-and-tested solutions to advance implementation and catalyse greater ambition.
From funding to technology, from urban to nature-climate solutions, participants learned more about how to replicate and accelerate practical solutions for NDC implementation.
Participants left the conference with ideas for engagement, an enhanced network of ambitious peers, and clarity on next steps in the NDC process.
Check out the full conference agenda here.
The Global NDC Conference 2025 was supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI), hosted by the Federal Government of Germany, and co-organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the NDC Partnership, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).