| Title |
Description |
Date |
Time |
Room |
Organizers |
| BTR Synthesis Report 2025: what has Paris Agreement delivered |
The event aims to reinforce the positive message that the PA delivers. The event will present the findings of the BTR synthesis report. This report is the first product of the UN Climate change that provides a snapshot of NDC implementation, highlighting progress made in mitigation, adaptation and support and identifying areas where additional efforts are needed to meet the Paris Agreement goals.
The BTR synthesis report is an integral part of the Enhanced Transparency Framework that is prepared every two years to serve as input to the Global Stocktake. |
Monday, 10. November 2025 |
13.00-14.30 |
Paraná |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| Advancing Synergies: Coherent Policies for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture and Food Systems |
This side event will position food and agriculture as essential drivers for climate adaptation and mitigation—particularly through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It will showcase strategic pathways and practical tools to enhance climate resilience, ensure long-term food and economic security, and promote nature-positive agriculture and food systems. The session aims to foster alignment between climate and biodiversity goals. |
Monday, 10. November 2025 |
14:00-15:00 |
NDC Partnership Pavillion |
WWF |
| Insights from the UNEP Emissions Gap report and the UNFCCC NDC and BTR Synthesis Reports |
Joint UNFCCC and UNEP high level event presents the UNEP Emissions Gap Report and the NDC Synthesis Report |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
13.00-14.30 |
Tapajós |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| From Trade-offs to Synergies: Aligning Climate and Biodiversity Policies |
This event brings together experts from across government, academia, and NGOs to explore synergies between climate and biodiversity agendas in NDCs, NBSAPs, and NAPs, highlighting the role of Brazil’s forests and how threats like wildfires may undermine joint solutions amid climate overshoot. |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
13:15-14:45 |
Side Event Room 1 |
University of Oxford, SOS Atlantic Forest Foundation, Greenpeace International (GREENPEACE), WWF |
| NDCs for People and Planet - leveraging climate action to build societies and economies of the future |
This high-level launch will spotlight leadership on climate action and NDCs, and rally partners for this new era action. It will:
· Showcase how countries are turning climate pledges into opportunities for growth, jobs, and resilience.
· Highlight strong partnerships across governments, the private sector, and international institutions.
· Signal a united commitment to deliver on the Paris Agreement — not someday, but now. It will reaffirm the UN system’s offer of support through the Climate Promise. |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
14:30-16:00 |
Paraná |
UNDP |
| Global Deadlock or Decisive Action? Facing the NDC Challenge Together |
There must be a strong political response to global NDC shortfall amid escalating climate impacts. EU, South Asian, Latin American civil society and negotiators will hold a cross-regional conversation on NDC ambition gap and cross-sectoral just &funded transition options away from fossil-dependency |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 1 |
Climate Action Network - Europe (CAN - Europe), Climate Action Network - Latin America (CAN-LA), Climate Analytics GmbH, Germanwatch, Stichting Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) |
| Will Brazil fulfill its promise? |
We will present the latest estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in the host country of COP30. The analysis will be able to predict whether the country will meet its NDC for 2025 and the panelists will highlight key aspects for understanding Brazilian emissions. |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 9 |
Laboratory of the Climate Observatory (OC), Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon), Institute for Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification (Imaflora) |
| Communities in the driving seat: Carbon Markets safeguards and alternatives. |
The needs and visions of communities must be the center of climate action. With the new Article 6.4 Crediting Mechanism featuring in many NDCs, communities face the challenge of dealing with an increasing number of carbon initiatives. The event examines needed safeguards and alternatives. |
Tuesday, 11. November 2025 |
16:45—18:15 |
Side Event Room 6 |
Swiss Lenten Fund (FO) (FO), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), Carbon Market Watch (CMW), Cooperation Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité (CIDSE), NewClimate Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability gGmbH (NewClimate Institute), Oeko-Institut e.V. Institute for Applied Ecology, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) |
| Indigenous Peoples and NDCs 3.0: Rights, recognition, and the way forward |
Indigenous representatives will assess the third NDC cycle, highlighting progress, gaps and challenges in the recognition of Indigenous rights, knowledge and contributions, with a focus on adaptation, just transition, gender, youth, and how Indigenous worldviews can shape fair climate action. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 3 |
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation (AIPP), Association des Femmes Peules et Peuples Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT), Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP) |
| #Youth4Adaptation: Launch of Global Youth Recommendations on NDCs and NAPs |
Presentation of NDC/NAP youth consultations in 91 countries by the Global Adaptation Center |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
12.30 - 13.30 |
Paraná |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| Transparency for Effective, Realistic and Trackable NDC 3.0 |
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Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
14:00-15:30 |
Paraná |
UNFCCC secretariat |
Delivering on the Promise:
Powering the next-generation of climate action to deliver sustainable development |
This side event will illustrate how champion countries have developed ambitious, inclusive and financially-attractive NDCs in a world full of increasing constraints – economic, political, and civic, and how the UN System has come together to support these efforts. Structured around the Climate Promise 2025 pillars, it will include insightful experiences and success stories on how countries have increased their ambition, ensured meaningful inclusion of whole-of-society, and supported acceleration of implementation by ensuring NDCs are investible and implementable, and set in the right enabling environment. The side event will also showcase how, through coordinated UN efforts, countries have simultaneously delivered on a number of the COP30 Presidency priorities under its Action Agenda, from transitioning energy, industry, and transport to stewarding forests, oceans, and biodiversity. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
15:00-16:30 |
Side Event Room 3 |
UNDP, FAO, UNIDO, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNFCCC and DCO. |
| Civil Society Equity Review 2025 Report Launch - 10 Years of Equity Reviews of Climate Ambition |
The annual Civil Society Equity Review report reviews equity and ambition of the new round of NDCs, highlighting the issue of toxic inequality and the role that scaling up climate finance, other support and Just Transitions must take, and looks back on 10 years of equity reviews of climate ambition |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 3 |
Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement, Inc. (APMDD), Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac), Climate Equity Reference Project Canada (CERP), International Forum on Globalization Inc. (IFG), Windfall Energy Project (WEC) |
| Accelerating Climate Implementation: Scaling Action through NDCs & Technology Development & Transfer |
A session on accelerating climate policy implementation through data and advanced tools (including a scalable digital tool for Brazil) and the improvement of the UNFCCC’s Technology Mechanism, featuring the role of climate technology development & transfer. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 8 |
Center for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE), Associação Ambiental YCL - Youth Climate Leaders (YCL), Climate Policy Radar, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
| Financing NDC Implementation: Aligning the Baku to Belém Roadmap With Country-Led Action |
This event will create a strategic dialogue between the policy architecture (Circle of Finance Ministers report), the financing institutions (MDBs and the private sector), and the delivery mechanism (international organizations and the NDC Partnership) to ensure these three levels work in concert. It will showcase concrete instruments—from sustainable taxonomies to innovative mechanisms like the Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF)—that can operationalize the Roadmap’s ambitions at the country level. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
15:30-16:30 |
NDC Partnership Pavillion |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| Locally Led NbS: African & Latin American Lessons for Global Climate Action |
African (Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa) and Latin American (Gran Chaco, Amazon, Caribbean) leaders showcase how multistakeholder partnerships leverage NbS in a gender and intersectional approach to deliver NDCs & NBSAPs, while boosting climate and economic resilience. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
16:45—18:15 |
Side Event Room 9 |
Asociación Cultural para el Desarrollo Integral (ACDI), Fauna & Flora International (Fauna & Flora), Fundación Gran Chaco |
| Financing Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for Resilient Health Systems in NDCs & NAPs |
This side event, co-led by UNFPA, UNDP, AfDB, and OHCHR, will focus on integrating International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) principles, including human rights, population, sexual and reproductive health, and gender equality, into global climate action like NDCs and NAPs. It aims to unpack strategic activities, launch UNFPA's new handbook on integrating SRHR into national climate policies, explore enabling conditions for gender equality, and focus on capacity development, climate finance, and gender-responsive budgeting for the next NDC cycle. The event will feature panels discussing the integration of SRHR and financing actions under NDC 3.0. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
18:30-20:00 |
Side Event Room 4 |
UNFPA, UNDP, AfDB and OHCHR |
| Financing Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for Resilient Health Systems in NDCs & NAPs |
UNFPA study shows that integration of SRHR and other human rights-based approaches into the NDCs is limited including in NDC3.0 submissions and does not substantially address the needs of women and girls. Event will share country experiences in integrating SRHR financing in NDC for climate action. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 4 |
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
| NDCs and Territorial Rights: Strengthening National Climate Ambition through Community Action. |
Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and Local Communities protect most of the world’s remaining forests and biodiversity, but their territorial rights remain inadequately recognized. This event will discuss how governments can strengthen national climate ambition by protecting rights |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 6 |
Rights and Resources Institute, Inc. (RRI), Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad (AAS), Rural Development Institute |
| Green Skills Global Initiative High-Level Launch Event with COP30 Presidency |
The Global Initiative on Jobs & Skills for the New Economy brings together governments, business, and civil society to put people at the center of climate and economic transitions. Building on the COP30 Presidency’s vision of a people-centered climate transition, the Initiative seeks to turn political ambition into practical action—anchored in data, dialogue, and delivery.
The COP30 Launch will mark a major milestone for this agenda. It will introduce the Initiative publicly, present its first Flagship Report and Action Agenda, and showcase how countries and industries can integrate jobs and skills into their growth and transition strategies. |
Wednesday, 12. November 2025 |
9:00-10:30 |
Special Event Room 3 - Parnaíba |
COP30 Presidency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), World Resources Institute, Systemiq, Ares Charitable Foundation, Laudes Foundation, LinkedIn, Education Development Center, NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| The Road From Belem: How COP30 will drive a "New Era of Implementation" on Resilience and Adaptation |
COP30 marks a decisive moment for climate action—ten years after Paris and two years after the first Global Stocktake. With updated NDCs due, success depends on scaling adaptation and resilience alongside mitigation. This dialogue will explore how finance, policy, and implementation can drive a decade of delivery. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 5 |
Institute for Climate and Society (ICS), Association Think Tank CONCITO, Fundación de Iniciativas de Cambio Climático (Fundación MDL), I4CE - Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE), Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) |
| Insights from the 2025 ocean dialogue to drive climate ambition |
The event will discuss the key messages of the 2025 Dialogue on the ocean in the NDCs, the GGA, and climate–biodiversity synergies, with finance and science as cross-cutting issues. It will provide a forum for Parties to consider how to influence relevant agenda items at COP30 and to showcase enhanced climate ambition through their new NDCs. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
13.30-15.00 |
Tapajós |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| From Ambition to Action: Unlocking Climate-SDG Synergies |
Building on the 3rd Global Report on Climate and SDG Synergy and the 6th Global Synergies Conference outcomes, this event shows how unlocking synergies offers concrete opportunities to accelerate integrated action, including through NDCs 3.0, to turn ambition into impact as we near 2030. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 2 |
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) |
| Alignment of Adaptation Fund Portfolio With NAPs and NDCs |
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Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
14:30-15:30 |
MCF Pavillion |
Adaptation Fund, NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| From Pledges to Projects: Bridging the NDC-Investment Gap |
Countries have submitted NDCs 3.0, reaffirming climate ambition. Yet financing remains a major hurdle—limited capacity, fragmented systems, and unclear pathways from plans to implementation. What lessons from past cycles are reflected in NDC 3.0 to address this challenge? |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 6 |
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
| Another round of NDCs- But Where's the Money? |
As the NDC 3.0 takes shape, ambition must be backed by action-and that requires finance. This event calls on the Global North to deliver public, grant-based climate finance so Global South countries can implement real solutions, not just submit plans that remain unfunded and unrealised. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 1 |
Digo Bikas Institute (DBI), National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Samata |
| Amazon in Focus: Climate Action Plans and Finance for Justice in the Forest |
The event will showcase Climate Action Plans built by Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, youth, and women in the Brazilian Amazon, highlighting their role in implementing Brazil’s NDC and accessing direct climate finance for just solutions. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 7 |
Sustainable Amazonas Foundation (FAS), Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (ACTO), Plant for the Planet Foundation (Plant for the Planet) |
Pillars for Effective Implementation: Robust institutional arrangements across planning processes
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Drawing from experiences by the UNFCCC secretariat and other supporting partners, the event will provide a dialogue space to showcase country cases, analytical tools as well as best practices on systemic approaches for building sustainable and country-owned institutional arrangements to enable the full implementation of national climate commitments while identifying and addressing capacity-building challenges to such goals.
This event will inform Parties on the support available for technical assistance and capacity-building in strengthening domestic arrangements for NDC implementation. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
15:30-17:00 |
Special Event Room 5 - Tapajós |
2050 Pathways, NDCP, UNFCCC |
| Leveraging trade and investment for a low-carbon and sustainable future |
The side event is organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with the support of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This session will explore how sustainable trade and investment can drive enhanced NDCs, build resilient low-emission value chains, and boost international cooperation. Speakers will share experiences and policy tools to harness trade for 1.5°C-aligned, just, and climate-resilient development. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
18:30-20:00 |
Side Event Room 7 (Blue zone) |
UNCTAD, WIPO, UNU Wider, UNDP |
| Somalia Unveils NDC 3.0 Investment Plan to Drive Resilience and Low-Carbon Growth by 2035 |
At COP30, the Federal Government of Somalia, through the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, will launch its NDC Investment Plan 2025–2035: "Investing in Somalia’s Climate Future." This costed roadmap outlines the pathway to achieve its enhanced NDC 3.0 targets, including a 34% emissions reduction by 2035. The event aims to mobilize global partnerships and financing to transform Somalia's climate vulnerability into a foundation for peace, stability, and sustainable development. |
Thursday, 13. November 2025 |
9:30-10:30 |
NDC Partnership Pavillion |
Government of Somalia, FAO |
| Delivering the GST Energy Goals - Investing in the Shift from Ambition to Action |
This event aims to accelerate implementation of the COP28 Global Stocktake (GST) energy outcomes by shifting focus from ambition to action and mobilizing investment for a rapid, global clean energy transition. While renewable energy deployment is on track to meet the goal of tripling capacity by 2030, progress on energy efficiency remains critically off pace, requiring urgent policy and financing interventions. The session will analyse progress toward COP28’s energy targets, assess investment gaps, and identify actionable financial models, policy reforms, and partnership platforms that can de-risk private capital and build project pipelines at scale. The intended audience includes government and policy professionals, financial institutions, international organizations, and private sector representatives seeking pathways to operationalize energy-related NDC targets and deliver measurable progress toward the 2030 goals. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
10:30-11:30 |
Special Event Room 4 - Parana |
IEA, IRENA, UNFCCC |
| Reducing emissions and habitat loss through resilient food systems |
Opportunities exist to reduce habitat conversion driven by agricultural expansion through effective policies and market incentives. These can enhance NDC ambition and support nature-based solutions. We present examples from Brazil with scope for expansion and innovations to remove barrier. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 6 |
Friends of the Earth - Amazonia Program (AdT), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (UW) |
| NDC Implementation in Brazil: Enabling public-private collaboration to achieve global climate goals |
To support the implementation of Brazil’s NDC, this roundtable will bring government, finance and business together to discuss how best to collaborate to achieve common climate goals, particularly around the integration of nature-based solutions into climate policy. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 8 |
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) |
| Driving Climate Action through Industrial Decarbonization |
This event aims to accelerate industrial decarbonization in line with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal by fostering collaboration among governments, industry, finance, and international organizations. With heavy industry responsible for nearly 30% of global emissions, achieving net-zero by 2050 requires ambitious NDC targets, enabling policies, and scaled-up investments in clean technologies. The event will strengthen connections among policymakers, industry leaders, and financiers to catalyze investment, share best practices, and translate commitments into tangible projects and measurable results. The intended audience includes government and policy professionals, private sector representatives, and financial institutions seeking pathways to advance robust NDC implementation and drive the industrial transition to a low-carbon future. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Special Event Room 4 - Parana |
ITA, Unido, UNFCCC |
| Youth Leadership Matters: Building Momentum for Actionable NDCs |
As a member of the COP30 Action Agenda Activation Group 18 on Education, capacity-building and job creation to address climate change, the World Food Forum Global Youth Action Initiative is contributing to both the Results Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) and the showcase of solutions. This event will highlight youth-led achievements that support NDCs 3.0, sharing best practices and case studies. The outcomes of the WFF Youth Assembly consultations on agrifood systems and NDCs 3.0 will also be formally presented. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
12:30-13:30 |
Action Room 5 |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| NDC Indicators: Insights and Experience Sharing from CGE and Developing Countries (TBC) |
This is a Constituted Body event, as requested by the CGE.
This event will bring together the CGE and national experts to share insights into NDC indicators, drawing on national experiences and CGE’s compilation of examples from first BTRs, and featuring peer learning and exchange with participants. It will also collect feedback on CGE activities. (TBC) |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
13.30 -15.00 |
SP4 |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| Implementing Evidence-based NDCs 3.0 Through Integrated, Gender-responsive Just Transitions |
Panel discussion based on global stocktake evidence uptake in already submitted NDCs 3.0 (analysis undertaken by Durham University and Sao Paulo researchers) and pathways for their implementation through integrated, holistic approaches that prioritise gender responsiveness and just transition plans. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 5 |
University of Durham, CARE International (CI) |
| Unlocking NDCs for Growth and Development: From Data to Design and Delivery |
As countries are implementing their current commitments and prepare to implement their new NDCs, this event will explore which policies and approaches can tip the balance to unlock finance and the economic and development opportunities to deliver enhanced climate action on the ground. The event will draw on OECD data and the direct experiences of policymakers. The intended audience is government and policy professionals seeking pathways for robust NDC implementation. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
15:30-16:30 |
Special Event Room 4 - Parana |
OECD, UNFCCC |
| From Fire to Water Vulnerability: Science and Policy Responses to Rising Risks in the Amazon |
This event examines how forest fires are accelerating water vulnerability in the Amazon. Scientific findings, monitoring tools, and community-led initiatives will be presented to inform climate policy, support NDC implementation, and promote integrated fire–water strategies. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
16:45—18:15 |
Side Event Room 3 |
Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN Bolivia), Tropenbos International (TBI) |
| Nourishing Climate Action: Policy Tools for Climate-aligned and Resilient Food Systems |
The event will provide a menu of policy measures to support governments to unlock the full transformative potential of integrating food systems in national climate plans (NDCs, NAPs), using practical policy tools like the Diets Toolkit to build more resilient, adaptive and sustainable food systems. |
Friday, 14. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 6 |
ProVeg e.V., Compassion in World Farming International (CIWF), Food Tank, Global Feedback Ltd, Humane Society International (HSI), The Good Food Institute, Inc. |
| "Building Climate Resilience in Belize & Guyana: Uniting NDCs & REDD+ for Transparent Partnerships" |
Fostering resilient communities in Belize and Guyana by uniting efforts in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and REDD+, promoting transparent partnerships to safeguard ecosystems, support sustainable development, and protect vulnerable populations from climate change impacts |
Saturday, 15. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 1 |
Belize, Guyana, Sustainalogue e.V. |
| Decarbonizing Transport Systems: From Lifecycle Emissions to National Implementation Action Plans |
The side event presents transport decarbonization measures, including reducing automotive carbon footprints, promoting supply chain transparency through harmonized methodology and new tools, while focusing on the closing of technical, institutional and financial gaps and the implementation of NDCs. |
Saturday, 15. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 4 |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) |
| Bridging Water Resilience: Economics of water-related climate adaptation and mitigation |
Co-organized by UN-Water, this event highlights water as a high-return climate investment. It explores the economics of water-related adaptation/mitigation, incl. cost-benefit tools to support countries in shaping and implementing NDCs and NAPs. |
Saturday, 15. November 2025 |
18:30-20:00 |
Side Event Room 9 |
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
| From Pledges to Progress: Central Asia’s Climate Action through NDC 3.0 and Methane Reduction |
The side event will highlight Central Asia’s progress under NDC 3.0 and efforts to reduce methane emissions through stronger MRV systems, regional cooperation, and pilot projects, showcasing national commitments and enhancing transparency in climate action. |
Saturday, 15. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 9 |
Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) |
| NDC Implementation on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus |
The event will showcase progress under the Water Technical Assistance Facility, announce a new grant, and bring together key partners working across the water-food-energy nexus to enhance coordination and impact. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
11:00-12:00 |
NDC Partnership Pavilion |
Netherlands, NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards Ceremony |
Celebrating and showcasing local, community-driven climate actions that center on gender justice. These climate-just solutions will demonstrate the transformative power of grassroots initiatives and inspire and inform Parties to integrate gender equality in updated NDCs and NAPs. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 3 |
Women Engage for a Common Future - International Foundation (WECF International) (WECF), All India Women's Conference (AIWC), Community Links and Human Empowerment Initiative (CLHEI), Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Inc. (FAWCO) |
| COP30 Action Agenda: Building Blocks for Effective Climate Action |
The event will showcase how the NDC Partnership’s building blocks for effective climate action have enabled ambitious and replicable country outcomes by accelerating NDC implementation, increasing access to finance and creating opportunities for enhanced ambition in alignment with the Global Stocktake and COP30 Action Agenda objectives. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
12:30-13:30 |
Thematic Hub |
NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| One UN for multi-level Climate Action: Unlocking Finance and Implementation for NDCs and NAPs |
Co-organized with UN-Habitat, this One UN session explores how aligning NDCs and NAPs with multilevel action can unlock finance and implementation tools, enabling climate policy to deliver real-world outcomes through institutional coherence. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 3 |
United Nations University (UNU) |
| Leveraging support for climate-health interactions for policy decision-making and the implementation |
Showcase SOSCHI-Ghana’s pioneering work in piloting a UN-endorsed climate-health framework and how data innovations can inform climate resilience. It will explore the integration of climate-health insights into Ghana’s NDCs, LTS, NAPs, and TNAs to advance accelerated sustainable development |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 4 |
HATOF Foundation, Ghana |
7th Capacity-building
Hub Session 4: Building Climate finance capacity across government, private sector, and coordination systems |
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Monday, 17. November 2025 |
14:15-15:30 |
Special Event Room 5 - Tapajos |
UNFCCC, NDC Partnership, UNDP, UNEP, GIZ |
| Clean Energy Pathways in NDCs: Nuclear, Hydro, Solar & Wind in Latin America and Beyond |
The event will showcase diverse and evolving clean energy portfolio of Latin America and other regions, highlighting how countries are integrating nuclear energy alongside renewable and emerging technologies to meet their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and achieve energy independence. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
15:00—16:30 |
Side Event Room 4 |
European Nuclear Society (ENS), American Nuclear Society (ANS), Generation Atomic (Gen A), Les Voix du Nucléaire |
| NDC Partnership High-level Event – From Vision to Action: Accelerating NDCs Implementation at Scale |
This event, hosted by Brazil and Denmark as Co-Chairs of the NDC Partnership, will convene countries and partners at COP30 to showcase their efforts to drive sustainable development through ambitious NDCs. Countries will share reflections on their NDC 3.0s and the work ahead to implement them, helping to build momentum to close the gaps necessary to keep 1.5°C within reach. The session will also highlight how technical assistance and capacity building, enabled by international collaboration, elevate ambition in national climate plans and deliver impact at scale. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
16:15-17:15 |
Brazilian Pavilion |
NDC Partnership |
| Building climate-resilient transport systems: Empowered by geospatial data |
The event explores climate-resilient transport systems and the integration of inland transport into NDCs, featuring geospatial risk analysis tools and national initiatives to reduce disruption and enhance adaptation, addressing not only mitigation but also adaptation, an aspect often absent in NDCs. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
16:45—18:15 |
Side Event Room 8 |
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) |
| Trandforming agrifood systems through climate science |
This event explores how climate science is critical for transforming agrifood systems. It will feature the latest IPCC insights and key FAO data releases, including the annual GHG emissions for agriculture and a 2025 Working Paper on climate impacts. The session will highlight how scientific evidence strengthens National Adaptation Plans and NDCs, providing the foundation for robust climate policy on adaptation, mitigation, and food security. |
Monday, 17. November 2025 |
9:30-10:30 |
Science for Climate Action Pavillion |
FAO, IPCC Working Groups and the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) |
| The REDD+ Community of Practice: A Global Mutirão for Forests |
This event spotlights the role of forests in updated NDCs and showcases insights from the REDD+ Community of Practice. In a spirit of collaboration, participants will discuss priority topics to support countries in advancing toward halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
11.00-12.30 |
Paraná |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| Supporting NDCs implementation in West Africa: Experiences of regional institutions |
All West African countries submitted NDC2.0 with different stages of implementation with support from diverse technical and financial partners including regional institutions. The same support is also being provided to them for their current NDC3.0. These experiences will be shared. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 9 |
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) |
| From Farm & Food to Future: Driving Climate Action through NDC 3.0 |
This event will showcase the tools, resources, and partnership opportunities available through the FAO NDC Agrifood System Help Desk, designed to assist countries in moving from climate commitments to financed, measurable, and impactful actions. It will also provide a space for dialogue on integrating agrifood systems into national climate strategies, ensuring that food security, livelihoods, and resilience remain at the heart of NDC implementation. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
12:30-13:30 |
NDC Partnership Pavillion |
FAO, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), CGIAR, GAIN, WWF, World Bank, BMZ, BMLEH, BMUKN |
| Mobilizing Public and Private Funding for NDCs and NAPs: From policies to solutions |
Realising the ambition of the new NDCs & NAPs requires an exceptional mobilization of capital, policies, and regulatory frameworks for investment in systems-level resilience and decarbonization. We feature governments, companies, investors, & civil society inspiring us to go farther, faster together. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
13:15-14:45 |
Side Event Room 2 |
Alliance for Global Wate Adaptation, CDP Worldwide, We Mean Business Coalition |
| From commitments to action: progressing water in NDCs 3.0 and NAPs |
The event will explore how water is being mainstreamed into climate commitments and used as a connector across sectors. As the first COP after the NDC 3.0 deadline, COP30 is a key moment to shift focus from planning to implementation. With more NDCs and NAPs now integrating water, the priority is effective, inclusive, and cross-sectoral action. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
16:00-17:15 |
Blue Zone, Water Pavillion |
SIWI and WaterAid in collaboration with GIZ/BMZ (Germany), Netherlands, UNICEF, FAO, UNESCO, WMO, IWMI, RDI, CCBD, Wetlands International, Water Policy Group, Water for People, RUPFA, Deltares, ASTM International |
| Gender-responsive climate action: Unleashing and accelerating implementation of the Paris Agreement |
Gender-responsive policies can be a key accelerator of climate action, but this potential is too often unrealised. In the context of NDCs 3.0 and the new Gender Action Plan, this session will share the latest evidence on harnessing gender equality to address climate change, for the benefit of all. |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
17.30 - 19.00 |
Paraná |
UNFCCC secretariat |
| Update of Mexico's NDC and progress on the National Adaptation Policy |
Present the updated NDC of Mexico (NDC 3.0) in compliance with Article 4.9 of the Paris Agreement to reflect the structural transformation toward a greener and more sustainable model. In addition,it will be presented the progress on the National Adaptation Policy (NAP), developed with support of GCF |
Tuesday, 18. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 1 |
Mexico, Iniciativa Climática de Mexico (ICM) |
| Turning NDCs into Action: Lessons in Implementability and Investability |
Making the leap from NDC planning to implementation and finance mobilization remains a challenge, especially for developing countries. This event will present key enablers and examples for country-owned climate action and NDC implementation. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
11:00-12:30 |
Special Event Room 4 - Parana |
NDC Partnership |
| Accelerating ASEAN’s Inclusive Low-Carbon Transition: Strengthening NDCs for Transformative Change |
This event highlights strategies to enhance NDC ambition in ASEAN, focusing on mitigation actions (incl. donor alignment), targeting renewable energy, nature-based solutions and the climate-land-ocean nexus, while fostering dialogue on multi-level governance and carbon finance incl. carbon options. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 8 |
PCR, DEval |
| Climate Change Jobs for the Public Sector: Building a recurrent supply of skilled experts for NDCs |
Countries need a recurrent supply of knowledgeable and skilled officials to coordinate and drive NDC implementation. This event focuses on what the UN system can do to put in place a systematic approach to building country expertise at scale to address this issue. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 3 |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) |
| Implementing NDC 3.0: Technology Needs Assessments & Action Plans |
As the global community convenes at COP30, the spotlight is on actionable strategies to implement nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Organized by the UNFCCC secretariat and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, this event aims to showcase the real-world impact of technology needs assessments (TNAs) in developing countries. It will highlight how TNAs are being integrated into third-generation NDCs, support technology transfer and stakeholder engagement, and align policies to advance climate goals. The event will also explore how they can be utilized to help unlock climate finance and accelerate low-carbon, climate-resilient development. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
13:30-14:30 |
Paraná |
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| Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action: Insights from NDCs 3.0 |
This event will explore the experiences of NDC Partnership members in integrating gender considerations into their NDCs 3.0, showcasing collaborative examples supported by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Participants will gain insights into the high-level political leadership driving gender equality progress, results from targeted technical assistance, and remaining challenges requiring raising collective capacity to translate ambition into action. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
17:00-18:00 |
NDC Partnership Pavilion |
Canada, NDC Partnership Support Unit |
| Forests & Watersheds: High-Integrity NbS Driving Carbon Markets, Finance, and NDCs under Article 6 |
Showcases forests and watersheds as high-integrity NbS generating quality carbon credits, mobilizing finance, and enabling Article 6 cooperation. Highlights climate, water, biodiversity, and non-CO₂ GHG benefits while supporting industry, trade, and sustainable economic transitions to advance NDCs. |
Wednesday, 19. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 4 |
Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University (ZAFU), Balance Eco Foundation, The University of British Columbia (UBC) |
| Momentum for Climate Impact: Unleashing the Potential of Article 6 for Enhanced NDCs |
This session explores how carbon markets must move beyond their current stagnation to actively support countries in achieving and enhancing their NDCs. It highlights how evolving policies and integrity standards are enabling markets to deliver real, high-quality emission reductions under Article 6. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
11:30-13:00 |
Side Event Room 2 |
Climate Change Center
Gold Standard Foundation |
| All hands on deck: opportunities for global cooperation |
Echoing the call for a Global Mutirão, this event presents and discusses opportunities for different actors – from businesses to cities to national governments – building a path to a "globally determined contribution" reflecting (sub)national actions through ambitious and implementable NDCs. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 4 |
Climatepolicy.net e.V., National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), University of Maryland (UMCP) |
| Bridging Equity and Evidence: Inclusive, Science-Driven NDCs that Keep 1.5 Within Reach |
Join us for a dynamic discussion on advancing inclusive, equitable and science-based climate futures. This event will feature case studies, tools, and policy levers for intergenerational and gender just climate action in NDCs, and present new pathways that show 1.5°C is still within reach. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 6 |
YES-Europe (Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability), Care About Climate, Inc, PUSH Sweden, Youth for Sustainable Travel (YfST) |
| Article 6 Ambition Alliance (AAA6) |
Launch of AAA6 that aims to narrow the ambition gap between current NDCs and the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement by increasing governments efforts through Article 6, going above and beyond NDCs, and recognizing private sector engagement |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
11:30—13:00 |
Side Event Room 7 |
Switzerland, Association Swiss Youth for Climate * (SYFC) |
| Delivering on the COP30 Action Agenda and Global Stocktake through aquatic blue foods |
High-level dialogue to integrate aquatic foods into climate and food systems policy. We aim to break silos & spotlight opportunities for aquatic foods in the COP30 Action Agenda to support implementation of GST outcomes, including NDCs, Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work, and the Global Goal on Adaptation. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 4 |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (WorldFish), European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) |
| Ensuring effective implementation of NDCs 3.0: policy options and business solutions |
In view of Parties’ submissions of NDCs 3.0 ahead of COP30, the panel will take stock of global climate commitments and discuss business solutions as well as policy options to ensure effective implementation of the updated NDCs |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 5 |
BusinessEurope, Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE), Federation of German Industries (BDI), Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) |
| Reliance on land in NDCS: 2025 Land Gap report |
Analysis of NDCs and 2050 pledges reveals an over-reliance on land-based carbon dioxide removal that far exceeds what is realistic or sustainable. We will highlight the need to develop Just Transition frameworks for forest, biodiversity and people. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
13:15—14:45 |
Side Event Room 9 |
University of Melbourne, Climate Justice Program (ACJP), Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Rainforest Action Network (RAN) |
| Capacity Building, Adaptation, & Just Transition: Conflict, Communication, Cross-Border Cooperation |
Implementing climate policies and actions needs clear communication, inclusive governance, and the management of conflict. This session shares good practices for fostering domestic and cross-border cooperation in these areas to build trust, support NDCs and NAPs, and advance a just transition. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
16:45—18:15 |
Side Event Room 8 |
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) |
| Unlocking Finance for Low-Carbon Transport |
The event will examine how climate finance under Article 6 can enable sustainable, cost-effective transport solutions essential for achieving global climate targets, advancing inclusive urban development, and fulfilling commitments under NDC 3.0, driving resilient and low-carbon mobility worldwide. |
Thursday, 20. November 2025 |
18:30—20:00 |
Side Event Room 9 |
International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Asociación Civil Sustentar para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Sustentar), European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), International Union of Railways (UIC) |