The Implementation Forum is at the heart of the Climate Week 2025 in Panama. The Forum will act as a catalyst for bringing together key stakeholders, including governments, subnational governments, businesses, financial institutions including multilateral and national developments banks, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to drive concrete outcomes and sustainable progress.
The discussions will happen in a format of labs focused on identifying and strengthening enabling conditions and means of implementation.
The objective of the labs is to collaboratively identify actionable solutions to address the barriers hindering scaled-up interventions and investments. In order to have specific focus on delivery outcome, the labs will cover different specific areas and will aim at developing new partnerships between different stakeholders. These activities will be highlighted as possible models for replication across regions and sectors.
The wrap-up session will take place in a plenary format. It will serve as an opportunity to present the results of the actionable solutions achieved in the implementation labs, while also highlighting how to achieve further tangible outcomes and follow ups, in particular for the next Climate Week (September 2025), Pre-COP (October 2025) and COP30 (November 2025).
In addition to the Ceremonial Opening of Climate Week, a number of events will be part of the Implementation Forum, including the COP30 Presidency special events, Enhancing NDCs Ambition for a Sustainable and Just Future event, and the implementation labs, among others.
Implementation Labs
Climate Finance Capacity Lab: The Finance Lab is designed to strengthen the understanding, design, and implementation of finance solutions for climate priorities, supporting the needs-driven delivery of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). It will focus on addressing policy and institutional barriers, enhancing enabling environments, locally led approaches, building technical and institutional capacity, and providing targeted technical assistance. The Finance Lab aims to actively incorporate real-world success cases and lessons learned, engage participants through moderated discussions, and integrate direct feedback to iteratively refine support strategies. Finance is recognized as a critical enabler for the deployment and scaling of technologies. Additionally, innovative financial instruments are essential for mobilizing investment in mitigation and adaptation activities capable of generating internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM). By strengthening institutional capacities and improving enabling conditions, finance will support the implementation of Article 6-compliant projects and programs that contribute to achieving NDC targets while delivering adaptation co-benefits. Through its cross-cutting and practical implementation focus, the Lab seeks to bridge finance, technology, and market mechanisms, driving transformational climate action at scale.
Climate Technology Lab: The Technology Lab will address key topics for NDC implementation. It will delve into the role of emerging technologies like AI and renewable energy innovations, while also recognizing the importance of practical, accessible, and affordable solutions for developing countries or sectors with limited technological infrastructure.
It includes sectoral roundtables on:
• Water-Energy-Food/Agrifood systems
• Industrial decarbonization
• Energy systems
• Artificial intelligence for climate action
Further, it will focus on capacity building for technology development and transfer, and financing climate technologies, aligning with the Technology Executive Committee's work.
The lab aims to increase awareness of proven climate technology and innovation options that deliver accelerated adaptation and mitigation action across geographies and identify practical insights and actionable steps toward implementation.
The Article 6 Lab: The Article 6 or Carbon Markets Lab serves as a collaborative platform where governments, project developers, UN agencies, multilateral development banks, and private sector partners unite to advance climate action through market-based approaches, specifically under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism. By fostering dialogue among these stakeholders, the initiative shifts discussions from high-level policy debates to actionable strategies for implementation.
This practical focus equips participants with insights into:
• Operational requirements for scaling climate projects
• Key compliance frameworks
• Effective risk management practices to maximize emission reduction outcomes
The Lab also prioritizes knowledge-sharing and identifying capacity-building gaps across stakeholders. These insights aim to strengthen coordination between multilateral institutions, public-private partnerships, and other support systems, ensuring tailored assistance for impactful, on-the-ground climate solutions.
Other important events that are part of Implementation Forum Day include:
- Open Circle for Change: joining hands to empower collective climate action
The COP30 Presidency has called on the international community to come together in a global "mutirão" against climate change. Our “Open Circle” will support this mobilization through the launch of a “mutirão of mutirões”, a movement for people from all walks of life to join hands and take responsibility for positive action.
Our “Open Circle” will serve as a global meeting point for local initiatives that deliver concrete results in self-organized efforts, giving voice to human wisdom, ancestral knowledge, and innovative practices. It will also be a space for participants to share ideas and shape future actions. This endeavor is one of learning by doing. We invite all members of the human family: come as you are and as you can be.
- The Future of Global Climate Action
The COP30 Presidency will share views on the Climate Action Agenda as it has developed since COP20 and present ideas for COP30 and beyond, with a focus on the full implementation of the GST. The event will be an opportunity for different stakeholders to gather information and share their perspectives to help shape ambitious and more inclusive climate action.
- Enhancing NDC Ambition for a Sustainable and Just Future
This event will bring together high-level government representatives, policymakers, climate experts, and key stakeholders to explore how enhancing NDCs can drive inclusive and transformative progress. The event will highlight the role of NDCs in the green transition, decarbonization, and transformation of sectors, advancing resilience, and promoting social equity.
If you are interested in attending the events at the Implementation Forum on Wednesday, 21 May, and the wrap-up plenary session on Thursday, 22 May, please submit your expression of interest via Indico before May 8, 2025. Please note that the confirmation of participation will be subject to space availability and will not be funded.