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

Each lab will have two sessions: 14:30 and 16:05

Finance 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.

Technology Lab: The Technology Lab will address key topics to support NDC implementation. It will delve into the role of emerging technologies like Water-Energy-Food/Agrifood systems, Industrial decarbonization, energy systems, AI for climate action while also recognizing the importance of practical, accessible, and affordable solutions for developing countries or sectors with limited technological infrastructure.

It includes roundtables on:

• Water-Energy-Food nexus/Agrifood systems;
• Industrial decarbonization;
• Energy systems;
• Artificial intelligence for climate action.

Further, it will focus on aspects related to capacity-building for technology development and transfer, and financing climate technologies, which builds upon the work of the Technology Mechanism.

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.