Paris Committee on Capacity-building - Focus Area

Focus Area 2025

At COP 21, Parties agreed that the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) will annually focus on a specific theme or area to enhance technical exchange and stay informed about the latest developments, successes, and challenges in capacity-building. For 2025, the PCCB has chosen to concentrate its activities on: “Capacity-building for holistic investment strategies, bankable projects, and stakeholder engagement to strengthen the implementation of NDCs and NAPs in developing countries”.

Objectives

The 2025 focus area aims to strengthen the capacity of developing country Parties to:

🔹 Mobilize and scale finance for climate action – bridging the gap between climate ambitions and tangible outcomes through strategic investments and bankable projects;

🔹 Enhance the skills and knowledge for accessing climate finance – to secure funds from different sources including, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), International Financial Initiatives (IFIs), the private sector and philanthropic foundations; and

🔹 Strengthen institutional capacity – support in creating an enabling environment for effective climate action through systemic and institutional capacity-building.

This involves supporting national institutions in engaging with financiers, designing viable projects, and ensuring alignment with broader development objectives. It also prioritises inclusivity—integrating the voices of local communities, Indigenous peoples, women, and youth—to shape investment strategies and bankable projects for NDC and NAP implementation.

The PCCB works to bridge capacity-building gaps by identifying best practices, implementing tangible actions, and providing stakeholders with essential knowledge and skills. To achieve this, it collaborates with partners such as the SCF, LEG, other constituted bodies, and stakeholders through various activities conducted throughout the year.

Multiple events centered around the focus area theme will be held in the coming months. Details on both upcoming and past events will be available here.

Activities

16 Jun 2025

14th Durban Forum on Capacity-building

15:00-18:00

Nairobi 1/2/3, Main Building, Bonn, Germany

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22 - 23 May 2025

NDC Clinic

In-person only, Megapolis Convention Center, Panama City, Panama

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14 Nov 2024

Launch event for PCCB focus area 2025 - Capacity-building for investment strategies and bankable projects for NDCs and NAPs

17:15-18:15

Special Event Room - Shirvan, Area B, Baku, Azerbaijan

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Each year, the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) selects a specific focus area or theme to guide its work. This approach helps to strengthen technical exchange and ensures that the PCCB remains informed about the latest developments, successes, and challenges in capacity-building.

As part of this work, the PCCB has produced a range of outputs over the years to capture key insights and contribute to its annual technical progress reports.

Below, you can explore past publications developed in the context of the PCCB’s annual focus areas.

Year	Title	Output	Description
2023	Capacity-building support for adaptation, with a focus on addressing gaps and needs related to formulating and implementing national adaptation plans	Synthesis Report	The document synthesizes submissions on the annual focus area of the PCCB for 2023 to provide a knowledge base for further work on capacity-building support for adaptation, with a focus on addressing NAP-related gaps and needs.
2022	Building capacity to facilitate the coherent implementation of nationally determined contributions in the context of national development plans and sustainable recovery	Synthesis Report	The document is to synthesizes submissions on the annual focus area of the PCCB for 2022 to provide a knowledge base for further work on capacity-building for coherent implementation of NDCs in the context of national development plans and sustainable recovery.
2021	Building capacity to facilitate coherent implementation of nationally determined contributions in the context of national development plans	Synthesis Report	The objective of this document is to synthesize submissions on the annual focus area of the PCCB to provide a knowledge base for further work on capacity-building for coherent implementation of NDCs in the context of national development plans.