UN Climate Change Conference 2025: Global Climate Policy at the Heart of the Amazon

The International Climate Initiative at COP30 in Brazil

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From 10 to 21 November, the international community will gather for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil – a city located in the Amazon region, one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems.

The agenda includes the consistent implementation of the global energy transition, climate financing, better conservation of endangered rainforests, for example through the COP30 Action Agenda, international forest conservation, sustainable management and supply chains, and improved adaptation to unavoidable climate change. 

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the focus is also on reviewing the new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of the signatory states for the period up to 2035, which form an important basis for COP 30.

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Germany's contributions to the UN Climate Change Conference include not only many concrete initiatives, but also optimism and confidence. After the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement, it is now crucial to keep things together. We can succeed in doing so.
Carsten Schneider, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action

The International Climate Initiative on site

Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI) will also be represented on site. Through numerous contributions and events, it will help strengthen international cooperation in climate action.

The annual conference also serves as an important driving force for the further development of the International Climate Initiative.

Ambitious further development and implementation of NDCs

One focus of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) is on providing support for the policymaking frameworks in its partner countries to promote the socio-ecological transformation towards climate-neutral societies.

A central aspect of this is providing support for the partner countries in the ambitious further development and implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS).

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International Climate Finance

Climate change poses immense challenges for all countries—challenges that can only be addressed through collective global action. Under the Paris Agreement, the international community agreed that industrialised nations would provide financial support to developing and emerging countries for climate action and adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Until 2025, the shared goal is to mobilise 100 billion US dollars per year for this purpose.

Germany met its commitments again in 2024: international climate finance amounted to 11.8 billion euros, including 6.1 billion euros from public budget funds. This means that Germany once again achieved the international target of providing at least six billion euros annually from public resources. For the first time, more than one billion euros in private investment were also mobilised for climate action projects.

At COP30 in Brazil, the Federal Government will advocate advancing global climate protection through ambitious decisions.

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Further information

Logo of the COP30 in Brazil

Website UNFCCC

Official website of the COP30 presidency

IKI priorities

Download the IKI Strategy

IKI funding priorities at a glance

Click here for an overview of IKI´s priority countries

IKI Annual Report 2024

IKI news on COP30 and project work in Brazil

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Sowing Knowledge, Planting Forests: Linking Education, Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Action

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Forest Guardians: Indigenous communities protect Brazil's forests and the climate

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Building Climate Adaptation Across Brazil: From National to Local Action

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How digitalization can boost transport policies for pedestrians and cyclists in Brazil

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10/10/2025

Shaping Brazil’s path to COP30 and beyond

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Overview: IKI events at the COP30

This calendar provides an overview of IKI side events that take place at COP30. There is no claim to completeness, the organisers are responsible for the information provided.

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    Best moments of the Global NDC Conference 2025

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    NDCs 3.0 Raising Ambition with Industry

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    Youth and IKI Brazil: A dialogue about the future

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