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 gathered 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 included 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 was also on reviewing the new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of the signatory states for the period up to 2035, which formed an important basis for COP 30.

Here you will find the final press release from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Development Ministry:

UN Climate Change Conference in Belém: Great progress on implementation, but not enough progress in negotiations

The International Climate Initiative on site

Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI) has also been represented on site. Through numerous contributions and events, it helped 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).

New funding opportunities

At the IKI High Level Event during this year’s UN Climate Conference in Belém, German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider officially launched the first call for project ideas under the IKI Large Grants and opened the next rounds of the IKI Medium Grants and IKI Small Grants.

Further information

Website UNFCCC

Official website of the COP30 presidency

Supporting NDCs and LTS

The IKI in Brazil

Details on the priority country ...

Working together creates trust – between North and South, governments and international organisations, public and private sectors. Germany remains a reliable partner for global cooperation on climate change. It is in our own interest that other countries meet their climate targets. A key pillar of this work is our International Climate Initiative.

Carsten Schneider, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action

Three IKI Calls open

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Go to IKI Large Grants Call 2025 page

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Go to the IKI Medium Grants 2025 call page

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Go to the IKI Small Grants 2025 call page

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.

Click here for the BMUKN press release

IKI news on COP30

11/20/2025

COP30 Local Leaders Forum: local action for global climate goals

11/18/2025

IKI Event at COP30: From Ambition to Implementation

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11/18/2025

COP30: Germany to provide 60 million euros for the global Adaptation Fund via IKI

11/17/2025

IKI Large Grants 2025: New funding instrument strengthens international climate action and biodiversity conservation

11/17/2025

Start of IKI Medium Grants 2025: Funding for civil society climate action projects in the Global South

11/17/2025

IKI Small Grants: Seventh Call for Proposals open

11/17/2025

COP30: New platform for grid expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean announced

11/14/2025

IKI Networking Event at COP30: Connecting Climate Action

11/14/2025

Germany and Luxembourg jointly promote the transformation of the international financial sector

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11/13/2025

Just Transition Compass: A Framework for Action and Coordination

IKI High Level Event: From Ambition to Implementation!

Recording of the event on 17 November 2025 from the German Pavilion at COP30

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IKI High Level Event at COP30: From Ambition to Implementation

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.

All time indications in the timezone of the event location