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Below are remarks delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at an event with UN system entities and development partners to assess progress, share insights and identify gaps to support the next generation of Nationally Determined Contributions. The event took place at the UN June Climate Meetings, Sixty-second session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62), in Bonn, Germany, on Saturday 21 June 2025.
Colleagues and friends,
It is a pleasure to open this meeting, and I offer you all my heartfelt thanks for your continued partnership and purpose.
When we first met in March 2024, we set out with a clear goal: to mobilize support for a new generation of NDCs. Plans that must be bolder, more ambitious, and implementable.
With just five months until COP30, our work is far from finished.
I am determined that we support every country: both to submit their NDCs - on time – and to significantly raise their ambition.
Because we all know: NDCs are not just reporting exercises.
They are lifelines.
They are economic plans.
They are investment blueprints for clean growth, energy security, resilience, and equity. We are here today to take the decisive next steps to bring new NDCs over the line and accelerate their delivery.
After an initial round of submissions, momentum continues to build. We have received further submissions this week – with more expected imminently.
Which brings us to the next frontier- implementation.
This is no longer just about delivery: it is about execution.
More than ever, we need joined-up implementation support.
That means mainstreaming NDCs across sectors and finance systems;
It means aligning with national budgets and investment pipelines;
It means expanding partnerships at every level and every sector – from local to global;
And it means delivering scaled-up finance and making ambition real.
The New Collective Quantified Goal sets a vital floor: $300 billion annually by 2035.
We know that will help, but we know it will not be enough.
That is why we need a clear pathway to scale it up – and why the Baku to Belém finance roadmap must be matched by action from all actors, public and private.
Because finance is not charity: it is the great enabler for implementation.
It is how we build a more resilient, more stable global economy.
So today, I invite you to use this session to focus on how we get the job done. We know first hand about the programmes, initiatives and tools that each organization here represented offer to support NDC development and implementation. Let's use this time today to unlock those challenges, to propose solutions and innovative ways to reinforce collaboration.
On working even closer together. Building on the strong links we have already forged.
On what gets done, not who does it.
On the concrete actions we can take together to ensure this new generation of NDCs transform economies and societies.
How can we mobilize finance? And here I must emphasize how important multilateral development banks are in ensuring finance reaches people on the ground.
How can we build capacity?
And how can we create the enabling conditions that make real transformation possible?
We have the tools, the experience, the creativity.
I truly believe we have the ambition.
So let’s build on the momentum we’ve created to ensure that we match plans with policy, and policy with impact.
Thank you.
