Climate Week 2025 to kick off in Panama City
Panama City will host the first Climate Week of 2025 from 19 to 23 May at the Megapolis Convention Centre bringing together representatives of Parties and stakeholders, maintaining global scope and participation and providing a space for dialogue, capacity-building and showcasing innovative solutions to facilitate urgent, inclusive, and coordinated climate action.
The Climate Weeks to be held in 2025 are closely aligned with the intergovernmental process under the Convention and Paris Agreement and will help to translate the decisions made in the UN Climate Change process into action on the ground.
Climate Week will consist of several UNFCCC mandated events focusing on topics such as mitigation, NDCs, adaptation plans, just transition, Indigenous Peoples and Article 6, as well as an Implementation Forum Day which will include various events hosted by the incoming COP 30 Presidency and Implementation Labs.
Each mandated event taking place during Climate Week will be organized in accordance with its respective mandate under the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of Parties to the Paris Agreement and Subsidiary Bodies.
Nomination and registration procedures for each mandated event can be found in their respective communications to Parties, observer organizations, and UN/IGOs.
The Implementation Forum will take place on Wednesday, 21 May, with a series of events and will conclude with a plenary session on Thursday 22 May. It will act as a catalyst for bringing together key stakeholders, including governments, subnational governments, businesses, financial institutions such as multilateral and national development banks, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to identify actionable outcomes driving sustainable progress.
The labs will serve as a platform to foster multistakeholder engagement, facilitating discussions to identify actionable solutions to deliver implementation of NDCs around three main key means of implementation: finance, technology and carbon markets.
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.
