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COP30 Policy Brief for Climate Finance

Policy Brief

Global

Publication date: September 23, 2025

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This policy brief outlines 10 key recommendations to scale climate finance in the 2025 UNFCCC processes. The recommendations are designed to help Parties deliver coordinated, ambitious outcomes that close climate finance gaps and deliver tangible benefits for people, nature, and the climate.

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  • Policy
  • Policy, Finance, and Markets
  • Climate resilience
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Investing in a thriving planet Explore the 10 key recommendations to scale climate finance in the 2025 UNFCCC processes. © The Nature Conservancy

Overview

Key negotiated and non-negotiated processes taking place under the UNFCCC in 2025—such as the submission of NDCs 3.0 and NAPs, Sharm El-Sheikh Dialogue on Article 2.1(c), the Baku to Belém Roadmap to USD 1.3 trillion, consultations led by the Circle of Finance Ministers, Global Goal on Adaptation, and the COP30 Action Agenda aimed at advancing outcomes of the global stocktake (GST)—present strategic opportunities to address persistent climate finance gaps in the wake of last year’s insufficient New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) decision. With recent estimates calling for almost USD 7.4 trillion of climate investment a year through 2030, it is imperative to scale climate finance to meet, and go beyond, the NCQG goal.

The recommendations in this policy brief are intended to inform and support action across this full spectrum of 2025 processes. While some may be particularly relevant to specific tracks—such as the 1.3T Roadmap, the Article 2.1(c) dialogue, or NDC updates—all are designed to help Parties deliver coordinated, ambitious outcomes that close climate finance gaps and deliver tangible benefits for people, nature, and the climate.