Date: Friday, 12 June 2026
Time: 10:30 - 11:45 am (CEST)
Location: Room Berlin, World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), Bonn, Germany
About the Event
The review of NDCs 3.0 shows that the urban context, including cities, is increasingly included. NDC implementation plans can deepen the perspective on how this will be done, yet this also depends on multilevel finance and coordination across all levels of government. This session examines how national and local governments can cooperate to mobilize blended finance and deliver urban climate action at scale.
Objectives
- Showcasing examples of urban leadership in NDC implementation. Highlighting local governments are translating national climate commitments into concrete, locally led-action, drawing on evidence from NDC 3.0 reviews and on-the-ground experience.
- Advancing multilevel governance frameworks. Exploring mechanisms for strengthening coordination between national and local governments to ensure that NDC implementation plans reflect and support urban climate priorities.
- Understanding (?) nature-climate synergies in urban policy. Demonstrating how integrating nature-based solutions into city-level climate strategies can amplify both mitigation and adaptation outcomes under NDCs.
- Strengthening the role of the LGMA Constituency. Reinforcing the voice of local and regional governments for greater formal recognition of subnational actors in NDCs.
- Centering equity and just transition principles. Ensuring that climate action be it urban or national leaves no one behind, by embedding social equity into multilevel governance and financing processes.
Contact: Karishma Asapota (karishma.asarpota@iclei.org), and Lea Ranalder (lea.ranalder@un.org)
