Ensuring the timely submission and increased ambition of the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) is one of the key challenges facing the multilateral climate regime in 2025. The first Global Stocktake, finalised at COP28, confirmed that current policies fall short of what is needed to keep global warming within the 1.5°C limit. But beyond updating targets, a central question on the road to COP30 in Belém and in the years that follow is how to translate these commitments into action.
Even if all parties submit new NDCs, a significant gap between ambition and implementation will remain. Countries face significant obstacles, from limited technical capacity to financing that fails to reflect the risks and uncertainties involved. Despite significant progress in the deployment of renewables and decarbonisation technologies, many low-carbon solutions still face barriers to scaling—particularly in sectors where high-emission alternatives remain deeply entrenched.
This is the context for the CEBRI–E3G event, which will explore practical ways to close the implementation gap, focusing on strategies to harness climate finance and promote private sector engagement. The roundtable will showcase concrete mechanisms, tools, and initiatives that can support the development and scaling of low-carbon technologies and projects, particularly in developing countries.
By highlighting both successful approaches and the barriers that remain, the event aims to bring together key insights from recent discussions at London Climate Action Week and the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference. The resulting recommendations are intended to inform the COP30 Presidency.
The event is part of CEBRI’s broader COP30 initiative, which supports the Brazilian Presidency and aims to engage private sector and subnational actors in the implementation of this new NDC cycle — at COP30 and beyond.
Register HERE.
PROGRAM
9:20 - 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks
- Antonio Patriota, Member of International Advisory Board of CEBRI and Ambassador of Brazil to United Kingdom
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Panel 1: The GST and the new NDC cycle
- Moderator: Clarissa Lins, Member of International Advisory Board of CEBRI and Founder Partner of Catavento Consultoria
- Ed Webber, Deputy Director for International Financing & Sector Transitions of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the UK Governmen
- Francisco Gaetani, Senior Fellow of CEBRI and Extraordinary Secretary for State Transformation at the Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services
- Marc Vanheukelen, Former European Union Climate Ambassador
10:00 - 10:50 AM | Panel 2: Delivering finance for climate action
- Moderator: Rob Moore, Associate Director of Public Banks and Development at E3G
- Thais Ferraz, Programmatic Director at the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS)
- David Harris, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
- Russell Bishop, Head of Sustainable Finance Policy European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
10:50 - 11:40 AM | Panel 3: Promoting sectoral engagement on energy and land transition
- Moderator: Rafaela Guedes, Senior Fellow of CEBRI and Senior Consultant at APCO Worldwide
- Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance at the World Economic Forum
- Hilde Røed, Senior Vice President Climate & Sustainability of Equinor
- Paulo Pianez, Global Sustainability Director of MBRF Global Foods Company
- Johanna Lehne, Associate Director of Clean Economy at E3G
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | Fireside Chat: Takeaways from Bonn and LCAW on the road to COP30
- André Corrêa do Lago, Trustee of CEBRI, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment of the Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs and President of COP 30
- Nick Mabey, Founding Director & CEO at the E3G
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Location:
Nash Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London
Time:
9:20 am to 12:10 pm BST
Language:
English
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Ensuring the timely submission and increased ambition of the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) is one of the key challenges facing the multilateral climate regime in 2025. The first Global Stocktake, finalised at COP28, confirmed that current policies fall short of what is needed to keep global warming within the 1.5°C limit. But beyond updating targets, a central question on the road to COP30 in Belém and in the years that follow is how to translate these commitments into action.
Even if all parties submit new NDCs, a significant gap between ambition and implementation will remain. Countries face significant obstacles, from limited technical capacity to financing that fails to reflect the risks and uncertainties involved. Despite significant progress in the deployment of renewables and decarbonisation technologies, many low-carbon solutions still face barriers to scaling—particularly in sectors where high-emission alternatives remain deeply entrenched.
This is the context for the CEBRI–E3G event, which will explore practical ways to close the implementation gap, focusing on strategies to harness climate finance and promote private sector engagement. The roundtable will showcase concrete mechanisms, tools, and initiatives that can support the development and scaling of low-carbon technologies and projects, particularly in developing countries.
By highlighting both successful approaches and the barriers that remain, the event aims to bring together key insights from recent discussions at London Climate Action Week and the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference. The resulting recommendations are intended to inform the COP30 Presidency.
The event is part of CEBRI’s broader COP30 initiative, which supports the Brazilian Presidency and aims to engage private sector and subnational actors in the implementation of this new NDC cycle — at COP30 and beyond.
Register HERE.
PROGRAM
9:20 - 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks
- Antonio Patriota, Member of International Advisory Board of CEBRI and Ambassador of Brazil to United Kingdom
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Panel 1: The GST and the new NDC cycle
- Moderator: Clarissa Lins, Member of International Advisory Board of CEBRI and Founder Partner of Catavento Consultoria
- Ed Webber, Deputy Director for International Financing & Sector Transitions of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the UK Governmen
- Francisco Gaetani, Senior Fellow of CEBRI and Extraordinary Secretary for State Transformation at the Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services
- Marc Vanheukelen, Former European Union Climate Ambassador
10:00 - 10:50 AM | Panel 2: Delivering finance for climate action
- Moderator: Rob Moore, Associate Director of Public Banks and Development at E3G
- Thais Ferraz, Programmatic Director at the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS)
- David Harris, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
- Russell Bishop, Head of Sustainable Finance Policy European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
10:50 - 11:40 AM | Panel 3: Promoting sectoral engagement on energy and land transition
- Moderator: Rafaela Guedes, Senior Fellow of CEBRI and Senior Consultant at APCO Worldwide
- Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance at the World Economic Forum
- Hilde Røed, Senior Vice President Climate & Sustainability of Equinor
- Paulo Pianez, Global Sustainability Director of MBRF Global Foods Company
- Johanna Lehne, Associate Director of Clean Economy at E3G
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | Fireside Chat: Takeaways from Bonn and LCAW on the road to COP30
- André Corrêa do Lago, Trustee of CEBRI, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment of the Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs and President of COP 30
- Nick Mabey, Founding Director & CEO at the E3G