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Upcoming events
Raising Ambition through Partnership: Strengthening Industrial Decarbonization Actions Across Enhanced NDCs
This webinar will focus on strategies for strengthening industrial decarbonisation actions within NDCs, featuring insights from global institutions, country case studies, and practical tools to integrate industry-specific climate targets into national strategies and climate action.
This webinar is co-hosted by the Global Matchmaking Platform of the Climate Club, UNIDO’s Net-Zero Partnership for Industrial Decarbonization, and UNDP’s Climate Promise.
1 April 2025
News
Launch of Global Matchmaking Platform
Launched at COP29, the GMP will accelerate technical and financial assistance for industrial decarbonization in emerging and developing economies
COP29 Global Pledge: Scaling international assistance for industry decarbonisation
Countries and Organisations welcome the important steps to evolve the international assistance offer for the decarbonisation of industrial sectors, including through the COP 29 launch of the Global Matchmaking Platform.
Climate Club highlights progress on decarbonising heavy industry at COP29
As a key instrument of the Climate Club, the Global Matchmaking Platform (GMP) will be fully operational from COP29.
Breakthrough Agenda: More than 60 countries commit to accelerate climate action
The Climate Club launched its Global Matchmaking Platform to link EMDEs with resources for industrial decarbonisation.
Moving forward the industry decarbonization agenda
Press release from Government of Germany about their commitment to the Global Matchmaking Platform at COP28.
Germany and UNIDO drive decarbonisation
Press release from UNIDO about the Global Matchmaking Platform at COP28.
Previous events
Fast-tracking decarbonisation in heavy industry and transport in Latin America through NDC and LT-LEDS enhancement (ES)
This webinar intends to raise awareness on the importance of industrial decarbonisation for achieving the Paris agreement’s goals and its overall feasibility and facilitate collaboration between governments and relevant regional stakeholders to expedite the inclusion of industrial decarbonisation in NDCs and LT-LEDS.
12 March 2025
Enhancing technical and financial assistance for industrial decarbonization in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs)
This event will provide an opportunity for participating countries to share some of their early experiences from pilot projects of the Global Matchmaking Platform.
Speakers
- H.E. Ambassador M. Riaz Hamidullah, Additional Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh
- Mr. Oleksii Riabchyn, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Minister of Justice of Ukraine
- Ms. Araceli Fernandez Pales, Head of Technology Innovation Unit, International Energy Agency
- Dr. Philipp Behrens, Head of Division, International Climate Initiative (IKI) at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
Ministerial launch of Global Matchmaking Platform
This event at COP29 will mark the launch of the Global Matchmaking Platform for industrial decarbonisation. With high-level remarks from Ministers and heads of partner organisations of the GMP, this will be an opportunity for participants to learn about how countries, institutions and society can benefit from this unique platform.
Speakers
- H.E. Maisa Rojas Corradi, Minister of Environment – Chile
- H.E. Elisa Facio, Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining – Uruguay
- Ms. Farhina Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change – Bangladesh
- Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action – Germany
- Muhammet Kasim Gonallu, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Technology – Türkiye
- Viktoriia Kyreieva, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources – Ukraine
- Ciyong Zou, Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development – UNIDO
- Tariye Gbadegesin, Chief Executive Officer – CIF
- Jo Tyndall, Director of the Environment Directorate – OECD