UN Climate Change News, 23 September 2025 -- UN Climate Change today published a summary of feedback from the consultation process on the 'five-year plan' - a shared roadmap to organize and scale climate action through to 2030.
The foundation for this plan was laid at COP29, where the mandate of the Climate High-Level Champions was renewed until 2030. Following that decision, the incoming COP30 Presidency invited the Champions to lead an inclusive consultation with Parties and non-Party Stakeholders, as outlined in its fourth letter.
Developed jointly by the COP30 Presidency, the Climate High-Level Champions and UN Climate Change, the new five-year plan intends to align the efforts of governments, businesses, and communities to deliver on the Paris Agreement. By integrating a broad range of perspectives, it will be anchored in the voices and priorities of those driving climate action worldwide - a pivotal step toward a coherent, effective, and inclusive Global Climate Action Agenda.
Global Voices Shape the Agenda
The submissions invited by the Climate High-Level Champions and highlighted in the new synthesis report reflect a diverse set of 67 insights and recommendations - the most ever received for such a Champions' call. Inputs come from both Parties and groups of Parties - representing more than 120 countries - as well as a wide range of non-Party stakeholders - businesses, cities, regions, communities, and organizations that play a vital role in advancing implementation efforts.
The inputs stress the need for accelerated and inclusive climate action - with an all-hands-on-deck approach to align voluntary initiatives with national strategies and the overarching goals of the Paris Agreement and the outcome of the first Global Stocktake.
"As this new era of implementation gathers pace, we must also keep evolving, and striving towards faster, fully-inclusive, higher-quality decisions that tie the formal process ever-closer to real economies and real lives," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in a speech at New York Climate Week yesterday.
Building on a Decade of Progress
The new five-year plan for Global Climate Action comes at a pivotal moment.
The facts show the world is aligning with the Paris Agreement. Investment in renewables has increased ten-fold in ten years. The clean energy transition is booming across almost all major economies, and hit USD 2 trillion last year alone. Today, over 90% of new renewables cost less than the cheapest new fossil option.
"But this boom is uneven. Its vast benefits are not shared by all," said Stiell. "So we need to step it up. And we need to step it up fast."
The inputs in the summary of feedback cover the full spectrum of the climate action agenda. Some standout suggestions and common themes include the following:
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Translate voluntary commitments into measurable implementation by supporting the delivery of national climate action and adaptation plans, scaling solutions, strengthening existing initiatives, and enabling systemic and sectoral transformation that delivers tangible results on the ground.
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Mobilize climate finance, in particular, for adaptation and resilience and ensure equitable access for developing countries.
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Strengthen delivery by establishing metrics and tracking frameworks that link non-Party stakeholder contributions to climate action and adaptation plans.
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Ensure inclusive and sustained engagement by providing capacity-building, resources, and predictable channels for dialogue.
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Embed equity by ensuring underrepresented groups have meaningful roles in decision-making, leadership, and resource allocation
COP30: A Unified Agenda for Scaled Solutions
The COP30 Presidency is currently working hand-in-hand with the Climate High-Level Champions and UN Climate Change on a unified Action Agenda that builds on the progress made in the last decade and streamlines and organizes it to scale the solutions the world still urgently needs.
"From small businesses to local communities, people are at the heart of climate action. The next five years must empower those at the forefront of climate action with the tools, finance, and partnerships they need to turn solutions into livelihoods and resilience," said Nigar Arpadarai, Climate High Level Champion for COP29.
Stiell, who outlined what COP30 needs to do in his speech yesterday, said It must respond to the state of national climate plans (NDCs), to the roadmap to USD 1.3 trillion annually of accessible finance, deployable at speed and scale, to progress made and where acceleration is most needed.
He also said COP30 must spur faster and wider implementation, across all sectors and economies, and it must leave no-one behind. All of which not only aligns with the global climate action agenda but also helps achieve these goals.
Road to Belém: Shaping the Future Together
The five-year vision to be unveiled at COP30 is expected to be an important milestone for international climate cooperation - one that aligns voluntary initiatives with national priorities, avoids fragmentation, and accelerates the delivery of the Paris Agreement.
"The next five years must be about delivery," concludes Dan Ioschpe, Climate High Level Champion for COP30. "By aligning what governments have already agreed with the leadership of businesses, cities and subnationals, and communities, we can turn the Global Stocktake into a blueprint for real transformation. Belém will be where we lay those foundations together."
