As the world prepares for COP30, momentum is growing to turn climate ambition into investment that delivers for people and planet.

In a short preview ahead of the meetings, Tom Beloe, Director of UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub, shares three priorities guiding UNDP’s work in Belém:

• First, UNDP is supporting country-led action by helping governments invest in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This includes aligning international and domestic finance, ministries of finance, and public development banks behind high-ambition climate plans.
• Second, UNDP is advancing the Baku to Belém Roadmap to drive progress toward US$1.3 trillion in annual climate investment by 2035. The focus is on connecting fiscal policy, regulation and capital markets to national priorities, ensuring climate finance translates into lasting development gains.
• Third, UNDP is engaging the private sector to make NDC delivery a shared public–private effort. Through initiatives such as the Insurance and Risk Finance Facility and SDG Impact Standards, UNDP is partnering with insurers, investors and businesses to build resilience and expand access to sustainable finance.

These efforts reflect UNDP’s broader commitment to mobilize and align finance for a healthy planet and inclusive growth — ensuring that global ambition is matched by practical investment on the ground.

Watch the preview video with Tom Beloe.