The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling decisions 2/CP.17, 1/CP.21, 2/CP.22, 16/CP.22, 16/CP.23 and 12/CP.29,
1. Welcomes the annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacitybuilding for 2025 and takes note of the recommendations therein;
2. Encourages Parties, the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, the constituted bodies under the Convention, United Nations organizations, observers and other stakeholders to consider the recommendations referred to in paragraph 1 above and take any necessary action, as appropriate and in accordance with their mandates;
3. Acknowledges the progress of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in delivering on its mandate to address gaps and needs, both current and emerging, in implementing capacity-building in developing countries and further enhancing capacity-building efforts;
4. Also acknowledges the work of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in relation to enhancing coherence and coordination of capacity-building activities under the Convention, including its collaboration with other constituted bodies and stakeholders in this regard;
5. Welcomes the completion of the activities under the workplan of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2021–2024;
6. Also welcomes the continued collaboration of the Paris Committee on Capacitybuilding with Parties and non-Party stakeholders on capacity-building for climate action, as well as on addressing cross-cutting matters in the context of climate change, including those related to human rights, gender-responsiveness, youth, Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and local communities, such as through the PCCB Network, the informal coordination group for capacity-building under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, the Durban Forum on capacity-building, the Capacity-building Hub, and communication and outreach;
7. Acknowledges the contribution of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building to the organization of the 7th Capacity-building Hub, which took place in conjunction with this session as a crucial platform for enabling effective climate action, bringing together stakeholders and facilitating collaboration, knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning with a view to addressing developing country Parties’ capacity gaps and needs, and requests the secretariat, under the guidance of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, to organize the 8th Capacity-building Hub, to be held at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2026;
8. Acknowledges the activities of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building undertaken in the context of its 2025 focus area, namely capacity-building for designing holistic investment strategies, bankable projects and stakeholder engagement aimed at strengthening the implementation of nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans in developing countries, and takes note of the extension of the focus area until August 2026;
9. Acknowledges the thematic work undertaken under the PCCB Network;
10. Welcomes the workplan of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2025–2029,4 which is based on the priority areas and activities set out in the annex to decision 12/CP.29 and was agreed upon during the intersessional period by the Committee;
11. Invites Parties and relevant institutions, as appropriate, to provide support and resources to the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for implementing its workplan for 2025–2029 in the light of the aim of the Committee as set out in paragraph 71 of decision 1/CP.21;
12. Requests the secretariat to support the implementation of the workplan referred to in paragraph 10 above;
13. Emphasizes that capacity gaps and needs still exist in developing countries pertaining to implementing the Convention;
14. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraphs 7 and 12 above;
15. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources
