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Obviously lose weight, or get more powerful, and you will Climb faster. But you can also Train it. For me there are 2 important factors.
Climbing is all about dealing With constant resistance at the pedals. You have near zero momentum to carry you through any weak spots in Your stroke. So if you havent trained climbing, or spent time doing high resistance intervals on the turbo. You'll fatigue the muscles you usually by-pass via momentum when on the flat.
The second factor is pacing. Climbs are finite. So decide how much you can hold and ride up at a constant effort.
I'm not a great climber or anything. I just do a lot of it.
Smallfurry
We have a loose cycling group (rather than a club). About 15 of us who routinely go out most weekends. In order to notch it up we had are going to have bi-annual races over one of our usual loops. There is are three winnable categories - sprint, climb and combative. We are all of roughly equal standard with a couple of guys who are stand out (compared to the rest of us). A couple of weeks ago I was competitive in the sprint but was whipped on the climb by some of the smaller guys.