Redoubling efforts for climate action and development in 2026

AS WE close the chapter on 2025, we are reminded that this year was written in contrasts.

- DORAH MODISE

Borrowing from Albert Camus, it felt like a time when “in the depth of winter, we finally learned that within us there lay an invincible summer” The yea delivered remarkable progress in the climate action movement, yet it also confronted us with moments so difficult that choosing a single annus horribilis felt almost impossible. 2025 was, in every sense, a year of hard-won hope alongside sobering setbacks.

The past year did not spare us of the urgent realities of climate change, with record temperatures, persistent floods and droughts, and growing impacts on our communities and the economy. 2025 was equally and increasingly difficult geopolitical environment, countries and corporations have backtracked on their commitments to sustainable development, equity, and climate action.

Multilateralism, once the cornerstone of global cooperation, faced new challenges, raising concerns about the collective ability to meet the Paris Agreement targets.

We began the year navigating the complexities of a multiparty Government of National Unity. Within this distinctive political context, the imperative to confront climate change remained unequivocal. All parties represented in government reaffirmed their commitment to advancing a just transition—one that firmly places our country on a path toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and inclusive green economy.

As our country updated its Nationally Determined Contributions and began implementing the Climate Change Act (2024), the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) remained vigilant in fulfilling its mandate.

It provided rigorous evidence, exercised sound judgment, and consistently called for strengthened collaboration and partnerships to support effective and equitable climate action.

Leading by Example - Our National Climate Commitments