Bele’m, is a city and port in northern Brazil, located on the Amazon River delta, is the host of COP 30 this year.
Climate change, action and resilience has for the past decade been dominating at the negotiations tables with the motive; to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement, of reducing global warming below 2°.
The agreement is an international legal binding treaty adopted by 196 countries to address climate change by limiting global temperature increases.
The treaty strives to achieve this through commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support developing nations with climate finance, technology, regularly review and strengthen national climate targets over time.
The report findings released during the ongoing COP30 hints at devising an urgent need for stronger political will and accelerated implementation of climate action plans
According to the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026 report released at COP30 in Belém, on November 18, 2025 indicated that no major global emitter is fully on track to meet the Paris Agreement goals.
The report further shockingly reveals that none of the top three spots in the index were filled by any country.
The key findings of the CCPI 2026 Report showed that an independent monitoring tool published annually by German watch, the New Climate Institute, and the Climate Action Network International, evaluates the climate mitigation performance of 63 countries and the EU which accounts for 90% of total global emissions across the four categories; Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use, and Climate Policy.
Ironically, according to the report, the top three spots in the index remain empty, as no country’s policies were deemed fit to implement the policies that keep in check emission of carbon dioxide.
Denmark claimed the highest position after it was ranked 4th overall. Clearly, major emitters such as the United States of America, Saudi Arabia and Russia were listed as the worst performers showing that they are non compliant with the Paris Agreement goals.
The United Kingdom was the only G20 nation to receive a “high” ranking, while ten major economies fell into the “very low” category.
For instance India, previously it was ranked 13 only for this year to drop to 23 spot, to being a medium performer from a high one. This is said to have been majorly contributed by lack of a national deadline for phase out coal and continued new coal projects.
It is clear that phasing out the use of fossil fuels in most of the nations has been a great challenge. Such a situation is seen in Brazil where wind and solar energy reliance has improved even though fossil fuels remain a significant obstacle to limiting global warming.
Kenya is on the mission to phase out fossil fuels and combat global warming, hence positioning itself as a leader in clean energy on the continent.
Currently, the embrace of renewable sources like geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar have reduced reliance on fossil fuels.
The government launched the Kenya Energy Transition and Investment Plan detailing pathways that keep decarbonization of key sectors including power, transport, industry, and cooking.
Kenya being the most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions such as droughts, floods, sea level rise as outlined in the National Climate Change Framework, the transition is crucial.
In the power department, tremendous changes have been made in the power sector, challenges remain in transport and household cooking, which still contribute to significant carbon emissions.
The transition plans have since led to efficient electric mobility as well as universal access to clean cooking solutions, such as LPG, bio-ethanol, and electric stoves, by 2030.
The government is encouraging private sector to adopt zero-emission vehicles. Banking on the readily available renewable resources and implementing strategic policies, Kenya aims to secure energy independence, foster green growth, and make a meaningful contribution to the global effort to limit temperature increases in line with the Paris Agreement
