The Keep Your Promise Campaign: Empowering Climate Leadership Across Africa

As the Keep Your Promise Campaign enters its second year, the stakes have never been higher for climate justice in Africa. The campaign’s overarching goal remains clear: to enhance the effectiveness of climate response measures across the continent by securing stronger leadership from African leaders and demanding accountability from leaders in the Global North. This vision aligns with the urgent need to address the severe impacts of climate change, especially in vulnerable African nations.

Over the past year, the Keep Your Promise Campaign has witnessed remarkable progress. Several African countries have not only participated actively but have also taken concrete steps toward holding relevant parties accountable for their commitments. Countries like Morocco, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Liberia, and many others have stepped up with impactful activities aimed at ensuring leaders fulfill their promises.

Key Pillars of the Campaign

• Keep Your Promise: A Call to Action for Leaders The campaign continues to be a clarion call for global leaders to honor their pledges, particularly those made during the Paris Agreement and subsequent climate summits. With the devastating impacts of climate change already being felt across Africa, the pressure is on to turn commitments into real, measurable outcomes for the most affected communities.
• Accountability Equals Progress One of the core messages of the campaign is that without accountability, progress toward climate justice and human rights will remain stagnant. The fight for climate justice cannot advance without transparency, and the campaign emphasizes that holding leaders accountable is key to unlocking meaningful change.
• Call for Action Climate change is a global challenge, and no single country can solve it alone. Through collective efforts, the campaign calls for sustained engagement from all sectors of society—governments, civil society, the private sector, and communities—to monitor progress, demand action, and push for tangible results that will benefit vulnerable populations.
• Promises Matter and Facts The campaign highlights the real-world consequences of broken promises. The impact of unfulfilled climate commitments is felt most acutely by those on the front lines of climate change, especially in Africa. The facts are clear: broken promises lead to more intense climate crises, worsening poverty, and the loss of livelihoods and ecosystems.