Macpherson C. Marbiah writes/0886542881-0777250370
ActionAid Liberia, in collaboration with its national and regional partners, has concluded the 2025 National People’s Summit on Climate Justice (NPCJS).
The ceremony was characterized with the presentation of a joint communiqué to government.
It outlined concrete demands and commitments to address the escalating climate crisis.
The exercise was also aimed at advancing climate justice, equity, and sustainable development through people centered solutions.
The event was convened from Monday, December 15-16, 2025, under the theme: “Just Transition; Scaling Agroecology, Clean Energy, People-Driven Climate Finance and Sustainable Solutions for Liberia.”
Participants adopted five-count resolutions on scaling agroecology and transforming agriculture, strengthens CAADP accountability and inclusion, people-driven climate justice, just energy transition and green jobs, and climate-induced disaster preparedness and response.
They collectively committed and called on government, development partners, civil society organizations, the private sector, and regional bodies, to take concrete time-bound, and people-centered actions to advance climate Justice, just transition and sustainable development.
Participants also recalled the outcomes and commitments of the 2024 national stakeholders summit on climate Justice.
They acknowledged the progress made since then, particularly increased government engagement on agroecology, climate finance, domestic resource mobilization and inclusive NDC processes.
The participants meanwhile, reaffirmed the urgency of advancing climate justice, equity and people-centered development.
They recognized that Liberia contributed minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet bears disproportionate climate impact that includes flooding, coastal erosion, food insecurity, land degradation and climate induced displacement.
They strongly believed that climate action must be grounded in just, inclusion and accountability.
The participants, acknowledged the outcomes of COP30, and Liberia commitments under NDC 3.O, the CAADP framework and ECOWAS processes, stressing the imperative of translating global and national commitments into tangible benefits for communities, particularly women, youth, smallholder farmers and marginalized groups.
They called for decisive shift toward agroecology as a cornerstone of Liberia’s agricultural transformation, climate adaptation and food sovereignty.
They want government to ensure inclusive and accountable agricultural transformation, and reforms that place people at the center of CAADP implementation.
Recognized that climate justice cannot be achieved without equitable financing, and commit to advance accessible, transparent and locally led climate finance.
They want to address energy poverty, unemployment and climate mitigation, accelerate a just, inclusive and people-centered energy transition.
Collectively commit to sustaining multi-stakeholders dialogue, movement-building and coalition strengthening beyond the summit.
Monitor, track and publicly report progress on the commitments outline in the communique, using it as a shared advocacy tool at national and regional levels to advance climate Justice, just transition and people-centered development for the country.
Macpherson C. Marbiah writes/0886542881-0777250370