Before 2022
Directorate of Environment & Climate Change
Environmental governance is led by a Directorate under the Office of the Prime Minister, which also acts as Somalia's National Designated Authority for the Green Climate Fund.
2022
The Ministry is born
In August 2022 MoECC is officially established. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud launches Green Somalia, a campaign to plant 10 million trees.
2023
Policy foundations
The National Environmental Policy is adopted and initiatives against deforestation and for renewable energy and climate resilience scale up.
2024
Environmental law
The Environmental Protection and Management Act and the ESIA & Audit Regulations are validated; Somalia's Multilateral Environmental Agreements are compiled.
2025
NDC 3.0, NAP and LT-LEDS
Somalia submits its ambitious NDC 3.0 and National Adaptation Plan to the UNFCCC and launches its Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy at COP30.
2026
Biodiversity & meteorology
Parliament approves the Meteorology and Climate Services Law; the NBSAP 2026–2030 is published; a national biodiversity data and GIS platform and the Article 6 policy framework get under way.
Former ministers
H.E. Amb. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi
Aug 2022 – 2024
First Minister of Environment and Climate Change, appointed on 9 August 2022. A career diplomat — formerly Somalia's Ambassador to Iraq and to Pakistan, political advisor to the Arab League and senior political advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — she led the Ministry through its founding period.