Breakthrough Agenda Report 2026

Since its launch at COP 26, the Breakthrough Agenda has served as a framework for strengthening international collaboration across major emitting sectors. Participating countries have endorsed shared “Breakthrough” goals to make clean technologies and sustainable practices more affordable, accessible and attractive than their alternatives by 2030 across the power, road transport, hydrogen, steel, cement and buildings sectors.

The Breakthrough Agenda establishes an annual cycle to track progress towards these goals, identify where stronger or more co‑ordinated international action is needed, and support collective efforts to accelerate deployment. Central to this process is the recognition that many barriers to progress – including fragmented standards, weak demand signals, financing constraints and infrastructure gaps – cannot be addressed through national action alone, and require targeted international collaboration.

To support this cycle, world leaders tasked the IEA and the Climate High‑Level Champions to develop an annual Breakthrough Agenda Report that provides an independent evidence base and expert analysis of progress and priorities. From 2022 to 2024, the reports assessed the state of international collaboration across sectors and identified priority actions. The 2025 report placed greater emphasis on implementation, introducing sector‑specific success statements to clarify what meaningful progress looks like in practice.

The Breakthrough Agenda Special Report 2026 builds on this foundation in the context of an increasing focus on delivery under the Global Climate Action Agenda. This year’s report examines how Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PASs) are designed and how effectively they translate shared objectives into actionable steps. It identifies cross‑cutting insights on strengthening implementation, alongside a focused set of near‑term priorities to support delivery across key sectors in the lead‑up to the next Global Stocktake.