The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) opened on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with continental leaders, innovators, and civil society groups setting Africa’s climate agenda ahead of COP30 in Brazil. Hosted at the Addis International Convention Centre (AICC), the summit’s opening ceremony was headlined by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who showcased Ethiopia’s Green Legacy initiative and the Grand
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A Nigerian youth climate advocate, Olumide Idowu, has called on the Federal Government to move beyond speeches and back its climate commitments with concrete financing that directly impacts vulnerable communities. Idowu, the founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative Africa (ICCDI-Africa), made the call at the end of the African Youth Climate Assembly (AYCA) 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
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The stage is set for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), which officially begins tomorrow, September 8, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with over 25,000 delegates, including African heads of state, ministers, youth leaders, civil society, and global partners expected to participate. Briefing the press on Sunday, Ethiopia’s Minister of Planning and Development and National Coordinator of the Summit, Dr.
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As the Africa Climate Summit 2025 (ACS2) approaches, non-state actors have called for a stronger role in shaping Africa’s climate agenda, stressing that climate justice, adaptation, and climate finance must remain at the heart of continental and global negotiations. At the Non-State Actors Assembly (NSA) pre-summit session held on Saturday at the Adwa Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa, participants insisted
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The United Nations and the Government of Ethiopia have called on African leaders to use next week’s Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa as a platform to demand ambitious outcomes at COP30 in Brazil, insisting that Africa’s voice must be central in shaping a fair global climate deal. In a joint statement released at the close of Climate Week in
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The Second United Nations Climate Week opened on Monday with African leaders making a resounding call for urgent climate finance, fair energy transition, and global solidarity as the continent confronts worsening climate shocks. In his keynote address, Ethiopia’s President, Taye Atske Silassie underscored the importance of the “Baku to Belém Roadmap”, which seeks to mobilize $1.3 trillion annually by 2030
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The UNFCCC’s Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2025 is in full swing at the Addis International Convention Centre (AICC). Participants from all over the world have gathered to hold conversations centred on moving beyond ambition to implementation. Although relatively different from the city-wide nature of the London Climate Action Week and even recently, the Rio Climate Action Week (RCAW), ACW is
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The inaugural Rio Climate Action Week (RCAW) has wrapped up with resounding success, reinforcing Rio de Janeiro’s role as a global hub for climate knowledge, activism, and innovation. The five-day event, which drew more than 20,000 participants and hosted over 240 events, culminated on Friday at the Brazilian Academy of Letters with groundbreaking announcements that stretch far beyond Brazil’s borders.
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