Introduction
Ethiopia, the Land of Origins, and home to Africans, will host the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa from 8-10 September 2025. The Summit will be preceded by pre-summit events from 5-7 September 2025. The Summit will be structured around the following: nature and technology-based solutions to drive adaptation, development and resilience on day one; adaptation and resilience, spotlighting Africa’s climate risks and scalable responses, on day two; and, climate finance and African-led solutions, shifting from aid to investment in local innovation, on day three.
The ACS will bring together leaders from Africa and beyond: Heads of State and Government, development partners, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, academia, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, women, and youth. This diverse gathering aims to design and catalyze African-led solutions for climate change and deliberate on how to leverage both domestic and international climate financing, rooted in African priorities and local innovation, to accelerate implementation of existing commitments.
Vision for ACS-2
The second edition of the Africa Climate Summit aims to serve as a platform to inform, frame, and influence commitments, pledges, and outcomes. The Summit will bring Africa’s shared vision of climate action on advancing Africa led solutions and how to finance them, collaboratively championed by the AUC and Ethiopia as the host. The Summit emphasizes the need for Africa to harness climate financing strategies that address the impacts of climate change while contributing to both climate adaptation and mitigation interventions and ensuring green development. The Summit recognizes Africa’s potential for global climate solutions, emphasizing the need for fair and equitable allocation of resources and support, particularly for African nations that have historically contributed the least to climate change but are disproportionately affected by its impacts, yet the continent has immense potential for climate change rectifications for the region specifically, and the globe in general.
The ACS-2 is Africa’s moment to lead global climate action. Ahead of COP30 and building on ACS-1, ACS-2 will unify Africa’s voice to shape global climate negotiations. It will push for fairer global finance systems, prioritizing renewable energy, nature-based and technology-based solutions, adaptation, and community-led solutions. This vision empowers African communities, especially youth and indigenous groups, to shape a prosperous, climate-resilient future. The Summit will seek to elevate the climate change crisis as a justice and fairness issue, resonating with the African Union theme of the year (2025), “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”.
The three-day summit will focus on:
The three days of the Summit underscore essential strategies for tackling climate challenges in
Africa and how finance can be leveraged to scale climate action structured as follows:
- Day 1 (8 September): Nature-Based Solutions, Technology, Energy & Resilient Infrastructure
- Day 2 (9 September): Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- Day 3 (10 September): Climate Finance & Africa led Solutions
- Pre-Events (5-7 September): Inclusive Climate Action
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Related links
Africa Cliamte Summit 2 ( ACS-2)