Ethiopia to Host 2nd Africa Climate Summit

Addis Ababa, May 30, 2025 (ENA)—Ethiopia will host the 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), which aims to highlight Africa's role in crafting global climate solutions, from September 8-10, 2025.

This was disclosed at the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Forum Technical Working Group Meeting that took place in Addis Ababa Thursday.

 Opening the meeting, Planning and Development State Minister Seyoum Mekonnen said climate change is a significant emergency affecting every part of lives, disturbing ecosystems, forcing communities to relocate, and endangering vital resources.

 As a “host to ACS2 (that takes place in September), we would like to catalyze the dialogues into the climate solutions; that is Financing Nature Based and Technological Solutions which will be fit for Africa and beyond,” he added.

 The state minister further said that Ethiopia has been demonstrating its leadership and dedication to green and sustainable growth through initiatives in climate-smart farming, the e-mobility policy, and significant infrastructure advancements.

 

 According to him, the Government of Ethiopia intends to change the story about climate change from portraying Africa as a victim to highlighting concrete efforts being made.

 Established in 2018 in close consultation with its development partners to ensure better coordination for effective implementation of Ethiopia's CRGE Strategy, the forum has been actively taking part in the Green Legacy (GL) Initiative, it was learned.

 Major members of the forum, the EU Delegation, Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Swedish Embassy, Denmark Embassy, British Embassy, Korean Embassy, German Embassy and other development partners as well as CRGE pillar ministries, have been aligning efforts and mobilizing resources, needs to enhance its contribution to climate solutions, and key priorities for the forum.

 Seyoum said that the major members of the forum also backed Ethiopia in its effort to host the ACS2, promoting engagement, and recognizing Africa's leadership in global dialogues.

Norwegian Embassy Climate and Forests Counsellor, Live Sydness, stated in her opening remarks that Norway has been collaborating with Ethiopia on the implementation of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy as well as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

 

 “We are now assisting Ethiopia with accessing the voluntary forestry related carbon credit market. Strengthening institutional coordination is key in this work and it was encouraging to see the draft at this stage. In order to achieve the targets in the Ethiopia's ambitious CRGE strategy, not only institutional coordination is necessary, but also coordination amongst us the donors.”

British Embassy Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Climate and Nature Lead, Dr. Nina Hissen-Wright, expressed optimism for a fruitful dialogue “as all the donors in the room went together with the Ethiopian government and really helped to drive this agenda...

 

Hopefully soon, we can have a functioning power market in Ethiopia; and for Ethiopia to really harness all the fantastic opportunities that could be within that reach.”