Addis ababa: Today marks the start of Climate Week - a milestone United Nations event to boost real-world climate solutions and advance crucial climate issues, ahead of the COP30 global climate conference in Brazil this November.
According to Emirates News Agency, Climate Week will bring together governments, financiers including development banks, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to help speed up the delivery of pledges and climate actions on the ground, in African countries and around the world. Organized by UN Climate Change and hosted by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Climate Week will feed into the second Africa Climate Summit next week - a major rallying point for African nations ahead of COP30 in Bel©m, Brazil.
"We are at a vital moment in the world's climate journey. Climate Week in Addis Ababa is a chance to share and scale up real-world solutions and help spread the real-life benefits of climate action to more people across Africa and around the world: more resilient economies, more jobs, better health and quality of life, more secure and affordable clean energy for all," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell.
UN Climate Change Deputy Executive Secretary Noura Hamladji highlighted that Climate Weeks aim to connect the international climate process to people's daily lives and to real economies. At the heart of the program is the Implementation Forum, which brings together negotiators with implementers in governments, financiers, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples.
With a strong focus on investment and collaboration, new Implementation Labs will focus on key challenges and opportunities, including adaptation finance, strengthening public-private sector partnerships, scaling up agricultural, forest and food-related climate actions, and empowering communities, among many others.
The Climate Week is global in scope, but its solutions are deeply relevant to Agenda 2063 - Africa's vision for inclusive growth, sustainability, and resilience. Climate Week in Addis Ababa has been deliberately timed to take place just ahead of the Africa Climate Summit 2 (ACS2), hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8-10 September 2025.
The Summit marks a crucial moment for the continent's climate leadership, where African leaders will advance work on climate finance, adaptation, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, green growth, and community empowerment ahead of COP30. Ethiopia's Minister of Planning and Development, Fitsum Assefa, emphasized that this strategic alignment ensures that Africa's climate priorities do not remain regional aspirations but are elevated into the global agenda.
Mosses Vilakati, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission, stated that by strategically connecting Climate Week, the Climate Change and Development Conference in Africa, and the Second Africa Climate Summit, a unified platform is established that turns dialogue into practical, scalable climate solutions and funding, fostering a resilient and green continent.
The key outcomes of the Climate Week, including official statements linking to the Africa Climate Summit from UN Climate Change and the Government of Ethiopia, will be shared by news release in the afternoon.