NSA Outcome Statement

Convened by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and the Consortium for Climate Change Ethiopia (CCC-E), in collaboration with other partners, African Non-State Actors¹ (NSAs) met in Addis Ababa on May 15 and 16, 2025, to prepare and strengthen their role in the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS-II).

After two days of reflections and strategy-building, participants drawn from diverse socio-economic, political, and cultural backgrounds across Africa adopted the following statement:

Reflecting on the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS-I) held in Nairobi in 2023, participants recognized it as both a milestone in African convening power and a missed opportunity to anchor a future vision rooted in African priorities;

Acknowledging that the ACS, as mandated by the Committee of African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), is intended to serve as a platform for shaping Africa’s climate agenda in alignment with its aspirations, needs, and priorities;

Deeply concerned by the mounting challenges Africa faces—particularly in adaptation, securing climate finance, expanding energy access, and the intensified competition for critical minerals essential to the energy transition;

Recalling that while Africa contributes least to climate change, it suffers the most from its impacts; and noting with alarm the continued expansion of fossil fuel investments in the Global North, the inadequate and inaccessible adaptation finance, and shrinking civic space;

Alarmed by the persistent failure of developed countries to meet climate finance commitments, and the gross underfunding of the Loss and Damage Fund;

Conscious of growing global uncertainties—including shifting election cycles, the rise of anti-Africa, anti-climate movements in the Global North, and the weakening of multilateralism, requiring Africa to act with greater self-determination and strategic coherence; Read More NSA OUTCOME STATEMENT