Africa at COP30 | African Union

Concept Note Africa Day at COP30

Theme: Africa on the Forefront of Climate Action: Sustainable Financing for Resilient and Inclusive Green Growth

Venue: COP 30 Africa Pavilion| Date: 11 November 2025 Time: 1:30 pm to three:30 pm

I. Introduction
1. Context & Rationale

The 2025 Africa Day builds on the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), held from 8th to 10th September 2025 in Addis Ababa, which culminated within the Africa Leaders Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action, presenting a daring dedication to local weather motion for the continent with implications on the worldwide local weather change agenda. Africa is endowed with pure property, together with huge forests, peatlands, and regenerative agricultural methods that function crucial carbon sinks. These ecosystems not solely sequester billions of tons of CO2 but in addition underpin the resilience and livelihoods of thousands and thousands by supporting agriculture, power manufacturing, commerce, and local weather adaptation efforts. For occasion, the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, shops an estimated 60 billion tons of CO2, representing roughly 4% of worldwide carbon shares in tropical forests.

To obtain climate-resilient growth targets and a simply transition to low-carbon economies, Africa requires accessible, scalable, and diversified financing choices that handle adaptation, mitigation, and transformative financial development. The continent’s giant youth inhabitants, gender fairness targets, and important pure capital necessitate financing fashions which are inclusive, participatory, and sustainable. Africa Day at COP 30 will amplify Africa’s collective voice on local weather finance as a key enabler of transformational local weather motion, financial diversification, and poverty discount. Africa’s giant youth inhabitants is poised to drive a brand new wave of round economic system enterprises, reworking the worth of those ecological property via clear know-how and innovation.

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