At Africa Climate Summit, Gatete urges stakeholders to forge unified stance on green minerals or risk repeat of "historical mistakes"

Addis Ababa, 10 September 2025 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete has called for the continent to unite and strategically leverage its vast reserves of critical green minerals, avoid the exploitative patterns of the past and fuel its own industrial transformation...

 

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Closing statement by Mr. Claver Gatete at the 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 07 September 2025 - Closing Statement By Mr. Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, H.E. Mekonnen Seyoum, State Minister of Planning & Development, Ethiopia, Prof Antony Nyong, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank, Mr. Augustine Njamnshi, Pan-Africa Climate Justice Alliance,

 

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13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa concludes with a call for a unified African climate agenda

Addis Ababa, 7 September 2025 (ECA) – The 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XIII) concluded Sunday, in Addis Ababa, with a call for urgent action and scaled-up investment to advance Africa’s climate agenda.

 

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13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XIII) opens in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5 September 2025 (ECA) - The 13th edition of the Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference (CCDA-XIII) officially opened today in Addis Ababa, convened under the theme: “Empowering Africa’s Climate Action with Science, Finance, and Just Transition.” The three-day event brings together policymakers, scientists...

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ClimDev-Africa Programme Planning Workshop

Nairobi, Kenya 30 July 2025 - The Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) programme has served as a key continental platform for addressing climate change challenges since its establishment in 2011. Jointly implemented by the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB)...

 

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Regional experts trained on modelling energy systems

Addis Ababa, 9 May 2025 – Between the 21 April and 9 May 2025, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with various international and regional partners conducted training for 66 experts on energy modeling tools to build efficient energy systems as Africa accelerates its transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development

 

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6th Africa Climate Talks & SDGs Forum

Kampala, Uganda, 8 April, 2025 – The fastest way to realize Africa’s sustainable development ambitions is to link its pursuit of the Global Sustainable Development Goals with the region’s own priorities as reflected in Agenda 2063 of the African Union. This message was echoed by member countries, local governments, young people, stakeholders and development partners at the 2025 Regional Preparatory Workshop on Voluntary and National Reviews, held as a pre-event to the 11th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

 

 

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Validation Workshop for the BCRUP Regional Readiness Project

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 February 2025 (ECA) - African Green Climate Finances National Designated Authorities Network (AfDAN) jointly with Government of Kenya, UCLG Africa, UNECA UNDRR, Commonwealth Secretariat and PACJA among other partners successfully hosted the Climate Finance Forum for GCF NDAs and BCRUP focal points .....

 

 

 

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Towards a common vision: The impact of climate change on human security in Ethiopia workshop

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 February 2024 (ECA) - Climate variability and extreme events in Ethiopia are increasing pressure on natural resources, with negative impacts on food, land, and water systems. As communities continue to face rising temperatures,

 

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First UNFCCC Focal Point and Stakeholder Meeting on the Establishment of the Southern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance


Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 18 December, 2024 (ECA) - The 2023 Global Stocktake reaffirmed the need to include market-based emission reduction activities in the global effort reach the Paris Agreement 1.5-degree Celsius goal. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement encourages a market-based approach.....

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Workshop on the Development and Finalization of Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 of Zimbabwe


Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 9 December 2024 (ECA) - In the run-up to COP21, parties to the UNFCCC conceived Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as a means for countries to communicate the steps they will take to address climate change. INDCs reflected the level of ambition by each country in reducing emissions, considering its national circumstances and capabilities.
 
 

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Workshop on the Development and Finalization of Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 of Liberia


Buchanan, Liberia, 3 December 2024 (ECA) - With the support of ECA and Liberia’s UN Country Team, experts from Liberia’s climate-sensitive economic sectors convened in Buchanan, Liberia on 2-3 December 2024 to develop a new generation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0).
 
 

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