Some 25,000 climate advocates have descended on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the second African Climate Summit (ACS2) – in the face of Donald Trump’s hostile stance towards both climate science and aid funding.
The first ACS, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya in 2023, saw more than $20 billion mobilised in investment, and 54 African governments unite around the seminal “Nairobi Declaration”: The first time countries had all reached a common position on climate, which in turn has amplified the continent’s voice at the annual UN-led COP climate conferences.
