Addis ababa: Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Noura Hamladji, has urged the global community to step up climate action and finance, highlighting Africa’s potential to inspire the world through bold and innovative solutions.
According to Ethiopian News Agency, Hamladji, speaking at the Second Climate Week of 2025 in Addis Ababa, thanked the Government and people of Ethiopia for hosting the event, emphasizing the country’s longstanding role in regional diplomacy, independence, and sustainable development. She noted that Addis Ababa stands as the diplomatic capital of Africa, home to the African Union, at a critical juncture in humanity’s climate fight.
Hamladji emphasized that addressing the climate crisis requires cooperation and solidarity, stressing that Climate Weeks are platforms to translate pledges into actions and practical solutions that deliver real benefits for communities. She called for moving beyond aspirations to implementation i
n terms of climate finance, highlighting the need to increase financial flows to developing countries to 1.3 trillion USD annually by 2035.
Highlighting Africa’s leadership, Hamladji pointed to successful initiatives across the continent, including mini-grid projects in communities, recycling innovations in Kenya’s Kibera, green bonds in South Africa, and Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative. These initiatives, she said, are an inspiration for the world and promise stronger economic growth, more jobs, cleaner energy, and better health outcomes.
Central to the Climate Week is the Implementation Forum, where policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and community leaders are working together to replicate and scale up solutions already delivering results. Hamladji underscored the importance of the event’s timing, coming just ahead of the Africa Climate Summit and serving as a crucial step toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil. She encouraged global collaboration, urging everyone to make this Climate Week count.