Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Youth Network (GCSAYN) in partnership with IAAS Africa,
GCSAYN Centers of Excellence, and ACS2 Youth Engagement Taskforce
for The Second African Climate Summit (ACS2) Africa Climate Summit 2025 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Theme: GCSAYN ROAD to ACS2 (GCSAYNROAD2ACS2)
Background:
The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS1) held in September 2023 resulted in the Nairobi Declaration, a powerful commitment from African leaders to act on climate, with specific targets on finance, adaptation, and green growth. However, youth engagement was only mentioned under inclusivity, not as a central mechanism for implementation. Ahead of the second Africa climate summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa (8th-10th September, 2025), there is an opportunity to reposition youth as co-deliverers of these commitments. GCSAYN has launched the Road2ACS2, a youth-driven initiative to mobilize, coordinate, and influence ACS2 from the grassroots to the high table. Also, GCSAYN will send a delegation following two Centers of Excellence (CoE) based in Ethiopia to join effort in-person while the entire team will engage virtually prior to September 2025.
