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Front. Clim.
Sec. Climate and Health
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Africa's Climate Leadership and Health Resilience: Insights from the 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), Addis Ababa, 2025
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Zamzam University of Science and Technology, Mogadishu, Somalia
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The 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in September 2025, marked a decisive turning point in Africa's approach to the global climate crisis. The summit successfully reframed Africa's role from climate victim to climate solutions leader, emphasizing the continent's vast potential in renewable energy, natural capital, and innovative finance mechanisms. This paper reviews key commitments of the summit, including the Addis Ababa Declaration, the launch of new climate finance mechanisms, and pledges to mobilize $50 billion annually for climate finance. The paper examines the critical integration of health resilience within climate action, the ambitious renewable energy expansion targets, and the emphasis on nature-based solutions. While celebrating these achievements, the paper also addresses persistent challenges in implementation, including financing gaps, debt constraints, and institutional capacity limitations. The outcomes of ACS2 provide a framework for Africa's unified position ahead of COP30 in Brazil, asserting that climate justice and health justice are inseparable for sustainable development on the continent.
Keywords: Africa Climate Summit 2, climate finance, Renewable Energy, Health resilience, Addis Ababa Declaration, Africa
Received: 16 Sep 2025; Accepted: 18 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Abdullahi Ahmed Tahlil, abdullahi.tahlily@gmail.com
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