Ethiopia's finance minister seeks climate investment before COP32
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Fanamc
At COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, Ethiopia is seeking to strengthen international confidence in its climate commitments and attract investment before hosting COP32 in Addis Ababa in 2027. Ethiopia's pavilion offers around 60 programmes, according to Finance Minister Fitsum Assefa, reported by Fanamc.
Ethiopian Finance Minister Fitsum Assefa, who is also Ethiopia's chief negotiator for COP32, is seeking climate investment at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey. She wants to strengthen international confidence in her country's climate commitments before it hosts COP32 in Addis Ababa next year, according to the agency Fanamc.
According to the minister, COP31 is the last major climate conference before COP32. Ethiopia is seeking to influence the text of the negotiations and the provisions of the final declarations. It has opened a pavilion offering about 60 programmes and events to present its national identity, climate initiatives, coffee and its place as the origin of humanity.
The country is holding talks with the African Group of Negotiators, the Least Developed Countries group, the G77 and China, and the European Union. Fitsum Assefa recalls that Ethiopia is vulnerable to climate change and that international climate finance remains below its needs.
COP31 work also covers electrification, as detailed in our article on COP31 in Antalya. Three African priorities are now on its agenda, according to our article of 9 November.
