The second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) is set to take place from September 8 to 10, 2025, at the Addis International Convention Centre (AICC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jacob’s Ladder Africa (JLA) is playing a leading role in advancing the green jobs and skills agenda at the summit, with a focus on creating tangible employment opportunities linked to climate action.
Jacob’s Ladder Africa will spearhead two major engagements during ACS2. On September 10, it will host a high-level session at the Africa Pavilion in partnership with the African Union Commission’s Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AUC-ESTI) to highlight strategies for developing Africa’s green workforce.
JLA will also host the Green Jobs & Skills Pavilion, a dedicated space running concurrently with the summit’s main events. The Pavilion is designed as an African-led, solutions-driven platform to address the urgency of solving climate vulnerability and unemployment among youth, women, and marginalized communities, through green job creation. It will facilitate dialogue and innovation among diverse leaders, women, indigenous groups, private sector actors, civil society, and policymakers.
Sellah Bogonko, Co-Founder and CEO of JLA, emphasized the importance of concrete action: “Africa’s youth, women, and marginalized communities need real jobs and sustainable livelihoods, not empty promises. When supported, they become the innovators and changemakers advancing Africa’s green transformation.” She described the Pavilion as a call to recognize green jobs and skills as critical links between climate ambitions and economic justice.
