African faith leaders united for climate action and climate justice, and calls for equity, peace, and care for creation.
African faith leaders united for climate action and climate justice, spoken with one voice the Addis Ababa Faith Declaration on Climate Justice has officially declared. Their call is clear: climate action must be anchored in justice, equity, peace, and care for creation.1. Peace for Climate Justice: Integrating peacebuilding, equity, and inclusive governance into adaptation efforts.2. Debt Cancellation as a Path to Climate Justice: Freeing resources for climate action by cancelling unjust debt that drains African economies.3. Climate Finance: Delivering overdue, grant-based finance for adaptation, loss and damage, and community-led solutions.4. Emission Reduction & Just Energy Transition: Major emitters must commit to ambitious reductions while Africa advances a just, inclusive energy transition that protects workers, creates green jobs, and expands access to clean energy.5. Food Sovereignty & Creation Care: Protecting and scaling up indigenous and faith-rooted practices that sustain Africa’s food systems, biodiversity, and resilience.6. Tackling the Adaptation Gap: Closing Africa’s adaptation finance gap with grant-based financing, robust indicators, and climate risk integration in planning.7. Advancing Loss & Damage Efforts: Building Africa’s institutional capacity, unlocking recovery finance, and ensuring fair access to the Loss and Damage Fund.8. Youth, Women, People with Disabilities & Interfaith Solidarity: Placing marginalized groups at the center of climate action through inclusive policies, finance, and leadership opportunities.
Mela’eke Selam Lealem, a dedicated priest deeply invested in the well-being of his community, resides In the Awi Zone, Banja Woreda, Bassa Kebele.