Leveraging the Action Agenda to Link Local and Global Just Transitions Workshop Outcomes

The workshop, held in September 2025, focused on linking local leadership with global climate frameworks. Through case studies from India, South Africa, and Ethiopia, participants identified the necessity of community ownership, political will at the national level, and the use of the COP30 Action Agenda to scale locally-led solutions. The event concluded that a global Just Transition must be grounded in local realities and supported by international mechanisms for finance and knowledge sharing.

• The COP30 Action Agenda is viewed as a critical mechanism to connect community-driven initiatives with global climate ambition, with the COP30 presidency intending to create a repository of scalable, locally-led solutions across various sectors and regions to accelerate implementation.
• Case studies demonstrate that bottom-up interventions can achieve simultaneous climate and social goals: in Gujarat, India, SEWA replaced diesel pumps with solar systems, reducing operational costs by 60% and providing green skills to women salt-pan workers; in South Africa, Indalo Inclusive used participatory approaches to address food insecurity and job losses following coal plant decommissioning; and in Addis Ababa, the Menged Le Sew initiative reclaimed urban space for pedestrians and cyclists.
• Effective local transitions require community ownership and the co-design of processes, particularly for women, informal workers, and Indigenous people. Financing is a major barrier, with a stated need for non-returnable grant funding or blended finance to reach local actors without being absorbed by intermediaries.
• National-level success depends on consistent political will, policy continuity across political cycles, and the creation of interministerial convening entities to align energy, labour, environment, and finance agendas. National development banks are identified as pivotal for mobilizing domestic finance.
• International frameworks, specifically the UNFCCC, should focus on legitimizing and scaling local action through South-to-South cooperation, technology transfer, and capacity-building, rather than imposing top-down orientations.

APA

Climate Strategies (2025). Leveraging the Action Agenda to Link Local and Global Just Transitions Workshop Outcomes. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/African-Climate-Week-2025-Addis-Ababa.pdf

Chicago

Climate Strategies. Leveraging the Action Agenda to Link Local and Global Just Transitions Workshop Outcomes. 2025. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/African-Climate-Week-2025-Addis-Ababa.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatestrategies2025leveraging, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{Leveraging the Action Agenda to Link Local and Global Just Transitions Workshop Outcomes}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/African-Climate-Week-2025-Addis-Ababa.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }