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📢 Statement for COP30: Centering Pastoralists Voices in Climate Justice!

As we conclude the "Climate Finance Knowledge Event Ethiopia - Power in Partnership" training sessions, held from 6 - 7 November 2025, we are sending a direct message to : Climate Justice must centre Pastoralists.

We demand direct gender - transformative and meaningful youth leadership.

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Statement for COP30

As we conclude the “Climate Finance Knowledge Event Ethiopia – Power in Partnership” training sessions that was held from 6-7 November 2025, we the participants and collaborating partners put forward the following statement for COP30.

Excellencies, Colleagues and Partners,

We speak today from the lived reality of Ethiopia’s pastoral communities. These are communities who have contributed the least to the climate crisis yet stand on at the forefront of its impact. Where drought is no longer a cyclical challenge, but a constant condition. Where rangelands & water sources are shrinking, livestock are dying, and young people are being pushed into displacement, instability, and despair.

Pastoralists need to be more distinct in the negotiation processes. When we generalize them, we make them invisible. And when we make them invisible, they become unprotected.

We need Climate Finance to reach pastoralist communities directly. Not through trickle-down promises, not through long chains of intermediaries, but through mechanisms that recognize the specific needs and adaptive capacities of the pastoral community.

And this Climate Finance must be gender-responsive. Women in pastoral communities carry the weight of scarcity. They walk further for water, feed families in drought, and hold communities together when systems collapse. Yet they are the least consulted, the least funded, the least resourced. Gender mainstreaming is not enough. We need gender-transformative Climate Finance that shifts power, voice, and decision-making.

We also need meaningful youth engagement and leadership, not symbolic inclusions. Young pastoralists are already innovating climate smart agriculture, early warning networks, mobility strategies, and peacebuilding efforts across borders. Invest in them, and you invest in resilience that lasts.

As we move forward in the negotiations at COP30, let us be clear:

Climate solutions that leave pastoralists behind are incomplete. Adaptation frameworks that do not recognize critical needs of the pastoral community are inadequate. Climate finance that does not shift power is insufficient.

At COP30, let us commit to:

1. Direct financing windows for pastoral communities, embedded in local community leadership and good governance.
2. Gender-transformative Climate Finance
3. Youth leadership and representation that goes beyond tokenism
4. Distinct platform and policy recognition for the pastoralist community that can address their unique challenges,

If pastoralist voices continue to be sidelined, our climate response will remain structurally unjust. If they are centered, our climate response becomes wiser, fairer, and more resilient.

We believe there is Power in Partnership, let us stand together to translate resources, decisions, and solutions into real, concrete change on the ground.

Thank you!

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"Climate Finance Knowledge Event Ethiopia – Power in Partnership
6–7 November 2025 | Addis Ababa
It’s not too late to register! Contact us at [email protected] for special youth and partnership discounts.
Join us for a two-day learning and networking event bringing together CSOs, academia and the private sector to drive climate action in Ethiopia. Unlock the power of climate finance, gain practical tools and build partnerships that turn challenges into opportunities for frontier communities.
Event Highlights:
Expert presentations on climate finance
Case studies from frontier and pastoralist communities
Investor–SME dialogues and private sector solutions
Group discussions on scaling inclusive and sustainable finance mechanisms
Hands-on exercises for establishing a Frontier Communities Climate Finance Facility
Presenters & Trainers:
Tigist Endashaw Bealem – Consultant, Climate Action Policy Advocacy
Sinidu Fekadu – Gender Lead, FSD Ethiopia
Ayantu Girma – Sustainable Energy and Carbon Finance Expert / Carbon Project Developer, Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network
Roba Fantalle Jilo – Labata Fantalle Organization
Jatani Bonaya Godana– Daayyaa Generation Network
AYANLE IGGE OMER – Jijiga University
Josef Auklend – CTO, Innovate Future Global
Yonatan Tesfaye – Project Manager & Market Developer, Balmland Trading PLC
Dr. Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew – Author, Consultant, Board Chair, Eco-Justice Ethiopia
Who Should Attend:
Frontier and pastoralist communities
Private sector & SMEs
NGOs & civil society
Academia & think tanks
Government & policy-makers
Investors, banks & finance stakeholders
Why Attend:
Learn actionable strategies to access climate finance
Build strong networks for collaboration
Gain insights into scalable, inclusive solutions
Earn your certificate of participation
All trainings, materials, and meals included.
📌 Register now: https://lnkd.in/du7aPHZy
📩 Contact: [email protected] | +251 94 512 7874
" Balmland Trading PLC

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