Clean Cooking Events at the 2025 Africa Climate Summit
The Clean Cooking Alliance and partners will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the second Africa Climate Summit from September 8-10, 2025, participating in a range of meetings and events to ensure that clean cooking is central to energy and climate discussions. While not exhaustive, a schedule of expected clean cooking-related events is below; it will be continuously updated as details become available. All events are taking place at the Addis International Convention Center.
If you have a clean cooking-related event you would like added to the calendar, please email info@cleancooking.org.
Schedule of Events
Monday, September 8:
- 10:30–11:45: Mission300 and the Clean Cooking Opportunity: Tapping Africa’s Electrification Momentum to Power Clean Cooking
- Location: Rockefeller Foundation Pavilion
- Participating Organizations: Rockefeller Foundation; Clean Cooking Alliance; Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet; Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
- 12:00–13:30: Financing Clean Cooking: From Pilots to Decisive Delivery
- Location: M6
- Participating Organizations: FSD Africa; Children’s Investment Fund Foundation; Africa Climate and Energy Nexus; Sustainable Energy for All; Clean Cooking Alliance
- 14:00–15:30: High-Level Energy Transition Dialogue
- Location: United Nations Development Programme Pavilion
- Participating Organizations: Brazil COP30 Presidency; International Energy Agency; African Union; COP29 Presidency; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 16:00–17:30: Clean Cooking for Climate Action: Driving African Solutions Through Policy, Innovation, and Finance
- Location: AP4
- Participating Organizations: Ethiopian Clean Cooking Alliance; Ministry of Water and Energy of Ethiopia; Clean Cooking Alliance; BURN; United Nations Development Programme; GIZ; EED Advisory
- 18:00–19:00: Scaling Locally Led Innovation for Energy Access: The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises and Local Governments
- Location: TBD
- Participating Organizations: ICLEI Africa; Nastech Power Solutions; Smart Energy Enterprise; Africa Climate and Energy Nexus; Government of Garoua Boulai, Cameroon
- Register here
Tuesday, September 9:
- 08:30: Cash for Cooking: Digitizing Clean Cooking for Africa-led, Bankable Climate Solutions
- Location: M2
- Participating Organizations: Biogas Unite
- Register here
- 10:00–11:00: CCPs or CORSIA? The Future for African Carbon Markets
- Location: M4
- Participating Organizations: BURN
- Register here
- 11:00–12:30: Catalyzing Institutional Transitions to Clean Cooking in Africa
- Location: AP4
- Participating Organizations: Kenya’s Office of the Special Envoy on Climate Change; Sierra Leone’s Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Food Security; Clean Cooking Alliance; International Energy Agency; Rockefeller Foundation; National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya; Children’s Investment Fund Foundation; Gold Standard; Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; World Resources Institute
- 12:00–13:30: Accelerating Markets for Climate-friendly Cooking in Africa – Energy Access meets Climate Mitigation
- Location: M7
- Participating Organizations: Kenya Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
Wednesday, September 10:
- 11:30–13:00: Clean Cooking Initiatives in Africa: Scaling up Sustainable Solutions, Financing, and Partnerships for Clean Energy Access
- Location: M1
- Participating Organizations: International Energy Agency; Government of Tanzania; African Development Bank; CRDB Bank; Rockefeller Foundation; Clean Cooking Alliance
- 14:30–15:30: Africa’s Carbon Opportunity: How Smart Fiscal Policy can Unlock Climate Finance for Clean Cooking
- Location: World Resources Institute Pavilion
- Participating Organizations: World Resources Institute; Clean Cooking Alliance
