The African Climate Justice Caravan (ACJC) is a Pan-African initiative bringing together citizen movements, youth, women, Indigenous peoples, and local communities to promote a just and equitable ecological transition. It connects local voices to continental and global action, organizing consultations, dialogues, trainings, and popular mobilizations in over 35 African countries. These activities strengthen local capacities, encourage civic participation, and build collective advocacy. The Caravan links local, national, and sub-regional initiatives before converging at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where the Caravan Declaration—reflecting the priorities and demands of African peoples—will be presented.
African Caravan for Climate Justice 2025
The African Caravan for Climate Justice is a Pan-African movement that amplifies the voices of communities, youth, women, Indigenous peoples, and civil society organisations in the fight for climate justice.
An initiative of Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement
Overview of the project
Mobilise and empower African civil society to influence climate policies and promote a just and sustainable transition.
Ongoing research
August 2025-December 2025
The Caravan has mobilised over 1,000 organisations across 35 countries, organised dozens of community consultations and national dialogues, and trained hundreds of youth, women, and local leaders. It has actively participated in AMCEN, the African Climate Summit, and the African Youth Climate Assembly, influencing discussions on just transition, loss and damage, and climate finance. Its continental presence has strengthened the visibility of African civil society and its capacity to shape climate policies and commitments made at successive COPs.
Since 2021, the African Climate Justice Caravan has mobilized communities, CSOs, youth, women, and Indigenous peoples, amplifying their voices in global climate debates. It has catalyzed discussions on loss and damage, just transitions, and climate finance, influencing COP27, COP28, and COP29, while highlighting the gap between commitments and real needs. The Caravan promotes a just energy and food transition grounded in climate justice, gender equality, and local knowledge, and is preparing for COP30 to strengthen NDCs and transformative, people-centered policies.
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The African Caravan for Climate Justice is a Pan-African movement that amplifies the voices of communities, youth, women, Indigenous peoples, and civil society organizations in the fight for climate justice. Through consultations, dialogues, trainings, mobilizations, and advocacy actions, it promotes a just and equitable transition. National, sub-regional, and continental caravans converge at COP30 in Belém, where the Caravan Declaration—the result of a participatory process led by African civil society—will be presented.
Other partners / supporters
The Caravan embodies an inclusive and intergenerational movement, driven by alliances between CSOs, social movements, community networks, and trade unions. It symbolizes African solidarity and self-determination in the face of the climate crisis. For 2025, the initiative is supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation and OXFAM.