The Africa Faith Actors Network for Climate Justice (AFAN-CJ), in collaboration with ACT Alliance, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC), Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia, and the Consortium of Climate Change Ethiopia, released their pre-African Climate Summit-2 statement on 7th September 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The statement was directly informed by the African faith actors' consultative meetings held from July to September 2025 in preparation for the Africa Climate Summit-2. The statement calls for urgent, fair, and inclusive climate action rooted in justice, equity, peace, and care for creation. These shared foundations compel us, as people of faith, to protect the integrity of creation, defend the vulnerable, and pursue justice in responding to the climate crisis”. Specific calls in the statement include: