C40 CitiesAddis Ababa Climate Action Plan 2021–2025
Designing climate action for Addis Ababa.
The assignment
A climate plan is only useful if people can navigate it.
Addis Ababa's first Paris Agreement-compatible Climate Action Plan brought together the city's pathway toward carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Resolution Studio translated this complex body of research, targets and actions into a coherent publication system designed for clarity, accessibility and use.
The plan was prepared by the Addis Ababa Environmental Protection and Green Development Commission in collaboration with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Resolution Studio's role: the design and visual communication of the publication.
Scale of the plan
- Pages
- 149
- Mitigation actions
- 14
- Adaptation actions
- 20
- Carbon-neutral vision
- 2050
From complexity to clarity.
Climate action crosses transport, energy, buildings, waste, infrastructure, ecosystems and people's everyday lives. The design challenge was to give this complexity structure without reducing its meaning.
Evidence
Emissions inventories and climate risk, set out so the starting point is clear.
Targets
Mitigation goals and pathways, made legible at a glance.
Actions
Priority actions grouped by sector, each with its own page system.
Implementation
Governance, monitoring and reporting, organised for use.
Global framework. Local character.
Working within C40's global identity, we developed a visual language grounded in Addis Ababa. Bold colour, locally informed illustration, city photography and accessible information design brought the city's character into an international climate framework.
Illustration
Climate action is about people.
Making evidence readable.
Charts, diagrams, maps, targets and implementation pathways were organized into a consistent visual hierarchy, allowing technical information to remain rigorous while becoming easier to navigate.
The publication
149 pages · 2021–2025
A plan designed to be used.
The final publication brought together strategy, evidence, targets and action within one coherent visual system, giving Addis Ababa's climate ambitions a clear and locally resonant public expression.
- Publication
- Addis Ababa Climate Action Plan
- Period
- 2021–2025
- Length
- 149 pages
- Our role
- Publication design, visual communication, illustration and information design
Prepared by the Addis Ababa Environmental Protection and Green Development Commission in collaboration with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Design and visual communication by Resolution Studio.
