Author: Eskedar Awgichew

Eskedar Awgichew Ergete is the Founder and Executive Director of Eco-Justice Ethiopia, a civil society organization dedicated to advancing climate justice, circular economy frameworks, and community rights. A practicing attorney and environmental policy consultant, Eskedar is currently a doctoral student in law at Addis Ababa University, where his research focuses on legal gaps, liability, and compensation mechanisms for climate-induced loss and damage in Ethiopia. An active participant in global environmental governance, Eskedar has engaged extensively in multilateral forums, including the UNFCCC processes (COPs and SBs) and the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Eskedar’s advocacy bridges the gap between grassroots community empowerment; such as promoting just transition principles and zero-waste models, and international rights-based climate action. A 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow and a 2023 Chevening Fellow, Eskedar works to ensure that civil society perspectives on loss and damage finance and the integration of human rights into climate governance are amplified on the global stage.