GLOBE CEO and LCAW Ambassador, Malini Mehra, said: “With GLOBE’s headquarters moving to Africa and the focus of the global climate regime now firmly on finance and implementation, we are pivoting our efforts on legislative engagement to support implementation of national energy strategies and NDCs. The Nigeria Climate Investment Summit marks this shift towards resourcing plans and strategies taking shape across the continent. We are proud to host this inaugural summit at LCAW 2026, leveraging the unbeatable financial, institutional, trade and diplomatic assets of the City of London, for a new era of creative and ambitious partnership for climate action, including by bringing together London’s diaspora communities.”

Sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Law and President-designate of GLOBE Legislators, Rt. Hon. Sam Onuigbo FCIS, FNIM, KJW, described NCIS as a critical engagement for global stakeholders interested in investing in Nigeria’s numerous green investment opportunities.

He said: “The Nigeria Climate Investment Summit (NCIS) will be a pivotal moment for green industrialisation for Nigeria as it seeks to leverage the global convergence of key actors at London Climate Action Week to showcase the Nigerian landscape, especially the policies and investment opportunities. It is therefore critical that both local and international actors take it seriously and prepare to maximize the opportunities.”

The Summit will provide a structured platform to present Nigeria’s climate policy progression, highlight investable transition opportunities, and showcase institutional ESG performance before a key global audience in London, the epicentre of climate finance.

The NCIS will explore investment pathways into numerous renewable energy and transition opportunities in Nigeria, given recent policy initiatives like the launch of the National Carbon Market Framework (NCMF), Phase 3 of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), activation of the Climate Action Plan, and unbundling of the electricity sector through the Electricity Act 2023.

The Summit will reaffirm, with demonstrable evidence, Nigeria’s position as the destination of choice for climate finance, green investments, and delivery of SDG 7 on energy access; broker deals and initiate twinning opportunities for investment uptake and sustainable, productive partnerships around energy access, renewables, and transition projects; support engagement by leading Nigerian lawmakers and subnational leaders with global energy and climate diplomacy, ahead of COP 31 in Antalya, Turkey; and offer policy recommendations and clear implementation pathways, including through Nigeria’s NDC on advancing climate action with intergovernmental and policy partners.

NCIS will leverage the work of intergovernmental organisations and multilateral development agencies, including the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), NDC Partnership, and philanthropic institutions such as Ashden, African Climate Foundation, and the Earthshot Prize.

The Summit will also leverage the proven paradigms of key London-based institutions and initiatives, including the UK and City of London Corporation’s Transition Finance Council, which are positioning London as the best place in the world to credibly raise transition capital, invest, and obtain financial and professional services in support of UK and global net zero ambitions, including in key trading partners such as Nigeria.

In its statement of support for NCIS London, the Commonwealth Secretariat said the Summit offers an opportunity to deepen engagements with Nigeria, especially in terms of climate data and gender mainstreaming.

According to Suresh Yadav, Senior Director, Climate Change and Oceans of the Commonwealth Secretariat, “investors value transparency and predictability above all else. Nigeria’s national framework for gender and climate data is a deliberate step toward meeting that standard, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to support this initiative alongside its partners. By bringing together a strong coalition around a coherent long-term vision, Nigeria is building the foundations of investment-grade climate infrastructure that no single institution can deliver alone.

“The framework establishes the basis for a National Data Hub that will centralise high-quality, gender-disaggregated climate data, helping to de-risk the ‘S’ in ESG and strengthen the evidence base required by global capital markets. For the global investment community, the message is clear: Nigeria is not only open for business, it is building the systems needed to attract and scale high-integrity, sustainability-aligned capital.”

Details of confirmed partnerships, supporting organisations, and high-level participants of the NCIS will be released in the coming weeks.

One key highlight of the Nigeria Climate Investment Summit will be the announcement of the first ever Lagos Climate Action Week (LACAW) billed to take place in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, later this year.