The Africa Climate Forum 2026 will create a dedicated platform for climate project developers, green businesses and investors to connect with potential financing partners as stakeholders seek practical ways to turn Africa’s climate commitments into measurable outcomes.
The two-day forum, scheduled for October 13 and 14 at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, will feature an ACF Deal Room, designed to facilitate direct engagement between climate solution providers, financial institutions and prospective investors.
Organised by the Global Centre for Law, Business and Economy (GCLBE), the fourth edition of the forum is themed “Implementing in Lockstep: Public-Private Action for Green Outcomes.”
The organisers said the Deal Room would run throughout the forum, providing an avenue for promising climate projects and green enterprises to explore partnerships and access capital needed to scale their interventions.
The forum is expected to bring together policymakers, business executives, development institutions, climate practitioners and other stakeholders from Nigeria, across Africa and beyond.
Among those expected are Ambassador Philbert Abaka Johnson, Director and UNIDO Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS; Mr Olasupo Shasore, SAN, Senior Partner at Africa Law Practice NG & Company; Hon. Sam Onuigbo, Governing Board Member and Chairman of the Committee on Security, Special Interventions and Climate Change at the North East Development Commission; Dr Salisu Dahiru, former Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change; and Engr. Chijioke Okwuokenye, Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
Other participants include Dr Forster Boateng, Managing Director of C4Impact Advisory Group; Dr Gloria Boamah Kusi, Senior Sustainability Officer at the Jospong Green Transition Office; Dr Debany Fonseca Batista, Research Associate at Dalhousie University’s CERC.OCEAN Laboratory and Executive Director of the DOTCAN Institute; and Claudette Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer and AI Implementation Architect at Owning My.
Prof. George Nwangwu, Convener of the Africa Climate Forum and Director-General of GCLBE, said the focus on implementation was aimed at strengthening coordination among institutions responsible for translating climate ambitions into tangible results.
Nwangwu said climate action required governments, businesses and financial institutions to work together, adding that the forum would provide an opportunity to strengthen existing partnerships and establish new ones capable of delivering meaningful action.
Discussions at the forum will cover private-sector participation in climate action, carbon markets, energy access and natural gas, food security and adaptation, community-led climate initiatives, human rights and the just transition.
The programme will also examine how artificial intelligence, data and digital technologies can improve climate planning, decision-making and implementation.
A dedicated Pulitzer Centre side event on “Journalism, Climate Action and Civic Space Engagement” will further examine the role of public-interest journalism in strengthening climate accountability and amplifying the experiences of communities affected by climate change.
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The Abuja gathering follows climate conversations held by ACF in Accra earlier in the year, which focused on climate partnerships, financing, just transition and public-private collaboration.
Since its inaugural edition in 2023, the Africa Climate Forum has convened stakeholders from policy, business, investment and development sectors to examine Africa’s climate response. The 2026 edition is expected to place greater emphasis on moving from climate commitments to implementation and investment.
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