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Systems Capital Africa 2026 · The COP31 Gateway
The National Council on Climate Change, the Nigeria Pavilion and joining Nigeria’s official delegation.
Nigeria at the Gateway
Nigeria is one of the country platforms at the centre of the Gateway. On Day Three, Saturday 14 November, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority sets out national priorities in the Country Platform Executive Exchange, and a Nigeria working table defines the platform mandate, anchor institutions and a 90-day activation plan for the 2027 Systems Capital programmes.
On COP31’s Finance & Trade Day, Friday 13 November, the Nigeria Pavilion hosts the Gateway roundtable on exchanges, DFIs and mobilising Africa’s capital. The session is hosted by Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change and co-convened with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, with ASFI Group and PACE Nigeria (FCDO) as technical partners to the Council.
The National Council on Climate Change
The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) coordinates Nigeria’s climate policy and action, including the country’s participation at the UN climate conferences. Under Director-General Omotenioye Majekodunmi, the Council has advanced the National Carbon Market Framework and the operationalisation of the Climate Change Fund, and has set a public target of mobilising $25 billion in climate finance by 2030.
For COP31 the Council runs Nigeria’s official registration portal, which handles delegate accreditation and side-event registration for the Nigeria Pavilion.
ASFI Group and PACE Nigeria (FCDO) are the NCCC’s technical partners for the Nigeria Pavilion at COP31, supporting the pavilion programme and the participation of Nigerian institutions.
Climate finance
The vehicles that give Nigeria’s country platform its pipeline and institutional anchors.
Ministry of Finance, NSIA, NCCC and GCF
Targets $500 million for infrastructure, resilience and adaptation.
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
Accredited in March 2026, with dedicated climate platforms including Carbon Vista and the Green Guarantee Company.
Development Bank of Nigeria
Nigeria’s wholesale development finance institution, lending to smaller businesses through partner financial institutions, and accredited to the Green Climate Fund.
InfraCredit
Provides local-currency guarantees that make infrastructure debt investable for Nigerian pension funds and other domestic investors, and is accredited to the Green Climate Fund.
Africa Finance Corporation
Launched in August 2026 to mobilise domestic institutional capital for climate-resilient infrastructure.
Capital markets
Africa’s first sovereign green bond in 2017, followed by a second issue, both listed on NGX and FMDQ.
Nigeria Pavilion participation
Curated participation in the Nigeria Pavilion programme at COP31, convened by the NCCC with ASFI Group and PACE Nigeria (FCDO) as technical partners. Corporate and sub-national fees are per institution, set in naira and paid by card when you book, in their GBP equivalent at NGN 1,760.57 per £1 (16 October 2026); your card issuer converts the amount. The NCCC secures accreditation to Nigeria’s official delegation for participants. If an application is not approved, the payment is refunded in full.
NGN 3,500,000 · £1,988
Nigerian companies, banks, investors and other private-sector institutions.
NGN 10,000,000 · £5,680
State governments and their agencies.
Subject to consultation
Corporates hosting their own event at the Nigeria Pavilion or showcasing a project to investors.
The Nigeria Pavilion
The Nigeria Pavilion is inside the COP31 Blue Zone at the Antalya EXPO Center. Entry to the Blue Zone, and so to the pavilion and the Finance & Trade Day roundtable, requires a UNFCCC badge, issued through a national delegation or an admitted observer organisation.
If you have been invited to the roundtable, tell us your COP31 accreditation status in the application form. The Secretariat confirms access arrangements with participants ahead of 13 November. Institutions wishing to hold a side event in the pavilion register through the NCCC’s COP31 portal.
Nigeria’s official delegation
Nigerian institutions and executives can seek to attend COP31 as part of Nigeria’s official delegation. Accreditation is granted by the Government of Nigeria through the NCCC; ASFI and the SCA Secretariat do not issue badges. For corporate and sub-national participants in the Nigeria Pavilion, the NCCC secures accreditation as part of participation.
Create an account on Nigeria’s COP31 Registration Portal and complete the Delegate Accreditation request for each person.
The Council reviews requests and decides who is nominated to the national delegation, applying its own criteria, quotas and deadlines.
Nominated delegates are registered with the UNFCCC and receive a badge giving access to the Blue Zone, including the Nigeria Pavilion.
Record your accreditation status in the Gateway application so the Secretariat can plan your sessions, the Finance & Trade Day roundtable and transfers.
Apply as a corporate or sub-national participant in the Nigeria Pavilion, register with Nigeria’s delegation through the NCCC portal, or ask the Secretariat about access.
Systems Capital Africa 2026
Three mornings in Antalya during COP31, each building on the last.
Session by session, Antalya, 10, 13 and 14 November 2026.
Institutions and executives contributing to the Gateway mornings and the Finance & Trade Day roundtable.
The institutions convening the Gateway, and the ways to partner on it.
