Nigerian Environmental Summit NESt2025

Nigerian Environmental Summit NESt2025

Unlocking Nigeria’s Green Economy: Driving Climate Action and Sustainable Environmental Governance

29–30 October 2025 • Abuja Continental Hotel (Former Sheraton) • Hybrid

NESUG serves as host and convener, working with the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and allied MDAs.

NESt, the Nigeria Environmental Summit, brings government, development partners, private sector leaders, researchers, and youth innovators into one coordinated workflow. Over two focused days in Abuja, we align policy, finance, technology, and implementation so climate commitments translate into projects that create jobs, strengthen resilience, and improve public health.

Why NESt 2025, and why now

Climate impacts are already shaping Nigeria’s economy and public health. Floods disrupt markets and mobility; extreme heat undermines productivity; air and water quality strain communities and budgets. At the same time, the green transition is a growth opportunity: clean power, circular production, climate smart agriculture, transport and logistics, and environmental health systems that protect people and boost competitiveness.
NESt exists to connect the actors who write the rules, the organizations that fund and de-risk projects, and the teams that build and operate solutions. The result is a shared pipeline with clearer standards, faster preparation, and credible routes to finance.

What to expect over two days

The summit opens with high-level plenaries that set national and sub-national priorities and clarify where financing and technical support are ready to flow. From there, work continues in targeted tracks that reflect Nigeria’s real delivery systems:

• Climate Health and One Health focuses on climate driven disease burdens, climate smart facilities, One Health surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and the financing of health resilience.
• Environmental Governance and Accountability addresses institutional strengthening, ESG and disclosure, local government reporting, and open data systems for measurement, reporting, and verification.
• Nature, Biodiversity, Agriculture and Ecosystems explores regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, food system resilience, and routes for smallholders to access carbon markets.
• Climate, Energy and Just Transition centers communities, jobs, youth reskilling, gender inclusion, and the finance instruments required for a just transition, including pathways for oil dependent communities.
• Sustainable Infrastructure, Assets and the Built Environment covers climate resilient PPPs, circular cities, green housing finance, and smart urban planning.
• Sustainable and Climate Finance brings instruments to the foreground, including green and transition bonds, blended finance and guarantees, carbon instruments, and impact measurement.

Across the venue, the Exhibition Marketplace showcases circular economy products, waste to value solutions, agri climate tools, e mobility, monitoring technologies, and digital platforms. In parallel, the Deal Room is a working floor where deals are made. It hosts structured one on ones and small table sessions for pitching projects, negotiating terms, signing MOUs, sealing partnerships, and documenting next steps with clear owners and timelines. Meetings match solution owners with funders, off takers, and state counterparts, and can run under NDA where required.

Alongside the formal program, a Cultural and Creative Showcase runs throughout both days. Expect traditional dance, live art, spoken word and poetry, mural painting, and henna artists. These performances celebrate Nigeria’s cultural heritage and create a relaxed setting for networking and informal collaboration.

Youth and innovation at the center

Our youth platform, Eco-Champions, is our flagship initiative, not a side activity. Young founders, researchers, and community innovators demonstrate practical solutions across energy, waste, water, air quality, mobility, land use, and public health. They gain mentorship, visibility, and direct pathways into pilots, incubators, and state deployments. For investors and public leaders seeking early proof with strong local context, this is the first stop.

What success looks like

Success in 2025 is tighter alignment between national targets and state implementation. The summit will feature an  Abuja Declaration 2026 to 2035, a communique that sets measurable targets across health, finance, energy, governance, and biodiversity, followed by a twelve month progress check. 

Participate

Join us in Abuja for the full experience, or connect virtually with live access to plenaries and technical tracks. If you are building a solution, consider exhibiting. If you are seeking partners or capital, secure a Deal Room slot. If you bring specialist expertise, contribute as a speaker or facilitator. If you are ready to back impact, partner with NESt and help underwrite the work that follows the summit.

Dates: Wednesday–Thursday, 29–30 October 2025
Venue: Abuja Continental Hotel (Former Sheraton), Abuja • Hybrid

Register: nesummit.org/nest 
Exhibitions: https://tinyurl.com/Nestexhibitors 
General  enquiries: communication@nesummit.org, partnership@nesummit.org