Lagos Dey Rally Investors For COP30

Lagos State Government don rally investors and development partners for di 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to di United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Through di Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy, di state also push for eco-friendly transport and clean cooking solutions during di two-week conference wey hold for São Paulo, Brazil, wey end on Friday, November 21. COP30 bring global leaders together to develop new strategies to tackle climate change. During di sessions, Lagos show key initiatives like di 80 million Clean Cookstoves Project and LAMATA e-Mobility Programme as example of how subnational governments fit attract global capital to speed up inclusive, low-carbon development.

Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Climate Change and Circular Economy, talk say Lagos go COP30 to show true subnational leadership. She add say Lagos’ presence strengthen global partnerships, boost investors’ confidence, and show di state as model for African cities to turn climate vision into bankable, people-centred projects. Di Lagos Private Roundtable bring development finance institutions, philanthropic groups, and private investors together to discuss co-financing, de-risking instruments, and innovative finance structures for green investments. Key outcomes include commitments to clean cooking projects, e-mobility pilot corridors with private investors, and talks on green bond issuances under di Lagos Climate Finance Framework. Panellists like Oshodi, LAMATA MD Abimbola Akinajo, and Oando Clean Energy CEO Demola Ogunbanjo share insights on subnational financing and di growing role of African cities, with IFC Senior Manager Diep Nguyen-van Houtte also part of di discussion.