In 2017, the Secretariat provided Nigeria with a report on the possible impact of the UK leaving the European Union on trade between the two countries. The government was therefore able to prepare for potential economic disruption.
More than 80 experts and partners came together at the Commonwealth Secretariat’s headquarters in London this week to tackle the intersection of food security and climate finance, amid global development spending cuts.
The event, titled a Roundtable on Climate Finance and Food Security, was hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland KC, shared her opening remarks in a pre-recorded video message. She thanked the Government of Nigeria for convening the dialogue. She said: