Nigel Topping
Nigel Topping was the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP26 Presidency, appointed by the UK Prime Minister in January 2020. Working alongside Chile’s High Level Champion for COP25 and Egypt’s High-Level Champion for COP27, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Mr Topping helped strengthen collaboration and drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions on climate change, and coordinate this work with governments and Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He is the founder with Gonzalo Munoz of Ambition Loop, a global NGO based in Chile.
Mr Topping was CEO of We Mean Business, a coalition of businesses working to accelerate the transition to a zero carbon economy. Prior to that he was Executive Director of the CDP, following an 18 year career in the private sector, having worked across the world in emerging markets and manufacturing. He is currently Business Champion for the UK Government’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) and a non-executive director of the UK Infrastructure Bank.