ICEED is a leader in clean energy and climate security advocacy for Nigeria’s poor, spearheading major reforms in the country. These include the successful promotion of the Bill to establish the National Climate Change Commission, supporting the development of international negotiating positions on climate change, supporting the development of the National Clean Cooking Policy, leading the writing of the Federal Government of Nigeria's Renewable Energy Master Plan, and recently supporting the development of the Borno State Climate Change Resilience Action Plan among others.

ICEED’s advocacy has significantly influenced national policies. Through the Nigeria Climate Action Network, ICEED successfully lobbied for the National Climate Change Commission Bill, the Clean Energy Bill, and the Copenhagen and Beyond Campaign, resulting in the formation of the National Council on Climate Change. With support from Christian Aid, ICEED campaigned for the inclusion of clean cooking in the national budget in 2011. This has yielded very significant results as clean cooking now features in the national budget from 2012 till date. Also with the name support, ICEED secured budget inclusion for clean cooking from 2012 onwards.

Funded by Heinrich Boell Stiftung and World Resources Institute, ICEED's research led to the inclusion of clean cooking in Nigeria’s Revised Nationally Determined Contribution. ICEED also partnered with the Federal Ministry of Environment to develop the National Clean Cooking Policy, based on robust economic and environmental research. The Centre is currently advocating for the development of an Implementation Plan for the National Clean Cooking Policy.

ICEED led the development of Borno State Climate Change Resilience Action Plan in close consultation with the Borno State Climate Change Coalition formed by ICEED and with contributions from local and international experts. ICEED further formed a Community-based Resilience Groups (CRGs) in Jere and Konduga LGAs that will implement Borno State Climate Smart Agriculture Toolbox developed in close collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Borno State Agricultural Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security Sector and other important stakeholders in the agricultural space in the state.

ICEED provides the secretariat for the Nigeria Climate Action Network – a coalition of groups and individuals working to strengthen Nigeria’s response to climate change. The Centre is also a member of the Global Climate Network, a group of progressive Think Tanks in eight countries dedicated to bridging the knowledge gap on international climate change negotiations. ICEED initiated the formation of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking and continues to host its secretariat. This alliance has over 100 member organizations drawn from government, international NGOs and institutions, private sector, stove developers and promoters, NGOs/CSOs, academia and the media

ICEED has led several public awareness initiatives on Clean Cooking and Renewable Energy including several publications, workshops, conferences, radio and TV programmes in Nigeria