Nigeria: Climate Change

As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) convenes in Belém, Brazil, it presents an opportunity to examine Nigeria's legal and policy measures relevant to clean-energy and climate-aligned activities.

Flooding remains one of the most damaging and recurrent climate-related hazards worldwide, and its frequency is projected to rise due to climate change, sea-level rise, and rapid urbanization.

Nigeria and other state parties to the Paris Agreement are required to submit their national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions, which outline how they plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help meet the Paris Agreement's global goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 ºC and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Nations across the world have increasingly adopted climate change laws over the last two decades.

In implementing the CCA 2021, the government through the provisions of the Act, clearly acknowledges the importance of public participation and mandates MDAs, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to adopt certain climate mitigation policies in its operations.

The CCA 2021 sets out a compliance framework for climate change obligations for different sectors in the Country including; the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), public entities, and private entities.

Climate change is a pressing global challenge that impacts all nations, and Nigeria is no exception.

ESG proponents are presently concentrating on several important topics. These include issues with managing human resources, particularly about equality, inclusion, and diversity, as well as

One buzzword that has permeated every industry in the last half a decade is clean energy, green bonds, green economy, sustainable finance and ESG.