Operationalises the Climate Change Act of 17 November 2021, which made Nigeria one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to legislate a net-zero target window (between 2050 and 2070). Establishes the National Council on Climate Change as a statutory body chaired by the President, with carbon-budgeting authority and the power to issue sectoral compliance directives.
ClimateActive· FMENV
National Climate Change Policy 2021 — 2030
Basis: Climate Change Act 2021. Net-zero window 2050 — 2070; National Council on Climate Change.
Statutory basis
Climate Change Act 2021
Other Climate policies
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.