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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

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.

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.