Nigeria's climate architecture is unusually complete and codified. The Climate Change Act 2021 is a full framework law: it establishes the National Council on Climate Change, chaired by the President, a Climate Change Fund, five-year carbon budgeting, mandatory ministerial and private-sector climate obligations, a REDD+ Registry under Part VII, and a 2050 to 2070 net-zero target written into the Act's objectives clause. Its third NDC, from September 2025, sets an absolute economy-wide target of 29% by 2030 and 32% by 2035 against 2018 levels, replacing the earlier business-as-usual framing, and commits to net zero by 2060, referencing a Long-Term Strategy already submitted in 2024. A Carbon Market Framework and Activation Policy, from October 2025 and issued under the Act's own statutory mandate, operationalises Nigeria's Article 6 and voluntary-market participation with defined institutional roles and integrity requirements.
Projects
Agasco Improved Cookstoves (with Roshan Renewables)
Agasco and Roshan Renewables target 50,000 improved cookstoves distributed per year in rural Nigeria.
Cross River Mangrove Restoration
A COP28 agreement to act on 57,000 hectares of mangrove in Cross River State, aDryada's largest Nigerian commitment.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Households in Nigeria
A Gold Standard-registered project promoting BURN's Jikokoa fuel-efficient charcoal stove across Nigeria.
Niger Delta Mangrove Restoration
The first nature-based project registered with Verra in Nigeria, planting a million mangroves a year.
Osun State Reforestation
A COP28 agreement to reforest 20,000 hectares in Osun State, part of aDryada's Nigerian nature-based portfolio.
Spiro electric motorcycles and battery swapping
Electric motorcycles and battery swapping across African markets, with locally assembled vehicles.
SURAGGWA: Scaling-Up Resilience in the Great Green Wall
A 222 million USD Green Climate Fund programme to restore Sahelian landscapes across eight Great Green Wall countries.
Regulation
Framework law
"1. This Act provides a framework for achieving low greenhouse gas em1ss10n (GHG), inclusive green growth and sustainable economic development by — ... (f) setting a target for year 2050 - 2070 for the attainment of a net-zero GHG emission, in line with Nigeria's international climate change obligations..."Part I, Section 1, Objectives
Establishes the National Council on Climate Change (chaired by the President), a Climate Change Fund, five-year carbon budgeting, MDA/private-sector climate obligations, a nature-based-solutions title (Part VII) creating a REDD+ Registry (s.28), and a 2050–2070 net-zero target.
Issuing body: National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria · Corroborated
NDC
"Nigeria now commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 29% by 2030 and 32% by 2035 compared to 2018 levels, moving decisively toward achieving net-zero emissions by 2060." Also: "The Federal Republic of Nigeria sets an ambitious target to achieve an absolute emissions reduction of 184.9 Mt CO2e in 2035 from the emissions of 573.5 Mt CO2e in 2018, which represents a 32.2% reduction."Foreword, p.vii; Introduction, p.2
Third NDC; shifts from BAU-relative to absolute economy-wide targets; references Nigeria's LT-LEDS (submitted 2024) and net-zero-by-2060 commitment; LULUCF measures include a 60% deforestation-rate reduction target.
Issuing body: National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria · Corroborated
Carbon market
"Section 32 of the Act empowers the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) to make regulations requiring public and private entities to report annually on GHG reductions... regulations to supervise market-based mechanisms... section 4 of the Act mandates the NCCC to develop a mechanism for carbon tax and for carbon emission trading..." plus the Policy's own objectives at §20 (guidelines/procedures, institutional arrangement, "Enhance Nigeria's ability to achieve primarily the conditional emission reduction targets indicated in the NDCs")Part I, paras 18–20, p.7
Operationalises Nigeria's carbon-market participation under the Climate Change Act 2021's statutory basis; sets institutional roles, fiscal treatment, integrity/transparency requirements, and links directly to NDC delivery.
Issuing body: National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria · Corroborated