
This study analyses the impacts of Nigeria’s climate policies on employment, GDP and emissions in keepingwith revised national determined contributions (NDCs).
Lagos, Nigeria - July 11, 2018. Representatives from Nigeria’s Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA), the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia met to validate the project document for the NDC Support Programme. The validation workshop took place in Lagos, Nigeria and was attended by over 70 people. It marked the last step of a stakeholder consultation process that started in March 2018.
The project will focus on four areas that were identified during stakeholder consultations as being essential for moving the country toward NDC implementation. They are:
The project document was unanimously validated with suggestions to add an activity for assessing the policy and regulatory barriers to private sector investment in the 5 priority sectors of the NDC (agriculture and land use; oil and gas; energy; industry and transport) and to form a working group that will support the project on creating a registry for climate change actions.
The project is expected to start in October 2018.
This study analyses the impacts of Nigeria’s climate policies on employment, GDP and emissions in keepingwith revised national determined contributions (NDCs).
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The objective of Nigeria’s first NDC is to support economic and social development, grow the economy by 5% per year, improve the standard of living and ensure electricity access for all.