CAT Climate Governance Series - Nigeria - February 2022

National Council on Climate Change (“the Council”) The new climate change law, passed in November 2021, establishes the National Council on Climate Change to be headed by the President and further include the Vice-President, key ministers, the National Security Advisor, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. [...] Implementation of the Climate Change Act and establishment of the Council may impact the responsibilities of the Department. [...] In discussing the significance of the new Climate Change Bill and establishment of the Council, the sponsor of the bill described the importance of having the President chair the Council to circumvent a culture where more influential ministers would “snub” meeting invitations from less influential ministers (The Guardian, 2021). [...] The Climate Change Act also aims to establish a Climate Change Fund administered by the Council, and also has the potential to improve the tracking and monitoring of climate finance (Okereke & Onuigbo, 2021; The Guardian, 2021). [...] In August 2020, the former head of the Department of Climate Change was appointed as the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Labour, which could assist in advancing the the green jobs agenda (Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, n.d.).