Stakeholders Say Climate Governance Ranking Drives Reform Across Nigeria’s 36 States

Nigeria’s push to confront climate change is gaining new momentum at the subnational level as a groundbreaking climate governance ranking continues to spur competition, collaboration and measurable reforms across the country’s 36 states.

For years, climate discourse in Nigeria revolved largely around federal commitments, international pledges and national policy frameworks.

But a new initiative spearheaded by the Society for Planet and Prosperity in partnership with the Department of Climate Change at the Federal Ministry of Environment is shifting the spotlight to state governments — where climate impacts are most directly felt.