Climate targets: Economy-wide

• NDC content

  1 target

  • Conditional: 47% below business as usual by 2030 Unconditional: 20% below business as usual by 2030 From 2016 iNDC: 20% (unconditional) to 45% (conditional) reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to the BAU scenario
    Economy-wide | Baseline scenario target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    Nigeria's INDC

• National laws and policies

  4 targets

  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity of GDP by 20% by 2030 relative to base period 2010-14 - this is conditional, the reductions in intensity will increase to 45% depending on conditions such as climate finance and capacity building
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2010-2014
    Source:

    Nigeria’s National Action Plan to reduce short-lived climate pollutants

    Executive | 2019

  • 10% of HFCs phased out by 2030, 50% by 2040 and 80% by 2045
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2045
    Source:

    Nigeria’s National Action Plan to reduce short-lived climate pollutants

    Executive | 2019

  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity of GDP by 20% by 2030 relative to base period 2010-14 - this is conditional, the reductions in intensity will increase to 45% depending on conditions such as climate finance and capacity building
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2010-2014
    Source:

    National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change for Nigeria

    Executive | 2020

  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity of GDP by 20% by 2030 relative to base period 2010-14 - this is conditional, the reductions in intensity will increase to 45% depending on conditions such as climate finance and capacity building
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2010-2014
    Source:

    National Policy on Climate Change and Climate Change Policy Response and Strategy

    Executive | 2013

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