Federal Govt Seeks New Financing To Close Nigeria’s Climate Adaptation Gap

The federal government has called for increased private-sector investment, innovative financing and stronger partnerships to close Nigeria’s widening climate adaptation gap.
It warned that government resources alone cannot deliver the resilient infrastructure, technologies and systems required to protect the economy and vulnerable communities from climate change.
The government also said the successful implementation of Nigeria’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) would require broad-based partnerships involving the private sector, financial institutions, development partners, research organisations, civil society and local communities, as adaptation increasingly becomes both a national d...