Nigeria's Long-term Low-emission Development Strategy 2060.

This Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy represents the government of Nigeria commitment to pursue a low-emission development path that will grow its economy and led the country to achieve an economy-wide reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, through various mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Strategy aims to align Nigeria's climate goals with sustainable development objectives, thus ensuring a balanced approach to emission reduction and economic growth, with a strong emphasis on international cooperation and innovative solutions. The Strategy develops national emissions profiles and four different decarbonisation scenarios, taking into consideration: Nigeria’s development aspirations to achieve net-zero emission, energy access, economic competitiveness, poverty elimination, food security, sanitation, economic growth, and advancement in innovation. Concerning mitigation actions, the Strategy covers the following sectors: agriculture, forestry and land use; power generation; building and residential sector; oil and gas; industry; transport; waste management. The Strategy also concerns: macroeconomics impacts of adaptation measures; instruments and actions for cross-cutting sectors, covering: carbon tax and emission trading, removing inefficient subsidies; payment for ecosystem services; blue economy; health; youth; gender and people with disabilities.
The Strategy considers the following targeted actions: improving energy efficiency and energy production in the extraction, distribution, and treatment of water; adoption of nature-based solutions in water pollution control and management; adoption and implementation of climate-smart crop production, livestock, and fishery practices; promotion of afforestation and reforestation activities to increase Nigeria’s forest cover; increasing renewable energy use to mitigate post-harvest losses; reducing energy transmission and distribution losses; accelerating the adoption of energy efficiency and energy management measures; introducing nuclear energy; improving emission management in the oil and gas sector; adoption of industry standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; shifting to the use of bioenergy sources; adoption of the circular economy approach in waste management; promoting waste-to-energy technologies to support the power sector; promotion of waste reduction through efficient material designs; reducing loss of biodiversity; improving land-use planning and land management practices.