As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil for the COP30 Climate Summit, Nigeria is set to unveil its ambitious Green Transition Roadmap, a strategic plan designed to transform the country’s climate pledges into actionable investments and real-world projects.
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is expected to present the plan to world leaders as part of Nigeria’s renewed drive to align economic growth with environmental sustainability.
Speaking ahead of the summit’s opening, the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Tenioye Majekodunmi, said the roadmap forms the backbone of Nigeria’s effort to attract sustainable investments and implement climate action at scale.
She explained that the Green Transition Roadmap will be rolled out in tandem with Nigeria’s newly submitted Third Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0), the country’s updated climate commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Nigeria recently became the first West African nation to submit its updated NDC, a move Majekodunmi described as “a turning point” for the country’s climate policy direction.
She noted that the federal government’s approval of the National Carbon Market Framework and the National Climate Change Fund offers “clear policy guidance” for investors seeking credible, high-integrity carbon projects in Nigeria.
Majekodunmi added that Nigeria aims to strengthen ties with other Global South nations through forest and nature-based partnerships with countries in the Amazon, Congo, and Guinea regions.
“Our submission of NDC 3.0 puts Nigeria in a position to leverage COP30 for new partnerships and pay-for-performance opportunities. We want to move from paper to projects.
“These decisions show that Nigeria is open for business – for investments that deliver real climate benefits and support local communities. We are in the Amazon, the heart of the world’s forests, and this dialogue among tropical forest nations will deepen cooperation and advance the Belem agenda”, she said.
While in Brazil, the Vice President is also expected to highlight Nigeria’s broader climate ambitions, particularly the country’s target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent by 2035 and unlock green financing to drive clean energy, reforestation, and low-carbon development.
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