The goal of Nigeria’s Climate Change Policy will be achieved through the attainment of the following objectives:
i. Implementing adaptation and mitigation measures that promote low-carbon development;
ii. Strengthening capacities and synergies at local, sub-national and national levels and at individual and institutional levels to implement climate change response;
iii. Promoting scientific research, technology and innovations to address the challenges of climate change;
iv. Developing and implementing appropriate strategies and actions to reduce the vulnerability of Nigerians to the impacts of climate change across all sectors;
v. Mainstreaming gender, children and youth, and other vulnerable groups into all climate change interventions;
vi. Promoting sustainable land-use systems that enhance agricultural production, ensure food security and maintain ecosystem integrity;
vii. Promoting climate-proofing of construction and infrastructural development;
viii. Enhancing national capacity to mobilize international and national resources, both technical and financial, for investment in climate change;
ix. Developing an effective climate change communication and information management system that facilitates access by all stakeholders to climate information;
x. Strengthening national institutions and mechanisms (policy, legislative and economic)
to establish a suitable and functional system for climate change governance