Nigeria’s Climate Transition in 2025: Moving from Ambition to Delivery

This report by the Africa Policy Research Institute details Nigeria's 2025 climate transition efforts, highlighting a shift from policy ambition to implementation through new energy policies, solarisation initiatives, and the establishment of a national carbon market framework.

• Nigeria updated its energy policy by replacing the 2001 National Electric Power Policy (NEPP) with the National Integrated Electricity Policy (NIEP), which targets a 60 percent renewable energy share by 2060 and 6.3 gigawatts of new installed capacity by 2030.
• The government launched the National Public Sector Solarisation Initiative (NPSSI) in August 2025, a 100-billion-naira (approximately $71.3 million) programme designed to replace diesel generators in public sector institutions with distributed solar systems.
• The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) deployed over 200 mini-grids in underserved communities via the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), supported by a $1.45 billion financing package involving the World Bank, JICA, and AfDB, as well as a $200 million partnership with WeLight and $435 million in memoranda of understanding with developers including Oando Clean Energy, Sosai, and Okra Solar.
• Nigeria submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) in September 2025, estimating a requirement of $337 billion between 2026 and 2035 to achieve an unconditional emissions reduction of 29 percent and a conditional reduction of up to 32 percent by 2030 relative to 2018 levels, aiming for net-zero by 2060.
• New financial and market mechanisms were established in 2025, including the Nigerian Climate Investment Platform (NCIP) to mobilise up to $500 million for infrastructure and resilience, and the National Carbon Market Framework to provide the legal and operational basis for carbon credit trading.

APA

Agbaegbu, C. (2026). Nigeria’s Climate Transition in 2025: Moving from Ambition to Delivery. Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/nigerias-climate-transition-in-2025-moving-from-ambition-to-delivery

Chicago

Agbaegbu, Chibuikem. Nigeria’s Climate Transition in 2025: Moving from Ambition to Delivery. Africa Policy Research Institute, 2026. https://afripoli.org/nigerias-climate-transition-in-2025-moving-from-ambition-to-delivery.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{agbaegbu2026nigerias, author = {Agbaegbu, Chibuikem}, title = {{Nigeria’s Climate Transition in 2025: Moving from Ambition to Delivery}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2026}, month = mar, url = {https://afripoli.org/nigerias-climate-transition-in-2025-moving-from-ambition-to-delivery}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }