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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
In this paper, we examine the mitigation bias in Nigeria's climate policies, and identify the influence of several factors. This misalignment with Nigeria's climate vulnerabilities suggests a need to rebalance policy focus towards adaptation to better protect vulnerable populations.
Paper long abstract:
In recent years, Nigeria has enacted several polices to address climate change, including most recently the National Climate Change Policy (2021). In this paper, grounded on the principles of climate justice, we analyse Nigeria's climate change policies, both current and past. We find that historical and current approaches to climate governance in Nigeria disproportionately focus on mitigation at the expense of adaptation. We examine the underlying drivers of this mitigation bias. These include the global climate discourse which is largely driven by developed nations, the difficulty of quantifying adaptation measures, and the international community's mitigation-centric approach. These have all shaped Nigeria's policy framework., and led to a dissonance between Nigeria's actual climate vulnerabilities and the policy focus in local climate governance. A more determined focus on adaptation in climate governance is required to protect Nigeria’s vulnerable populations.
Justice in crisis: climate and ecological crisis and justice [ECC SG]
Session 2