Nigeria stakeholders push for harmonised climate policies and strong carbon market MRV

Stakeholders in Nigeria, including the National Council on Climate Change, are asking the federal government to line up climate policies so carbon projects can actually get financed. The main demands are clearer tax treatment, foreign exchange rules, and investment incentives for carbon transactions, plus a national MRV system that keeps credit quality high. The roundtable, run under the EU Climate Dialogues, also stressed that forestry and land use must benefit from carbon markets instead of being degraded by them. For project developers, the signal is to build bankable pipelines that match national baselines and show community impact, not just financial returns. Nigeria is moving from broad climate commitments to market delivery. Whether that works depends on whether the government publishes clear methodologies and keeps enforcement consistent.