CLIMATE CHANGE ACT, 2021

Section 21: Report to the National Assembly.

2021Section 21 of 36Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Director-General within one year of formulating the Action Plan for the first five-year cycle, and for subsequent other cycles, submit to the Council and National Assembly Committees on Climate Change, a detailed report on the state of the nation with regards to climate change.
(2) The report shall include-
(a) progress on the implementation of the Action Plan;
(b) the extent to which GHG emission profile is consistent with annual carbon budget;
(c) identification of the vulnerable areas to the impacts of climate change;
(d) the identification of differential impacts of climate change on men, women and children;
(e) the assessment and management of risks and vulnerability;
(f) the identification of GHG mitigation and adaptation potential;
(g) the identification of options, prioritisation of appropriate mitigation and adaptation measures for joint projects of national, state, local governments and the private sector;
(h) identification of the efforts being made by public and private entities in attaining the carbon budget;
(i) incentives granted private and public entities for their efforts towards transiting to clean energy and sustaining a reduction in GHG emissions, and
(j) fines issued against private and public entities for non- compliance with the provisions of this Act.
(3) The Director-General shall, within three months after the end of every financial year, publish publicly and submit to the National Assembly, an evaluation report on performance of climate change duties by private and public entities.

Cite this section

Section 21, CLIMATE CHANGE ACT, 2021 (2021).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/climate-change-act-2021/section/21/