Section 35: Interpretation.

In this Act -
"Action Plan" means the National Climate Change Action Plan;
"adaptation" means the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects;
"adaptation measure" means any action taken or intervention to help communities and ecosystems cope with changing climate conditions;
"adaptive capacity" refers to the ability of systems, institutions, humans and other organisms to adjust to the consequences of climate change, taking into cognisance available opportunities;
"Carbon Budget" means the approved quantity of Greenhouse Gases emission that is acceptable over a specified time;
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council;
"climate" means the average weather condition, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time;
"climate change" means a change of climate, which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity or natural climate variability that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods;
"climate change duties" means the statutory obligations conferred on public and private entities to implement climate change actions consistent with the national goal of low carbon climate resilient development, including mitigation measures and adaptation measures;
"climate change resilience" means the capability to maintain competent function and return to some normal range of function even when faced with adverse impact of climate change;
"climate variability" means the variability in the average state and in other statistics of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events;
"Council" means the National Council on Climate Change established under this Act;
"emissions" means the production and discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as a result of human activity;
"Fund" means financial resources established under this Act;
"greenhouse effect" means the natural process by which heat from the sun's energy is trapped by a layer of gases surrounding the earth to keep it warm;
"greenhouse gases" or "GHG" means the constituents of the atmosphere that contribute to the Greenhouse effect and includes-
(a) carbon dioxide;
(b) methane;
(c) nitrous oxide;
(d) hydro fluorocarbons;
(e) per fluorocarbons;
(f) sulphur hexafluoride; and
(g) indirect greenhouse gases;
"international climate change obligations" means those Nigeria's commitments under international conventions on climate change and other environmental matters;
"mainstreaming" means the integration of climate change actions into the policies and decisions of government;
"MDA" means Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria;
"mitigation" or "mitigation measures" in the context of climate change, means the efforts that seek to prevent or slow down the increase of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by limiting current or future emissions and improving potential sinks for greenhouse gases;
"Nationally Determined Contributions" or "NDCs" means national climate plans highlighting climate actions, including climate related targets, and policies and measures that government aims to implement in response to climate change, and as a contribution to global climate action;
"National Policy" means the National Climate Change Policy and Response Strategy prepared by the Department of Climate Change and approved by the Federal Executive Council;
"private entity" means a person or body with functions of a private nature and includes bodies registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, No 3, 2020;
"public entity" means an organisation or body providing services to the public on behalf of Nigerian government;
"Secretariat" means administrative, including secretarial and clerical, scientific and technical arm of the Council;
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the National Council on Climate Change, who is also the Director-General administering over the secretariat of the Council;
"Sustainable Development Goals" or "SDGs" means the national aspirations aimed at meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, including ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting waterways and forests, among others;
"State Director" means a Principal Officer appointed under Section 11 of this Act; and
"Zonal Coordinator" means the six coordinators appointed under section 11 of this Act.