NIGERIA The goal of the National Policy on the Environment is to ‘ensure environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources for sustainable development’
Government Policy Measures and Environmental Sustainability in Environmental governance, sustainable development, and policy implementation are three interrelated yet distinct theoretical lenses that provide comprehensive insights into addressing environmental challenges
NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY - fgnifadcpat. org In 2012, the Federal Executive Council approved a comprehensive strategy policy on climate change: The Nigeria Climate Change Policy Response and Strategy (NCCPRS), the overarching objective of the policy is to promote low-carbon, high-growth economic development and build a climate-resilient society through the achievement of the following
WISE Nigeria Environmental Policy This Environmental Policy reflects WISE Nigeria’s holistic commitment to safeguarding the environment, addressing climate change, ensuring conflict sensitivity, promoting human rights, and advancing gender equality
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL POLICIES . . . National policies generally are meant to guide the government in decision making towards the achievement of a specific result In desiring to improve on the environment, the Nigerian government has put in place a number of legislation and formulated policies and guidelines on the environment
Microsoft Word - Environmental Policy and its Enforcement . . . The basis of environmental policy in Nigeria is contained in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Pursuant to section 20 of the Constitution, the State is empowered to protect and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air and land, forest and wildlife of Nigeria