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– Community-led resilience initiatives bolster Nigeria’s adaptation under the Climate Change Act.
– Youth, farmers, and NGOs scale up tree planting, sustainable agriculture, and flood monitoring.
– National bodies integrate grassroots voices into NDCs, adaptation plans, and climate finance strategies.
In a coordinated push to strengthen climate resilience, several Nigerian NGOs, universities, and government agencies have intensified community-focused interventions. Initiatives such as SCRNSC (Scaling‑Up Climate Resilience and Natural Solutions in Communities) launched by NEST and supported by PACJA, are actively implementing landscape-wide actions—afforestation, water conservation, and climate-smart agriculture—across ecological zones like Abia, Borno, Cross River, Enugu, Nasarawa, and Oyo. Grassroots projects, such as the “One Tree, One Corps Member” campaign, engage NYSC corps members in tree planting and environmental education, while community innovation hubs like Yenwaa promote permaculture, biodiversity monitoring, and regenerative farming practices.
Meanwhile, youth-themed summits (e.g. Nigeria Future Summit) and dialogues (e.g. BBFORPEACE’s forum in Nasarawa) have elevated the role of young people, women, and marginalized groups in shaping local adaptation plans and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These engagements also support the implementation of the 2021 Climate Change Act, which mandates carbon budgets, the National Council on Climate Change, and national climate funds. Environmental experts continue to advocate for multisectoral collaboration—linking citizens, governments, NGOs, the media, and researchers—to bring climate strategies “down to earth” and integrate local solutions into policy.
