Sectors · Renewable energy

Renewable energy

Fuel-efficient woodstoves for households to reduce deforestation, cookstove projects in more than 120 rainforest and mangrove communities of Cross River State, and the creation of Nigeria's largest national renewable energy network.

Solar-powered irrigation on a rice farm, Nigeria (illustration) — Illustration: Solar-powered irrigation on a rice farm, Nigeria. Photo: SMMIMAGES, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Documented work in this sector

Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria (illustration)

Study

Nigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB & Dutch RVO)

Nigeria's transition to a green economy.

A detailed evaluation of the current landscape for transitioning Nigeria from an unsustainable linear economic model to a circular model along critical sectors, and of the public-private partnership investments that link circularity to natural capital.

Read the case Illustration: Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria, CC BY 2.0.

A recycling collection team, Lagos, Nigeria (illustration)

Framework

Nigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB & Dutch RVO)

A roadmap framework for a circular Nigeria by 2050.

Built on a Theory of Change, the framework sets out the strategies and activities to be carried out towards transitioning Nigeria to a circular economy in 2050, accompanied by an MRV policy brief and a policy brief.

Read the case Illustration: A recycling collection team, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) - Africa program, CC BY 2.0.

Fishermen at work, Calabar, Nigeria (illustration)

Programme

Nigeria · Building Nigeria's Readiness for Climate Change (BNRCC)

Fish farming and fuel-efficient woodstoves as alternative livelihoods.

Local fishing communities trained in fish farming from pond construction to management of a stocked pond, and households empowered with fuel-efficient woodstoves to reduce deforestation.

Read the case Illustration: Fishermen at work, Calabar, Nigeria. Photo Kalliopik, CC BY-SA 4.0.