What we do · Green & circular economy strategy

Green & circular economy strategy

AGDF evaluated Nigeria's transition from a linear to a circular economic model for the African Development Bank and RVO, and produced the Nigerian Circular Economy Programme roadmap framework, its MRV policy brief and its policy brief.

Documented deliverables

Green economy assessment and circular economy scoping
Circular economy roadmap frameworks built on a Theory of Change
Policy briefs
Analysis linking circular economy and natural capital to public-private partnership investment

Documented work

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.

Volunteers clearing waste from a market drain, Nigeria (illustration)

Report

Nigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB) · December 2020 to March 2021

Waste and circular economy analysis for Nigeria's enhanced NDC.

Analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from waste management in Nigeria and of the circular economy's impact on them, for the enhancement of the country's Nationally Determined Contribution for 2021 to 2025.

Read the case Illustration: Volunteers clearing waste from a market drain, Nigeria. Photo Abike25, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Duke Town, Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria (illustration)

Framework

Cross River State · Cross River State Planning Commission

Supporting the Green Economy Framework for Cross River State.

Support to the development of the Green Economy Framework for Cross River State in collaboration with the Cross River State Planning Commission and Cuso International.

Read the case Illustration: Duke Town, Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. Photo stone wu, CC BY-SA 3.0.