Nigeria · 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.
Formal title: Waste/Circular Economy Analysis for the Enhancement of the NDC (2021 to 2025)
Illustration: Volunteers clearing waste from a market drain, Nigeria. Photo: Abike25, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The brief
A Nationally Determined Contribution is a country's commitment under the Paris Agreement. When Nigeria enhanced its NDC for 2021 to 2025, the African Development Bank commissioned AGDF to analyse the waste sector: the greenhouse gas emissions from waste management, and how circular economy measures would change them.
What was delivered
- The main analysis, published as GHG Emissions from Waste Management in Nigeria: Analyzing Circular Economy Impacts.
- A support study on waste reduction and emissions reduction potentials in the Nigeria Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA).
Both were delivered to the African Development Bank between December 2020 and March 2021.
How the team contributed
Ekaba Bisong's assessment of the impact of circular economy principles on waste emissions is recorded in his profile, alongside his work on national GHG inventories and MRV frameworks. Prof. Bisong's specialisms include waste and energy efficiency analysis.
Outputs
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