Nigeria carbon registry and digital monitoring roadmap under discussion
Nigeria’s climate council called for an actionable, time-bound plan to operationalise the country’s carbon-market framework. A unified registry and digital monitoring tools are planned, but the 6 October roundtable did not announce that they were already operating.
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The Director-General of Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Omotenioye Majekodunmi, called for an actionable, time-bound roadmap at a carbon-market roundtable in Abuja on 6 October, Voice of Nigeria reported. The meeting focused on measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems intended to support credible carbon credits and investment while guarding against double-counting and greenwashing.
The council described a unified national carbon registry as a planned component. It would record credits generated, issued, transferred and retired in Nigeria. NCCC also plans to accelerate digital MRV methods, including remote sensing, internet-connected sensors, geospatial data and distributed-ledger technology.
Nigeria adopted a National Carbon Markets Framework in 2025, according to an EU delegation official quoted in the report. The latest roundtable discussed a preliminary roadmap for putting that framework into operation; VON did not report a launch date or that the registry was live.
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Planned components of Nigeria’s carbon market infrastructure
Registry, digital MRV tools and roadmap discussed at the 6 October stakeholder roundtable.
| Unified national carbon registry | Record credits generated, issued, transferred and retired; help prevent double-counting. | Planned for operationalisation |
| Digital MRV tools | Remote sensing, IoT sensors, geospatial data and distributed ledger technologies. | Adoption planned by NCCC |
| Operationalisation roadmap | Time-bound actionable plan for the national framework. | Requested at 6 October roundtable; not yet reported as adopted |
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Based on NCCC remarks reported by VON on 6 October. The roundtable called for a roadmap; the source says the unified registry and digital tools remain planned.
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