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Gombe

CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Gombe and read 16 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.

Capital
Gombe
Geopolitical zone
North East
Public documents reviewed
16

Population

Projected population · 3.96 million (2022)

Source

Primary climate risk

Desertification and gully erosion

Dryland advance and severe gully erosion strip topsoil, cutting farm output and damaging settlements.

Source (2024)

What the public record covers

On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. CAI also read 88 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by this jurisdiction.

This shows what CAI found in public documents, not climate performance. A gap in the record is not a zero, and is not proof that nothing is happening.

Evidence found, question by question

Policy

2 of 3

Evidence found for 2 of 3 questions

Spending

3 of 3

Evidence found for 3 of 3 questions

Outcomes

4 of 4

Evidence found for 4 of 4 questions

Policy

The climate strategy, the law or order behind it, and the institution responsible for the work.

Questions with evidence
2 of 3
Documents
2

  • Is a climate policy or strategy published?

    External 2024 governance profiling reports a Climate Change Office and launched policy/action plan, but the primary state climate policy/action plan and adoption record were not retrieved in the public sources reviewed.

    Faint signal2024/2025 Gombe State Climate Governance Profile

  • Is there a published law or order giving authority for climate action?

    The public sources reviewed did not include authenticated Gombe climate law/regulation/executive instrument meeting.

    Nothing found

  • Is an institution responsible for climate work named and working?

    The external 2025 profile names a Director/Climate Change Desk Officer and reports a Climate Change Office, but formal mandate, identified primary staffing evidence and a dated 2025 operational output were not jointly verified from official state records.

    Visible, incomplete2024/2025 Gombe State Climate Governance Profile
Documents behind policy (2 documents)

Spending

What published budget and expenditure records show about climate spending, energy projects, and the audit of that money.

Questions with evidence
3 of 3
Documents
8
What the published budget lines are about

43 of the 88 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by Gombe could be sorted into a theme from the wording of the line. Each bar counts line items, not naira.

  • Forestry, land restoration

    13 lines

  • Waste, pollution, methane

    12 lines

  • Renewable energy, electricity

    12 lines

  • Climate governance, cross-cutting

    6 lines

This shows how many published lines mention each kind of climate work. It does not show how much money was allocated, and it does not show what was actually spent.

Where the public record stops

  • The public record shows general fiscal/audit accountability visibility, but does not disclose a completed audit-control cycle specifically covering climate-relevant public expenditure with response and independent closure.
Documents behind spending (8 documents)

Outcomes

Measured results: emissions reduced, people helped, priority groups reached and targets met.

Questions with evidence
4 of 4
Documents
2

  • Is a reduction in emissions measured?

    The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result.

    Visible, incompleteGombe land restoration programme projects

  • Is the number of people helped to cope with climate impacts measured?

    The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result. Land restoration programme projects and waste/health outputs do not expose unique direct beneficiaries.

    Visible, incompleteGombe land restoration programme projects

  • Is the share of that help reaching priority groups measured?

    The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result.

    Visible, incompleteGombe land restoration programme projects

  • Were stated targets met?

    Climate policy and land restoration programme project materials visible. No 2025 result against the target established.

    Visible, incompleteGombe land restoration programme projects

Where the public record stops

  • The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
  • The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
  • The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
Documents behind outcomes (2 documents)

Climate work named in the documents

These are the kinds of climate work named in Gombe's published records. The list shows what appears in documents, not how much was delivered.

  • Solar and mini-grids

    Published records name solar or mini-grid electricity work in this jurisdiction.

  • Flood, erosion and drainage

    Published records name flood, erosion or drainage work in this jurisdiction.

  • Forestry and land restoration

    Published records name forestry or land restoration work in this jurisdiction.

  • Waste, pollution and methane

    Published records name waste, pollution or methane work in this jurisdiction.

  • Water and resilient agriculture

    Published records name water, sanitation or farming resilience work in this jurisdiction.

  • Health resilience

    Published records name health resilience work in this jurisdiction.

  • Other supported sectors

    Published records name cross-cutting climate or resilience work that does not sit in one sector.

Recommendations

What CAI recommends publishing

These recommendations follow from where the public record stops. They are about what is published, not a judgement that Gombe failed to act.

  1. 01

    Publish the law behind climate action

    Release the signed law, gazette notice or executive order, showing its current status and the climate duties it places on government.

  2. 02

    Publish the climate plan and its status

    Release the climate plan or strategy with its formal status and date, who is responsible for delivering it, and any progress review.

  3. 03

    Name the institution doing the work

    Release the responsible body's mandate, its named leadership, the resources it holds, and dated records of what it has done.

  4. 04

    Publish the climate spending ledger

    Release a downloadable record of climate-related spending showing each transaction, its amount, its climate purpose and its funding source.

  5. 05

    Publish the results data

    Release results data showing where work happened, how many people it reached, how many were in priority groups, and how that compares with the stated targets.

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