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Kwara

CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Kwara and read 12 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.

Capital
Ilorin
Geopolitical zone
North Central
Public documents reviewed
12

Population

Projected population · 3.55 million (2022)

Source

Primary climate risk

River flooding

Niger river and tributary flooding inundates riverside farmland and settlements during the peak rainy season.

Source (2025)

What the public record covers

On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. No published budget document that CAI could read line by line was found for 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
3

  • Is a climate policy or strategy published?

    Official Kwara communications record stakeholder validation of the State Environmental and Climate Change Policy and Action Plan in 2025 and describe it as an operational document. The primary plan text and formal adoption/effective record were not retrieved.

    Visible, incompleteStakeholders validate Environmental and Climate Change Policy and Action Plan

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

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

    Nothing found

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

    A primary establishment/mandate plus identified staff record and dated output package was not assembled from the published documents.

    Visible, incompleteStakeholders validate Environmental and Climate Change Policy and Action Plan
Documents behind policy (3 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
4

  • Do published records show climate-related spending?

    The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.

    Visible, incompleteKwara State Q4 2025 Budget Implementation Report

  • Is spending on renewable energy projects reported?

    The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.

    Faint signalKwara State Q4 2025 Budget Implementation Report

  • Is climate-related spending audited, and is the outcome published?

    The public records did not show the complete sequence from the audit finding to the government’s response and resolution.

    Visible, incompleteKwara government data page

Where the public record stops

  • The full-year record is publicly listed, but a usable source file was not retrieved from the public website searched.
  • A relevant public source was located or listed, but line-level executed energy-capital detail is not set out in the public sources reviewed.
  • 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 (4 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.

    Faint signalKwara land restoration programme homepage

  • 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, screening and agriculture studies do not expose direct unique beneficiaries.

    Faint signalKwara land restoration programme homepage

  • 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.

    Faint signalKwara land restoration programme homepage

  • Were stated targets met?

    Project climate screening source includes greenhouse gas/resilience claims. No 2025 target actual established.

    Faint signalKwara land restoration programme homepage

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 Kwara'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.

  • Water and resilient agriculture

    Published records name water, sanitation or farming 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 Kwara 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 renewable energy spending record

    Release a downloadable record of money actually spent on renewable energy projects, showing the agency, the project and the amount.

  3. 03

    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.

  4. 04

    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.

  5. 05

    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.

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