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Niger

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

Capital
Minna
Geopolitical zone
North Central
Public documents reviewed
12

Population

Projected population · 6.78 million (2022)

Source

Primary climate risk

River flooding

Flooding along the Niger and around major dams inundates farmland, fishing settlements and access roads.

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?

    External governance profiling reports a draft climate policy, but this assessment did not retrieve a qualifying officially issued/adopted Niger State climate policy/action plan.

    Faint signal2024/2025 Niger Climate Governance Profile

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

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

    Nothing found

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

    Public governance sources identify a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and a Director/Climate Change Desk Officer. A primary formal mandate, identified staff record and dated 2025 operational output were not assembled.

    Visible, incomplete2024/2025 Niger Climate Governance Profile
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

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.

    Visible, incompleteNiger land restoration programme overview

  • 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 and flood-impact records do not expose unique direct beneficiaries.

    Visible, incompleteNiger land restoration programme overview

  • 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, incompleteNiger land restoration programme overview

  • Were stated targets met?

    Land restoration programme intervention types visible. No 2025 result against the target established.

    Visible, incompleteNiger land restoration programme overview

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 Niger'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.

Recommendations

What CAI recommends publishing

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

    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.

  4. 04

    Publish the audit of climate spending

    Release which climate-related spending was audited, what the auditors found, how serious it was, and how government answered.

  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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