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Taraba

CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Taraba and read 19 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.

Capital
Jalingo
Geopolitical zone
North East
Public documents reviewed
19

Population

Projected population · 3.61 million (2022)

Source

Primary climate risk

River flooding

Benue river and tributary flooding displaces farming communities and destroys crops and rural roads.

Source (2025)

What the public record covers

On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. CAI also read 259 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
5

  • Is a climate policy or strategy published?

    Taraba held a stakeholder validation workshop for its Climate Change Policy and Action Plan before the end of the study period, while the first policy/action plan was formally launched in August 2026. The actual 2025 officially issued draft and its legal/adoption status were not retrieved.

    Visible, incompleteClimate Change Policy and Action Plan validation workshop

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

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

    Nothing found

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

    The 2025 external profile names a Director in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, and a state-hosted regulatory-process document describes climate policy implementation and emissions-compliance procedures. A primary staff/mandate record plus dated 2025 operational output was not fully assembled.

    Visible, incompleteClimate Change Policy Implementation & Emissions Compliance Process

Where the public record stops

  • If officially issued for consultation at the end of the study period, test score 1.
Documents behind policy (5 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
9

  • Do published records show climate-related spending?

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

    Visible, incompleteTaraba 2025 Q4 Quarterly Performance Report

  • Is spending on renewable energy projects reported?

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

    Fully documentedTaraba 2025 Q4 Quarterly Performance 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, incompleteTaraba audited financial reports page
What the published budget lines are about

143 of the 259 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by Taraba could be sorted into a theme from the wording of the line. Each bar counts line items, not naira.

  • Waste, pollution, methane

    62 lines

  • Climate governance, cross-cutting

    38 lines

  • Renewable energy, electricity

    29 lines

  • Flood, erosion, drainage

    14 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 (9 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 signalTaraba State, Nigeria

  • 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. Early-warning and flood-impact sources are context, not delivered direct beneficiaries.

    Faint signalTaraba State, Nigeria

  • 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 signalTaraba State, Nigeria

  • Were stated targets met?

    2060 renewable-energy, reforestation and greenhouse gas-reduction targets located. No 2025 result against the target established.

    Faint signalTaraba State, Nigeria

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 Taraba'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.

  • 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 Taraba 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 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.

  3. 03

    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.

  4. 04

    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.

  5. 05

    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.

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