State
Yobe
CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Yobe and read 16 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.
- Capital
- Damaturu
- Geopolitical zone
- North East
- Public documents reviewed
- 16
Primary climate risk
Drought and desertification
Sand encroachment and falling rainfall shrink farmland, pasture and water sources across the state.
Source (2024)What the public record covers
On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. CAI also read 184 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
The 2025 external profile identifies Yobe’s Director of Climate Change within the Ministry of Environment.
Is a climate policy or strategy published?
The African Development Bank records that Yobe State initiated an Integrated Climate Change Action Plan through ECCAP, and external governance profiling reports a Climate Resilience Plan. The primary jurisdiction-wide current plan/adoption record needed for was not retrieved.
Is there a published law or order giving authority for climate action?
The public sources reviewed did not include authenticated Yobe climate law/regulation/executive instrument meeting.
Nothing foundIs an institution responsible for climate work named and working?
The 2025 external profile identifies Yobe’s Director of Climate Change within the Ministry of Environment. Official ministry regulatory documents confirm an active Environment Ministry, but formal climate-unit mandate, primary staff evidence and dated 2025 output were not assembled.
Faint signal2025 Yobe Climate Governance Profile
Documents behind policy (2 documents)
- Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project (ECCAP) in Yobe State
Policy/governance source
No provision-level document links established from the preserved public text.
- 2025 Yobe Climate Governance Profile
Policy/governance source
No provision-level document links established from the preserved public text.
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, incompleteYobe State Q4 Budget Implementation Report 2025Is spending on renewable energy projects reported?
The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.
Fully documentedYobe State Q4 Budget Implementation Report 2025Is 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.
Fully documentedYobe Office of Auditor-General reports
82 of the 184 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by Yobe could be sorted into a theme from the wording of the line. Each bar counts line items, not naira.
Renewable energy, electricity
45 lines
Waste, pollution, methane
19 lines
Forestry, land restoration
13 lines
Flood, erosion, drainage
5 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)
- Yobe State Q4 Budget Implementation Report 2025
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
Outcomes
Measured results: emissions reduced, people helped, priority groups reached and targets met.
- Questions with evidence
- 4 of 4
- Documents
- 3
Is a reduction in emissions measured?
The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result.
Visible, incompleteEnvironmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Yobe StateIs 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. ECCAP and climate-smart agriculture sources do not expose unique direct beneficiaries.
Visible, incompleteEnvironmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Yobe StateIs 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, incompleteEnvironmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Yobe StateWere stated targets met?
AfDB ECCAP and integrated action-plan sources visible. No 2025 result against the target established.
Visible, incompleteEnvironmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Yobe State
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 (3 documents)
- Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Yobe State
African Development Bank
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
- Yobe State Environmental and Climate Change Action Project
African Development Bank / project platform
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
- Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Project
African Development Bank MapAfrica
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
Climate work named in the documents
These are the kinds of climate work named in Yobe'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 Yobe failed to act.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.