dc.contributor.author
Koblowsky, Peter
dc.contributor.author
Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T07:39:35Z
dc.date.available
2010-11-11
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https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/18443
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22144
dc.description.abstract
This paper discusses the structural basis and practice of creating a climate
policy framework in Nigeria. The roles of existing and planned institutions
and legal frameworks are discussed, as well as how they foster or hinder the
design of policies and implementation of climate responses at the domestic and
international levels. Data has been collected between autumn 2009 and spring
2010. The paper combines literature review with empirical data from interviews
of various actors in the Nigerian climate policy process. Various actors
including the federal and state governments, civil society and private sector
interest groups as well as the Nigerian oil sector are working conjointly on
the elaboration of political frameworks and on the realisation of a multitude
of individual projects focused on climate change. The paper examines the role
of the institutional framework compassing this multitude of stakeholders for
the creation of a sustainable climate policy in Nigeria, thereby discussing
and referring to literature on institutional governance in the environment
sector and institutional change for sustainability. Currently, there is a lack
of cohesion between political initiatives and institutions, and a weak
implementation of environmental laws and directives. Although becoming a topic
of increasing political interest, a policy framework on climate change is
still nonexistent for Nigeria – caused not least by diverging lines of
interest between participating institutions. The paper shows that once
awareness about climate change has been created, there is a danger of the
proliferation of institutions and actors addressing the various dimensions of
climate change. This proliferation highlights the lack of coordination between
various government entities and their struggle to gain/retain influence over
the national climate policy, thereby slowing down the design and
implementation of responses to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Suggestions are made on how the barriers to climate policy development and
implementation in Nigeria can be overcome.
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000089-6
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http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
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300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Institutional challenges to developing a Nigerian climate policy
dc.type
Konferenzveröffentlichung
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
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refubium.affiliation.other
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft / Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik (FFU)
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FUDOCS_document_000000007038
refubium.note.author
C7: National Interest and International Climate Policy
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no
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Berlin Conference on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000001408
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open access