The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) has stressed the need for Nigeria’s carbon market projects to deliver genuine mitigation outcomes as the country advances efforts to establish a structured carbon market system. The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the NCCC, Mrs. Omotenioye Majekodunmi, made the position known at the Stakeholders’ Review/Validation Workshop on the draft Host Country Approval Criteria for Nigeria’s Carbon Market Operations, organised by the council in Abuja. Majekodunmi said the immediate task before stakeholders was to develop Host Country Approval Criteria capable of protecting Nigeria’s national interests...