Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has called on state governments to strengthen climate governance, integrate climate priorities into budgets and development plans, and attract investment to accelerate climate action nationwide. Lawal made the call in Abuja at the launch of the third edition of the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Rating and Ranking Report (SCGPRR 3.0), stressing that effective implementation at state and community levels is essential to achieving Nigeria’s climate ambitions. He said the Federal Government could not address the country’s climate challenges alone, describing climate change as a...