National Policy on Climate Change (PNCC)

The National Policy on Climate Change is the framework mitigation and adaptation executive document of Niger. It gathers institutional, judiciary and operational actions taken in the country to establish the following objectives: 1) improve knowledge, promote research and development, produce and communicate information on climate change, 2) reinforce adaptation capacities and resilience throughout communities, 3) develop mitigation actions, 4) integrate climate change issues within national, regional and planning tools, 5) capacity-building and 6) promote green jobs. The National Council for the Environment for Sustainable Development will coordinate the institutional implementation mechanism consisting of public, parapublic, private and civil society structures that will ensure the implementation of specific programs.