Niger
Nationally determined contribution
Targets
The revised NDC aims for ‘unconditional’ and ‘conditional’ reductions according to the BAU baseline scenario for:
- The AFAT sector: Unconditional Reductions: 4.50% (BAU 2025) and 12.57% (BAU 2030) and Conditional Reductions: 14.60% (BAU-2025) and 22.75% (BAU 2030)
- The Energy sector: Unconditional Reductions: 11.20% (BAU-2025) and 10.60% (BAU-2030) and Conditional Reductions: 48% (BAU-2025) and 45% (BAU-2030)
Article 6 engagement
Not available
Mitigation activities
AFOLU
- Plantations of multiple-use species: 750,000
- Promotion of assisted natural regeneration (ANN): 913,932 ha
- Land development for irrigated or flood recession crops: 424,000 ha
- Live hedges and windbreaks: 145,000 km
- Development and security of pastoral enclaves, grazing areas and rest areas: 455,848 ha
- Development and materialization and passage corridors: 279,702 ha
- Restoration of degraded pastoral lands: 112,500 ha
- Private forestry: 75,000 ha
- Development of zero-grazing dairy farms (permanent stabling): 258 farms
- Intensification of breeding systems based on cattle fattening: 1,500 farms
- Intensification of breeding systems based on sheep fattening: 3,000 farms
- “One village, one wood” program: 12,500 ha
- Fixation of living dunes: 10,053 ha
- Rehabilitation of degraded classified forests: 10,000 ha
- Input management: 10,822 tonnes
- Fight against deforestation (clearing) and bush fires (firebreak): 7,500 ha
- Fodder cultivation: 2,000 ha
Energy
- Efficient lighting with compact fluorescent bulbs
- Efficient lighting with LEDs
- Efficient wood-burning fireplaces
- Efficient Charcoal Stoves
- LPG fireplaces
- Office lighting
- Efficient office lighting with LEDs
- Efficient public lighting
- LED solar lights
- Efficient refrigerators
- Efficient Hotel Refrigerators
- Solar Street Lights
- New high-efficiency coal-fired power plant
- Efficient electrical networks (losses avoided)
- Hydroelectricity connected to the main network
- Electricity production from bagasse
- Solar PV, large grid
- Solar/diesel mini-grid
- Solar PV, small isolated grid, 100% solar
- Wind turbine
- More efficient gasoline cars
- More efficient diesel cars
- Restriction on the import of used cars
Reduction of electricity transmission and distribution losses
- Development of renewable energies
- Development of renewable energies
Sectors covered by the NDC
AFOLU, Energy.
Finance needs
The implementation of Niger’s Contribution is estimated, for the period 2021-2030, at a total cost of USD 9.9081 billion, of which for: mitigation: 3.1647 billion of which 0.2127 billion USD (6.72%) in ‘Unconditional’ and 2.9524 billion USD (93.28%) in ‘Conditional’.
Carbon pricing
Status
Not available
Carbon markets
National entities responsible for carbon markets
Article 6.4 DNA
Mr. Daoura Neino Mahamadou nmahamadoudaoura@yahoo.fr
CDM DNA
Dr. Kamayé Maâzou biocnedd@intnet.ne
Article 6 strategy and regulations
Under Development
National registry
Not available
Pipeline
Article 6
Bilateral agreements
- Not available
Mitigation activities
- Not available
CDM
Niger Acacia Senegal Plantation Project.
For more information on all CDM activities please download the Database for PAs and PoAs.
Data
As of December 31st, 2021, NBS projects are the only CDM activity in Niger with issued credits, accounting for a total of 152.58 kt.
2019 was the year with the largest volume of issued credits for NBS projects, with 152.58 kt issued.
As of December 31st, 2021, NBS projects are the only CDM activity in Niger with voluntary cancellations, accounting for a total of 55.93 kt.
2020 was the year with the largest volume of voluntary cancellations for NBS projects, with 44.06 kt cancelled.
Voluntary Carbon Market
Niger has 1 activity registered with the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) that has generated VCUs.
Download VCM activity portfolioData
As of September 6th, 2024, Niger has 1 project registered with the VCM, which is registered under the VCS.
As of September 6th, 2024, NBS projects are the only VCM activity in Niger with issued credits, accounting for a total of 38.77 kt.
2022 was the year with the largest volume of issued credits for NBS projects, with 38.77 kt issued.
As of September 6th, 2024, NBS projects are the only VCM activity in Niger with retired credits, accounting for a total of 22.4 kt.
2022 was the year with the largest volume of retired credits for NBS projects, with 13.7 kt retired.