{
    "name": "AI Policy Radar",
    "publisher": "Green Diplomat",
    "description": "Climate laws and carbon-pricing instruments classified by legal stage; every record cites the document it was checked against and the date of that check.",
    "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: a verified tracker of climate laws by legal stage. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ (accessed 5 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-05T02:37:05+00:00",
    "count": 1,
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        "jurisdiction": "Country or sub-national jurisdiction that adopted the instrument.",
        "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.",
        "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system, carbon tax, framework law, target law, crediting mechanism, energy-transition law, disclosure / MRV rule.",
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        "stage_date": "Date the instrument reached its current stage (YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD, as precise as the source allows).",
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        "coverage": "Sectors, entities or share of emissions covered, as stated by the source.",
        "what_to_watch": "The next decision, deadline or review named by the source.",
        "source_name": "Publisher of the document the record was checked against.",
        "source_url": "Address of that document.",
        "source_type": "“official” (law, gazette, government or regulator) or “reference” (a recognised compilation such as ICAP).",
        "btr_status": "Indicative status for Biennial Transparency Reports: planned, adopted or implemented (see Standards).",
        "last_verified": "Date the record was last checked against its source.",
        "legal_journey": "Dated milestones (proposed, enacted, rulemaking, in force, later milestone), each with its own source. JSON and journeys.csv only."
    },
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        {
            "record_id": "ng-climate-change-act",
            "jurisdiction": "Nigeria",
            "iso3": "NGA",
            "country": "Nigeria",
            "instrument_type": "Climate framework law",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2021-11",
            "legal_reference": "Climate Change Act, 2021",
            "coverage": "Economy-wide; emission-reduction duties for private entities with 50 or more employees",
            "summary": "Nigeria's Climate Change Act, signed in November 2021, sets an objective of net zero emissions between 2050 and 2070 and requires a National Climate Change Action Plan and five-year carbon budgets. It created the National Council on Climate Change, established in 2022, which oversees implementation and a Climate Change Fund.",
            "what_to_watch": "Approval and publication of the five-year carbon budget and action plan, and the development of domestic carbon pricing instruments under the 2025 policy.",
            "source_name": "Grantham Research Institute — Climate Change Laws of the World",
            "source_url": "https://climate-laws.org/document/nigeria-s-climate-change-act_5ef7",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Africa",
            "topics": [
                "Climate Law",
                "Net Zero"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ng-climate-change-act/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2021-11",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "Climate Change Act signed into law by President Buhari",
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                },
                {
                    "date": "2022",
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                    "event": "National Council on Climate Change established under the Act",
                    "source_url": "https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Nigeria%20BTR1%20.pdf"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Nigerian Carbon Market Activation Policy issued under the Act's framework",
                    "source_url": "https://climate-laws.org/document/nigerian-carbon-market-activation-policy_8904"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}