Climate scientists often lack the information they need for their climate models. A master's student helped to find important figures from Africa's most populous country—Nigeria.

Although Nigeria has an existing climate change policy, it has not been significantly felt due to climate change knowledge gaps among the states and vulnerable communities in the country.

Nigeria passed a climate change act in 2021 with a target to develop carbon tax and carbon trading. But the government’s continued reliance on oil and gas poses a challenge to its net-zero ambitions.