National Response
The National Policy on Climate Change 2013 aims to reduce the negative impacts of climate change, specifically, it seeks to strengthen the population’s capacity for adaptation and the resilience of ecological, economic and social systems. The policy also aims to incorporate climate change into planning tools for socioeconomic development actions at the national, regional and local levels.
Decentralization in Niger provides for two levels of local authority – the commune and the region. Communes have general powers to provide public services that meet the needs of the population and that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the state or region.