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Countries in Global North Owe Nigeria $9.9tr in Climate Reparations — ActionAid

Olaitan Sodiq
Olaitan Sodiq
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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Countries in Global North Owe Nigeria $9.9tr in Climate Reparations — ActionAid | Daily Report Nigeria
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  • ActionAid Nigeria has claimed that countries in the global North owe Nigeria an estimated $9.9 trillion in climate reparations from 1960 to date.

  • The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, stated that developed nations must compensate less industrialized nations for environmental damage caused by their carbon footprint.

  •  Mamedu advocated for debt cancellation and fairer loan terms for African nations.

Amid Nigeria’s rising debt crisis, ActionAid Nigeria has asserted that countries in the global North owe Nigeria an estimated $9.9 trillion in climate reparations from 1960 to date.

The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, while speaking to journalists in Abuja, stressed the need for climate justice, explaining that countries in the global North, considered to be high-emission nations, must start compensating less industrialised nations (global South) for the environmental damage caused by their carbon footprint.

“We are not in debt; it is those countries that are indebted to us, and we are happy to sit at the table to start discussing this. Enough of this neo-colonialism mentality, enough of this new agenda,” Mamedu stated.

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He pointed out that although Nigeria is facing a growing debt crisis, with its external debt nearing $50 billion, the fact remains that the country is a creditor in the global climate finance debate, as developed nations owe it an estimated $9.9 trillion in climate reparations.

Mamedu stressed that the debt burden on low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria has been exacerbated by high-interest rates, with developed nations such as Germany enjoying rates as low as 0.8%, while Nigeria faces rates between 2-3%.

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He lamented that this disparity has affected critical sectors such as education, healthcare, agriculture and water resources, among others, limiting the government’s ability to invest in social infrastructure.

“Climate change is real. Climate justice for all is what we are pushing, and part of this is that the global emissions that everyone is responsible for should be paid for. If they are being paid, countries in the global South should be benefiting from it, and we can then categorically say these countries owe us $9.9 trillion, and they should start thinking of how to repay between now and 2050,” Mamedu stated.

He therefore advocated for debt cancellation and fairer loan terms for African nations and also called for a renegotiation of the global financial system.

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