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Adenike Oladosu

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Adenike is a first-class graduate in agricultural economics, an ecofeminist, and a climate justice leader. In 2019, I was invited to the first-ever United Nations Youth Summit in New York. The same year, I was awarded the Ambassador of Conscience Award by Amnesty International for my fight for climate justice and human rights. I have been a Nigerian youth delegate to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change's Conference of Parties since COP25 in Spain and Madrid, including COP26, COP27, and COP28. I have a blogspot called www.womenandcrisis.com, where I have written over 60 articles with more than 100,000 readers worldwide since 2018. I have published articles in several international newspapers. I am leading a pan-Africa movement called "I Lead Climate Action Initiative." A past fellow at The New Institute, Hamburg-Germany on black feminism and poly crises spotlighting a novel link between the polycrisis and carbon coloniality. Recently appointed by Education Cannot Wait as its Climate Champion. I have also been showcased as a UNICEF Young Advocate in Nigeria. A past fellow of the Panel on Planetary Thinking at Justus Liebig University. in 2023, I was awarded the International Climate Protection Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on the Lake Chad peace and conflict resolution pathway. In 2024, I was recognized by BBC 100 women as the most inflencial and inspiring climate pioneer globally. A deloitte scholar to the One Young World Summit in Canada.

climate change, systemic risk, environmental protection, climate governance, technology, democracy, food security