Adenike Oladosu Titilope
Climate Researcher, ILeadclimate Action Initiative
Adenike, a first-class graduate in agricultural economics, is an ecofeminist and climate justice leader. In 2019, she was invited to the first-ever United Nations Youth Summit in New York and was awarded the Ambassador of Conscience Award by Amnesty International for her efforts in climate justice and human rights. She has served as a Nigerian youth delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties since COP25 in Spain, including COP26, COP27, and COP28, and was recently appointed as Education Cannot Wait’s new Climate Champion.
Adenike has published articles in several international newspapers and was the first climate justice activist from Africa to join the Fridays for Future movement, mobilizing millions globally for climate action. She currently leads a pan-African movement called the “I Lead Climate Action Initiative.” As a past fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany, she focused on black feminism and polycrises, highlighting a novel link between polycrisis and carbon coloniality. Adenike has also worked as a consultant for various international bodies addressing climate change, including United Nations agencies, and has been featured as a UNICEF young advocate in Nigeria. Recently, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded her the International Climate Protection Fellowship for her work on the Lake Chad peace and conflict resolution pathway. She has used remote sensing technology to aid in the conservation of Lake Chad, which has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s.
