Adenike Oladosu | |
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![]() Oladosu in 2020 | |
Born | Adenike Titilope Oladosu 30 September 1994 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Other names | Titilope |
Education | University of Agriculture, Makurdi. |
Occupation | Activist And Ecofeminist |
Years active | 2018–present |
Known for | Climate activism |
Awards | 22 diverse voices to follow on Twitter this Earth Day by Amnesty International.15 ambassador of the African youth climate hub. |
Adenike Oladosu (born 1994 [1] ) is a Nigerian climate activist, and initiator of the school strike for climate in Nigeria. [2] [3] [4] [5] She has showcased her climate action at international conferences including the UN Climate Change Conference, World Economic Forum, and Elevate festival in Graz-Austria. [6]
In December 2019, Oladosu attended the COP25 gathering in Spain as a Nigerian youth diplomat where she gave a "moving address" about climate change in Africa and how it influences lives. [7] [8]
Oladosu is from Ogbomosho town in Oyo State, Nigeria. [9] She got her early education at Government Secondary School, Gwagwalada, Abuja. Then she proceeded to the Federal University of Agriculture, Markurdi where she bagged a first class degree in Agricultural Economics. [10] [9] [11]
Adenike Oladosu is one of Africa's most vocal environmental activists. Oladosu realized that there was a lack of knowledge about climate change on the continent. So she started her own pan- African climate justice movement. [12]
In 2019, she was nominated for the first UN Youth Climate Summit in New York. Recognized by UNICEF Nigeria as a young change-maker, she’s leading a grassroots movement called ILeadClimate, advocating for the restoration of Lake Chad and youth involvement in climate justice through education. [13] She has also been recognized by the Human Impact Institute (USA) as one of the 12 women standing for climate action in rural communities.
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