Olumide Idowu

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rdf:langString Olumide Idowu

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rdf:langString Nigerian climate change activist, Olumide Idowu addressing participants on the importance of storytelling at the WikiForHumanRights campaign 2021 in Nigeria

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rdf:langString Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, International Climate Change Development Initiative

rdf:langString Olumide Idowu (also known as Mr. Climate), is a Nigerian youth campaigner and climate change activist. He is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI Africa), Climate Wednesday and Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition. Olumide was an Atlas Corps fellow, State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni, social media and communications officer for Association for the Development of Education in Africa Triennale 2017 in Senegal, and the senior communication director for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC). He was the Organizing Committee Member for 7th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Mexico, African Youth Champion for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and received the 2015 Save the Children Award of Contribution toward (in) Sustainable Development in Nigeria. Olumide is the Youth Focal Point Nigeria UNDP Small Grant Program, youth lead author for Global Environment Outlook (GEO) of the UN Environment and executive coordinator for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC). He is also a member of different local and international organizations. His core focus includes youth empowerment, Environment, Climate Change, communication, Monitoring & Evaluation and Sustainable Development issues.