Olumide Idowu

Olumide Idowu (born 1987; 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 he received the 2015 Save the Children Award for his Contribution towards Sustainable Development in Nigeria.

Olumide is the Youth Focal Point in 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. He studied statistics at the University of Abuja, Nigeria, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in 2010. He was nominated for the State International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) by the US Embassy in Nigeria, and African Youth Champion for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). Olumide emerged as one of the eight recipients of the Tod’Aérs Global Network (TGN) award for young leaders from around the world recognised with the “2022 Global Young Leader of the Year” Award for their outstanding work.

Publications

The role of youth in realizing their vision for change. Grassroots demand for Nigeria in the post-2015 development agenda. Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food. Agriculture and Youth Development in Africa.