Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has been elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries in recognition of his contribution to science and its promotion within the creating world.
According to an announcement, Okereke is a professor in Global Governance and Public Policy on the School for Policy Studies, Bristol University, UK, and Director of the Center for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
It said that Okereke was a globally recognised main scholar on world local weather governance and worldwide growth, specialising within the justice dimensions of the worldwide local weather regime and simply societal transitions to the inexperienced economic system.
According to the assertion, he had a monitor file of high-impact analysis targeted on understanding and addressing systemic obstacles to financial and social inclusion within the context of local weather coverage and inexperienced economic system transitions,
“He drafted a climate change law in Nigeria, modelling Nigeria’s long-term low-carbon development strategy, designing African Unions’ Adaptation Initiative, and drafting the first-ever national green growth plan in Africa, for the Government of Rwanda,” it stated.
He is a number one member of the Global Earth Commission’s Safe and Just Transformation Working Group and Coordinator of the African Forum Climate Change, Energy and Development, and the main African Network of students, policymakers and practitioners engaged on local weather change and sustainability transitions in Africa.
Okereke stated, “I’m delighted to have been elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the development of science in creating nations. It means quite a bit to me as a result of I’ve at all times been pushed by a want to spotlight the challenges confronted by creating nations in addressing local weather change whereas additionally pursuing financial development in addition to the alternatives to leverage local weather motion to construct resilience and obtain financial development.
“Developing countries face multiple challenges related to colonial legacy and unjust international economic order which work to the advantage of advanced countries.” .
According to him, approaching local weather governance from the framework of justice permits us to deal with, not simply the difficulty of local weather air pollution, but additionally the extra basic query of world fairness and equity wanted to make sure that everybody can lead a good life no matter the place they’re born.
“This recognition encourages me to continue to work as there is still quite a long way to go to achieve climate justice for the vulnerable countries of the world,” Okereke added.
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