Climate Leadership Fellowship (CLF)

Climate changes impact is ravaging the world. In Nigeria, severe cases of drought and desertification are ravaging parts of the north leading to conflicts from lack of water. Agricultural yields have been heavily affected causing high poverty rate. Extreme flooding, disease spread through contaminated water is reported in the south. The Climate Leadership Fellowship initiated by Climate Smart Nigeria in partnership with Glow initiative for Economic Empowerment with support from Access Bank PLC is designed to provide expert training on climate change advocacy and leadership to a new crop of young leaders to build national climate resilience. The 3 months program will welcome and empower 30 leaders each quarter with expert training to lead change for climate action, in turn, the fellows will adopt schools and teach climate change across Nigeria and generate climate data to drive investment. All fellows will receive a climate education toolkit and a certificate of climate leadershi...