Adenike Titilope Oladosu
Adenike Titilope Oladosu is an alumni of the Planetary Scholars & Artists in Residence Program. She is an ecofeminist, ecoreporter, and climate justice leader. As the founder of the I Lead Climate Action initiative, she advocates the establishment of a green democracy across Africa and the restoration of Lake Chad. She regularly brings her climate initiatives to public attention in the context of both international and local fora, in order to contribute to establishing peace, security, and equality in Africa and the Lake Chad region in particular.
From February 2024 - March 2025, Oladosu was hosted by the Panel under the mentorship of the Director of the Panel, Claus Leggewie and Scientific Manager Liza Bauer as she completed her International Climate Protection Fellowship Program at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The research project focused on the topic ‘Protection of Lake Chad as a peace and conflict resolution pathway: achieving protection through mapping and data generation to inform policymakers’. During this fellowship, Oladosu expanded on her research which she developed as a fellow at the Panel in summer 2023 documenting the diminishing size of Lake Chad due to climate change. The research tracked how shrinking of Lake Chad has paved way for conflict in the region to double since 2009. The project involved setting up a data-based observation unit for conflicts in the Lake Chad region using Google Earth Engine (GEE). It emphasized the need for a restoration agenda for Lake Chad, which could significantly contribute to the peace and security of the population.