Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appointed Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke as a special adviser on Climate Policy and Sustainable Development. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Okereke and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos.
With the appointment, Okereke has been mandated to design and execute science-based climate policy for the state, with the goal of contributing to its long-term growth. The professor, who was born in Enugu, is an expert in climate governance, environmental policy, and international development.
He is regarded as one of Africa’s leading researchers in the fields of climate justice, low-carbon development, and green economic transition. Okereke holds a chair in Global Governance and Public Policy at the prestigious School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol University, UK, and is also the director of the Centre for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics, and a senior academic visitor at the University of Oxford.
