Draft:Adedoyin Adeleke

Adedoyin Adeleke (Born July 7, 1989) is a Nigerian Green Growth (renewable energy) expert, a Mechanical Engineer and a Researcher. He works with Green Growth Africa Sustainability Network (Green Growth Africa) - a non-governmental organization accredited by UNEP in September 2020, formerly known as the International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa), which he founded in 2017. Co-author of the Progress Report on Climate Technology 2023. He is a Member of Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP), a Fellow, UNESCO Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Fellow, BMUB International Short Course on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Dresden, Germany. Over the years, Adeleke has made substantial contributions to development across 22 African countries from Europe.

Early life and education
Born on July 7, 1989 in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Adedoyin Adeleke had his primary and secondary education in Osogbo and proceeded to the Obafemi Awolowo University and the University of Ibadan for his bachelor and master's degree respectively before he was awarded for his doctoral studies in Italy by the Italian Government, obtaining a PhD with a focus on Energy for Sustainable Development; working for a while in Italy, Adeleke relocated to Nigeria with a mission to drive green growth and development across Africa. Adeleke said there is a need for Nigerians to develop the country into a greener pasture like Europe and America.

Career
Adedoyin served as a Lead Country Contributor (for Nigeria) in 2017, 2018 , 2019 , 2020 annual editions of Global Status Report (on renewable energy) published Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century's (REN21) co-hosted by UNEP. He also served as a Country Contributor to the UNEP's 1 Gigaton Report on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in 2017. In 2023, Adedoyin was one of the 33 scientists from around the world who prepared the 2023 Climate Technology Progress Report published by UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and UN Climate Change Technology Executive Committee. He served as a Reviewer of UNESCO's Country Profile for Nigeria on Climate Change Communication and Education.

Publications

 * Plastic Ban May Trigger Economic Crisis, Green Growth Africa Warns
 * Green Growth Africa Wants Careful Implementation of Ban on Single Use Plastics. Mentioned in paragraph 5.
 * Stakeholders Worry Over Growing Threat to Biodiversity. Mentioned in paragraph 3
 * Critical Knowledge Gaps Hinder Effective Land Restoration. Mentioned in paragraph 10
 * Biodiversity Security Under Threats Of Underfunding – Coalition. Mentioned in paragraph 4
 * Stakeholders Seek Just Inclusive Economic Growth Amid Climate Crisis. Mentioned in paragraph 4.
 * Nigeria: FG Ramps Up Disbursement of CBN's N140bn Solar Intervention Fund. Mentioned in paragraph 18
 * Leverage $10.3trn Net Zero Economy to Reduce Nigeria's Youth Unemployment'. Mentioned in paragraph 2.
 * Africa Must Seek to Reap from $10.3tn Global Climate Opportunities, Say Renewables Advocates. Mentioned in paragraph 2
 * The Networker for Green Growth. Mentioned in the first paragraph.
 * Relief as CBN Moves to Unlock NGEP With N250bn, Create 2m Jobs Annually. Mentioned in paragraph 18.
 * Stakeholders: Central Bank's N250bn Gas Support Fund to Unlock 206TCF Reserves, Spur Growth. Mentioned in paragraph 8
 * Co-Author of the Progress Report on Climate Technology, 2023
 * African Students Share their Innovative EE Projects with USA Students. Mentioned in paragraph 2
 * Green Economy: Fulfil $100bn Climate Fund Pledge; Stakeholders Beg US, Others. Mentioned in paragraph 3
 * Green Growth Africa Offers Insights on Attaining Green Sustainable Africa.
 * Group Offers Recipe to Overcome Land Degradation. Mentioned in last paragraph
 * Green Growth Africa Calls for Renewed $100 Billion Climate Pledge. Mentioned in paragraphs 5 and 6.

Honours, legacy and awards

 * Awardee, "40 Under 40 Change makers" in Solar Energy, by Renewable Energy World (then owned by Pennwell Corporation, (USA)
 * Honoured with an invitation from the U.S Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, to participate at the President Joe Biden's Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington DC in December 2022. See photograph of the Summit with Michael S. Regan, the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the White House's African and Diaspora Young Leaders Forum within the President Joe Biden's U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit after Paragraph 2.
 * Green Growth Africa Emerges First to Win Okayama Award in West Africa.