ICOMOS-Nigeria at 2022 Africa Climate Week (ACW) in Libreville, Gabon

ICOMOS-Nigeria member Dr Eugene Itua, also the CEO of Natural Eco Capital, attended the Africa Climate Week (ACW) held from August 29 to September 2, 2022, in Libreville, Gabon. ACW 2022 engaged and empowered stakeholders to drive climate action across countries, communities, and economies as part of the crucial steps on the road to COP27.

The ACW event provided an opportunity to disseminate information on ICOMOS-Nigeria’s Project Report,  “an application of the Climate Vulnerability Index for the Sukur Cultural Landscape“, of which he was a co-author. 

Dr Itua disseminated the project flier to individuals at a Side Event at the ACW on Scaling Climate Action Through Climate Technology and Innovation by SMEs in Africa, jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Natural Eco Capital on August 30, 2022. A second side event on Climate and Human Crises- Aligning Africa’s Resilience Action for People and Planet  provided another opportunity to disseminate information about the project.

This event, organized by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, was attended by the Nigerian Minister of State for Environment, Mr Udi Udom, the Nigerian Ambassador to Gabon, Amb. Raymond U. Brown, RED Cross President, and other dignitaries. In his presentation, Dr. Itua, spoke about the crisis heritage sites are facing from climate change, using the findings of the CVI report on the World Heritage Sukur Cultural Landscape located in Adamawa, the state of Nigeria, along the Nigeria/ Cameroon border.