Prof. Obuaku-Igwe represented Osun State and Nigerian civil society at the annual Citizens Lobby Conference in Washington DC, advocating for increased climate finance for African sub-national governments.
Prof. Chinwe Obuaku-Igwe represented Osun State at the annual Citizens Lobby Conference held in Washington DC, where she engaged with US Congressional representatives, World Bank officials, and representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on the need for direct climate finance flows to sub-national governments in developing countries.
Her presentation — titled 'From Sub-national to Global: How State-Level Climate Action in Africa Can Accelerate the Paris Agreement' — drew significant attention for its concrete examples of Osun State's measurable achievements in solar distribution, circular economy job creation, and climate governance.
Prof. Obuaku-Igwe met with officials from the US State Department's Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, and held bilateral discussions on potential USAID programming that would specifically target sub-national climate actors in Nigeria.