Oladapo Adeyemi Aremu
Botanist, and Professor at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, South Africa
Oladapo Adeyemi Aremu is a Professor at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, South Africa. He is the Vice President of the South African Association of Botanists. He was involved with the success of the inaugural Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change in 2023. The summit, held on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, engaged over 1,300 registrants from 6 continents (112 nations) across 88 languages in a 24-hour global dialogue. He advocates the need for Indigenous Youth to be at the forefront of climate diplomacy and foster a global partnership of Indigenous youth.
