The Earth Podcast (TEP‪)‬ Azeez Abubakar

Azeez Abubakar, Founder and Executive Director of The CEI Project and The Earth Podcast shares his story on how he experienced the impacts of climate change and as a result joined the climate movement. We hope this inspires you to take climate action now. Enjoy!

The Earth Podcast collaborated with EARTHDAY.ORG-AFRICA to co-create a Podcast around Earth Day 2020 to commemorate this important day coming up on 22nd April 2022. This episode is one of a series of 4 episodes to be released in the lead up to Earth Day 2022. This episode focuses on African Perspectives around the theme of Earth Day 2022 "Investing In Our Planet". We co-hosted this episode with the Earth Day Coordinator for Kenya, Nyawira Gitaka. Our special guest is Delicia, the Current Vice Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network. Enjoy this first Podcast episode. Cheers, Azeez Abubakar (Host of The Earth Podcast)

The Earth Podcast collaborated with Ecofriendly Kind World Podcast to inspire climate action by sharing experiences and climate initiatives. Pallavi Priya is the Host of Ecofriendly Kind World Podcast. She's from India. Azeez Abubakar is the Host of The Earth Podcast. He is a 23:year old young professional from Nigeria. He is passionate about sustainability, innovation and technology. He is particularly driven creating initiatives that support the most vulnerable communities. He leads the Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network. He is also one of the Founding Global Shapers in Ilorin and the Director of Programs at the Global Shapers Community Hub where he co-created a Climate Adaptation Project (Flood risk mapping) in Ilorin, Kwara State to help develop innovative solutions to support local communities in building resilience and adaptation against the climate crisis. He actively campaigns for the United Nations’ Global Goals, and mobilized fifty of his peers to join him in standing for them. He’s also taken part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the UK, PreCOP26 in Italy, World Bank Youth Summit on Resilient Recovery for People, and won the 2019 BIM Africa Student Advocacy Program thanks to his innovative designs aimed at promoting environmental sustainability. He also loves pop music and enjoys making all forms of art.

This episode takes listeners on a tour of What World Envrionment Day and Earth Day is, why World Environment Day 2020 and Earth Day 2020 are important, How the global pandemic is affecting the World Environment Day 2020 and how it has affected Earth Day 2020, Earth Day Africa and Climate Advocacy, Citizen Engagement in Environmental Activities, Lessons to Rebuild Better to push for Environmental Activities and Climate Action, Earth Day Africa (progress and impact), Getting involved in Environmental Campaigns, Final thoughts and Key Takeaways, and Episode Summary in French.

The Earth Day 2020 Podcast is a high quality podcast where advocates and experts in climate change, smart cities and renewable energy amongst others have climate discussions. Also, they share their works and actions battling climate change and implementation strategies for climate-smart solutions. Therefore, raising climate change awareness, ultimately, stepping up climate action in the world. It is tagged Climate Action Calling. It takes listeners on a tour basically reporting climate change data, discussing sustainable cities achievement, lifestyle choice changes, climate-smart solution implementation strategies, emerging technologies in battling climate crisis and concludes with key takeaways, climate commitment and call to action.