Projects

Projects Innovation for Green Industrialisation: An Empirical Assessment of Innovation in Ethiopia’s Cement, Leather and Textile Sectors The empirical studies investigating the nexus between green innovation systems and industrialisation in developing countries are limited. Based on nine semi-structured interviews and a survey of 117 firms, this article assesses sectoral systems…

Projects Governing Green Industrialisation in Africa: Assessing Key Parameters for a Sustainable Socio-Technical Transition in the Context of Ethiopia This article explores the conception and implementation of green industrialisation in Ethiopia, one of the world’s poorest nations, where an ambitious Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy has been created, alongside…

Projects National Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Strategy for the Government of Rwanda Professor Okereke was the founding project director of one of the first and most comprehensive national climate change and low carbon development plan developed by an African state. Chukwumerije designed, initiated and managed the project. He…

Projects Options for Adaptation and Loss and Damage in a 2015 UN Climate Agreement As a consultant for the World Resource Institute (WRI), Professor Okereke was the Principal Investigator in a project that explored options for addressing climate adaptation and loss and damage in UNFCCC Paris agreement as well as…

Projects Low-Carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a Green Future, the Case of Rwanda Funded by the Christian Aid, UK, Professor Okereke led a small team that assessed Rwandan effort to develop and implement a national green growth agenda. The project included an analysis of specific green growth initiatives, options for building…

Projects Climate Impact on Health and Implications for Global Pharmaceutical Industries As Head of Climate and Development Centre at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE) at the University of Oxford, Chukwumerije led a team of scientists that analysed the impact of climate change on health across the…

Projects MECS TRIID LPG Cooking Research Project Led by the Director of Centre for Climate Change and Development, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, the Climate Change and Development Centre, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Nigeria and her partners –Techno Oil Limited and Africare -have won a small grant from the DFID…