KADUNA FIRE Summit

Zaria, Nigeria

Hosted by Solomon Ekundayo

27th, July 2024

Location: Centre Of Excellence, Business School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Times:

Format: In-person

Cost: Free!

Participation in Planeteer Alliance Element Summits is limited to registered Planeteers ONLY.

Planeteers must be under 25 years of age and complete the application form and waiver.

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KADUNA FIRE Summit is a one-of-a-kind gathering focused on addressing the adoption of renewable energy for homes, electricity, clean cooking, and transportation through climate education and innovative solutions.

Summit Hosts & Location

KADUNA FIRE Summit 2024

In the northern part of Nigeria, most community members depend on cutting down trees (firewood) as heat source for cooking. As food is essential for life and the process is cooking, the community indulge in indoor burning of wood. This not only causes deforestation, but releases emissions into the atmosphere contributing to greenhouse gases, affecting the health and well-being of the people. Additionally, the lack of stable electricity has led to the dependence of electricity source device like generator powered by fossil fuel products. This reseases greenhouse gas emmisions, and in return contruibutes to global warming. This summit will focus on accelerating the adoption of renewable energy sources for homes, electricity, clean cooking, and transportation.

Primary Host: Solomon Ekundayo

Captain Planet Foundation

About the FIRE Summit

The FIRE Element focuses on rapidly transitioning to renewable energy sources, clean transportation, and accelerating ways to draw down fossil fuel dependence. Targeting the source of these emissions — namely fossil fuels — and doing so equitably, is the goal of the FIRE element. This FIRE Summit is convening Planeteers in communities around the world to develop campaigns to accelerate our transition away from fossil fuels.

About Planeteer Alliance

Planeteer Alliance is a program of the Captain Planet Foundation, a US-based NGO with the mission of engaging and empowering young people to be problem solvers for the planet.