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Field notes
Field reflections, lived experiences, and grounded perspectives on climate, community, and environment.
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essays
Analytical pieces exploring climate policy, institutional design, and the challenges of implementation, focusing on what works, what stalls, and why.
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videos
Short video reflections and visual notes exploring my work, ideas, and ongoing questions in climate governance and sustainability.
HI I’m Abimbola Abikoye!
Climate action is shaped by whose knowledge enters the room, how institutions make decisions, and what survives the journey into implementation.
My work follows that journey across climate resilience, ocean and coastal conservation, wildlife governance and community life, paying attention to what is recognised, what gets lost and who lives with the outcome.
Here, I examine the systems, decisions and relationships that determine whether climate ambition moves beyond policy and produces meaningful change.
COMMUNITY
KNOWLEDGE
Centering lived experience and local knowledge in climate and environmental decision-making
INSTITUTIONAL
DESIGN
Examining how policies and institutions are structured, and where design enables or blocks impact
IMPLEMENTATION
PRACTICE
Understanding what happens after policy is written, what works, what stalls, and why
GLOBAL–LOCAL
Governance
Bridging global climate frameworks with local realities, especially in low-income and coastal contexts
Core Practice Pillars
Areas of work
My work sits where environmental protection meets climate resilience, with a focus on coastal communities.
Environmental Programme Design & DeliveryDesigning and delivering environmental and coastal resilience initiatives from concept to implementation: structuring programmes, coordinating partners, managing delivery, and keeping outcomes grounded in what institutions and communities need.Read more
Environmental Policy & GovernanceAdvisory work on how environmental protection works in practice: stakeholder mapping, enforcement system analysis, regulatory review, and coordination across national and multilateral frameworks on pollution, ecosystems, and coastal adaptation.Read more
Research & EvidenceApplied research on environmental governance and coastal vulnerability that generates evidence, informs policy reform, and contributes to peer-reviewed and public discourse.Read more
Strategic Communication & Public SpeakingTranslating complex environmental and climate issues into clear, compelling narratives through public speaking, facilitation, and multi-stakeholder dialogue, bridging technical policy with lived realities.Read more
Community Leadership for Coastal ResilienceCommunity mobilisation rooted in lived experience: supporting youth, women, and frontline coastal communities to lead local solutions that protect their environment and livelihoods.Read more
Work
in Practice
Across business, institutions and communities:
Much of my work has involved bringing the right people, evidence and ideas into the same room. At UNC Kenan-Flagler, I led the Net Impact chapter and its 2025 Careers with Impact Forum. As a National Consultant on Environment with UNODC, I contributed to Nigeria’s wildlife and forest crime assessment. Through Revamp Rave Network, I convened more than 300 participants from six Lagos communities to examine climate vulnerability and ocean governance.
