Dr. Hemen Mark Butu is a Senior Climate Change Fellow at APRI and the Lead Researcher for the project “Climate Adaptation Strategies and Initiatives: Issues and Pathways in Nigeria”. Hemen has experience in leading, planning and delivering projects along the intersection of climate change, development, poverty, resilience, sustainable energy and more. Before joining APRI, he worked with the Climate Technology Centre and Network, the UNDP, the Korea Energy Agency and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Nigeria, South Korea, Togo and Vietnam. He has also won awards from the African Minister Conference on Water, Global Green Growth Institute, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Kyungpook National University and Seoul National University. He holds a PhD in climate change adaptation from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.