Author Hamzat Lawal

As part of Nigeria's 15 years democracy day celebration, the President organized what looked like an interactive session with 1000 Youth Leaders across the country tagged 'President Jonathan's Day With...

I had a chat with Emmanuel Dlamini, Chair of the Africa Group on upholding commitments of the UNFCCC convention, Africa position on Loss & Damages and much more........ Click to listen to my full...

Dear Mr. President, My name is Hamzat Lawal, a proud Nigerian citizen, passionate about the environment and transformative change. I am writing you today as a concerned youth whose future and that of...

I had a chat with Salisu M. Dahiru, Coordinator and lead negotiator on REDD+ under the Federal Ministry of Environment on his roles in the ongoing climate talks. REDD+, which is UN-speak for the...

I joined Kimberley Blessing Ijeoma on 95.1 Naija Info FM, a station that has 2.5 million listeners, to give an update on Nigeria’s role in the UN climate negotiations happening in Warsaw, Poland. We...

Four days into the climate negotiations, the African team comprising key continental negotiators and civil society organizations has hinted at the possibility of staging a walkout as the ongoing talk looks...

At the Warsaw stadium, where the ongoing climate talks are being held, delegates, activists, NGOs, and young people are keeping their fingers crossed with high expectations in coming days, leading to the 2015...

‘If you are not on the table, you would be on the menu’- Australian NGOs   Africa’s most populous black nation, big producer of fossil fuels, major contributor to gas flaring, my father...

Over the last Four years, I've poured my energy into helping design and enact Africa's first national climate change legislation for my country, Nigeria. While this enormously important task isn't yet...