Dr. Fathiaya Zakari
Advocacy and Engagement Officer; COP29 African Youth Negotiator
Dr. Fathiaya Zakari is a leading Ghanaian youth advocate, climate change negotiator, and the Advocacy and Engagement Officer at YEFL-Ghana. She serves as the Co-chair for the EUYouth Sounding Board in Ghana and is an alumnus of the prestigious African Youth Negotiators Fellowship run by the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO). Notably, Fathiaya represented African youth interests on the global stage as an official negotiator at COP29 in Baku, tracking National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Just Transitions. Based in Tamale, Northern Ghana, her work directly tackles the geographic and resource diversity gaps in climate spaces, bringing grassroots realities directly into international text proposals.
