There are wars fought with bullets, and there are wars fought with words. Climate change belongs to the latter. In this war, every adjective inserted into a treaty, every comma retained in a negotiating text, every legal interpretation adopted by consensus can determine whether vulnerable communities are saved or left at the mercy of rampaging extreme weather events. It can indeed decide whether billions of dollars flow to poor countries or remain trapped in the vaults of wealthy nations. Here, language is power, and law is diplomacy.
That is why the quiet gathering of Nigerian lawyers this week in Abuja may prove to be far more consequential than its modest public profile suggests. Organised by the International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development, in partnership with the African Climate Foundation and the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the five-day capacity-building programme seeks to prepare Nigerian legal practitioners for two
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