Adama Fatimata Sonia Audrey Bande is based in Burkina-Faso. Her work focuses on ensuring that rural communities have access to energy, particularly from renewable sources. She is an environmental lawyer and represented Burkina-Faso at COPs 21, 23 and 25 as part of the Young African Lawyers program under the African Group of Negotiators. She  began following Loss and Damage at COP 25.