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Webinar ‘Quantifying the Invisible: Centering Grassroots Women Green Entrepreneurs in Climate Finance and Policy’

August 10 @ 15:00 – 16:15 CEST

Exploring new evidence to strengthen recognition, financing, and policy support for grassroots women driving green transitions

Grassroots women green entrepreneurs play a critical yet often under-recognized role in advancing climate resilience, supporting sustainable livelihoods, and driving local green economies. This webinar brings together policymakers, financial institutions, practitioners, and grassroots support organizations to examine how stronger evidence can enhance recognition, inform policy, and expand access to climate finance.

Participants will gain insight into an innovative approach for capturing and quantifying these often-overlooked contributions and explore the implications for more inclusive climate finance, policy design, and support systems. The discussion will highlight how improved evidence can help make grassroots women’s economic and environmental contributions more visible, valued, and actionable within climate and development agendas.

The Greenovations 2 Webinar Series

This webinar series is presented by the Greenovations project, implemented by the United Nations University and consortium of partners, to share key findings and insights with key actors to foster cross-regional dialogue and collaboration.

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Speakers

Sharon Chiahemen
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) Nigeria

Sharon Chiahemen is a climate and social development professional with nearly a decade of experience advancing youth engagement, climate education, and inclusive development across Africa. Her work sits at the intersection of climate action, disability inclusion, gender equality, and community-led development, with a strong focus on translating global priorities into practical local action.

Sharon has contributed to climate initiatives supported by international partners, including the Embassies of Sweden, the United States, Brazil, and France, and has mentored and supported over 600 young climate leaders from Indonesia, USA, UAE, New Zealand, Australia & 30 African countries, through regional and global fellowship programmes like the Young EcoStars program (YES-P), the Climate Education Leaders Fellowship (CELF), The Climate Catalysts Rewilding Minds Fellowship.

Over the past three years, she has served as a resource person and ambassador with the Women Environmental Programme (WEP), facilitating trainings, supporting climate and inclusion programmes, and representing the organisation at national and international engagements.

Through her work, Sharon champions meaningful youth participation and inclusive approaches that strengthen community resilience and accelerate locally led climate solutions.

Victoria Duncan
Head of Research
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Victoria Duncan is Head of Research at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, where she leads research, evidence generation and impact measurement to support inclusive labour market solutions for young people. Her work focuses on labour market dynamics, socio-economic inclusion, gender, income generation, and pathways into employment and self-employment. She has led numerous labour market studies and supported systems change initiatives, specifically within South Africa’s early childhood development sector under the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative. In 2025, Victoria served as Co-Chair of the Care Economy Task Team within South Africa’s Women20 (W20) delegation during the country’s G20 Presidency. She holds a master’s degree in economics from Stellenbosch University.

George Wamukoya
Team Leader
African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES)

Dr. George Wamukoya, OGW, is a distinguished policy expert with over 30 years of experience in environment and natural resources, climate change policies, and international climate change diplomacy. One of his notable achievements was his involvement as one of the 11 experts who facilitated negotiations and final adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015.

He has been actively involved in capacity building programs, including the training of judges and magistrates on the implementation of environmental law.

Dr. Wamukoya currently serves as the Team Leader of the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES), a think tank providing technical support to African governments and the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) in climate change policy formulation and decision-making. He is also the Program Director of the Climate Governance, Diplomacy, and Negotiations Leadership Program, which trains Africa’s future climate leaders.

Aliyu Buhari Ali
CEO
Quantum Microfinance Bank

Aliyu Buhari Ali is a distinguished Islamic finance and development finance professional with over two decades of experience spanning non-interest banking, takaful, microfinance, and financial inclusion. As the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Microfinance Bank Ltd, he leads one of Nigeria’s pioneering digital-first non-interest microfinance institutions, championing innovative, technology-driven and Shari’ah-compliant financial solutions that broaden access to ethical finance for underserved individuals, entrepreneurs, and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

He holds a Master’s degree in Islamic Banking and Finance from Bayero University, Kano, and is a Certified Islamic Specialist in Takaful (CIST). He is also a Fellow of the Institute for Islamic Finance Professionals of Nigeria (IIFP) and a member of both the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). Renowned for his expertise in Islamic finance and financial inclusion, he has consistently contributed to the advancement of sustainable and socially responsible financial services in Nigeria through senior leadership roles held at Jaiz Takaful Insurance, Jaiz Bank Plc and Sterling Financial Holding Company.