Namir is a Sustainable Finance consultant, who specialises in ESG investments, stewardship and corporate supplier diversity. He is also the elected UK’s Young Ambassador to the Commonwealth, where he influences Commonwealth policy and represents young people on the international stage. This year, he was selected as Head Delegate for the U.K.’s Youth 20 (Y20) delegation as part of the Future Leaders Network.

He has worked extensively on a number of social issues, primarily mental health. He successfully advocated for a mental health policy to be adopted at the Commonwealth Youth Forum, which was the first of its kind. He also spearheaded the UK Youth Parliament mental health campaign by delivering an impassioned speech at the House of Commons. Subsequently, he was contracted by the Department of Education to facilitate in-depth workshops on the topic.

Namir is also deeply passionate about global affairs; this culminated in his speech at the House of Lords, which highlighted the lack of universal action towards the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

While studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Warwick, he was invited on a two-week initiative to the USA in memoriam of Jo Cox to relay strategies to effectively promote social cohesion within the UK. He also worked as a presenter for Elevate Education to support children from deprived backgrounds with their education.

Jouja is the Director of Impact at Regenerative Creations, an impact investment fund investing in companies that enable a better and more sustainable world. She leads their impact measurement and management strategy, as well as managing external partnerships and business development. She is also a Program Manager at Foundervine, a social enterprise building an inclusive start-up community for diverse and underrepresented founders. Jouja was selected to represent the U.K. as a Climate Delegate at the Youth 7 (Y7) 2021 on behalf of the Future Leaders Network.

Jouja is experienced in working across the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, including with the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the Synergos Institute, and currently volunteers as the Community Partnerships Lead at Migrant Leaders. She is also a Young Europe Ambassador, working with the 27 Ministers of European Affairs to shape discussions on the future of Europe, and actively pushes for a more comprehensive and inclusive European asylum system. She sits on the Sutton Trust’s Alumni Leadership Board, as well as Social Finance’s Racial Equity Advisory Group and The Big Issue’s Climate Advisory Group. She is a Young Founding Member of Impact 100 London, a Founders of the Future Fellow, and a Fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts. Jouja holds a BA in Political Science & Human Rights from Columbia University, an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and is an alumna of SIT’s International Honors Programme.

Ameer holds two postgraduate master’s degrees from the UK and China, respectively. Before his tenure in investment banking, Ameer was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He completed his undergraduate studies at The University of Glasgow in Accountancy and Finance. Following graduation from Glasgow, he worked within the financial sector at PwC within Audit and Assurance, further developing his business acumen. His previous accolades include serving two sabbatical roles as Student Body President and Vice President at Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council. He additionally served as a UN Youth Representative in Bangkok, Thailand.

He has professional experience within corporate governance, which he strives to develop in his future career. Ameer is passionate about financial inclusion and seeks to contribute to the ESG education agenda for young people globally.

He has always been passionate about environmental work, having previously worked with different national and global organisations focusing on environmental and climate relief. Mohammed also has a strong track record of championing youth engagement and ensuring the voice of young people is heard.

This year, he has served as a Climate and Environment Youth Forum member, using his lived experience to impart advice and opinions on policy areas to the UK and International Delegates in the Climate Track. Throughout the Y7 process, he also supported his fellow Youth Forum Members in creating the first ‘Letter to the Delegates’, a policy document that highlighted the priorities of the Youth Forum members, as well as supporting the International delegates in creating their policy recommendation.

His Post-Summit Initiative is centred around Climate Education and is working with several schools in the UK in hosting ‘Climate Awareness’ days.

Mohammed is excited to be attending COP26, representing the Future Leaders Network, and is eager to engage and create relationships with other delegates and NGO’s present at the summit.

Emily is currently working towards her master’s degree in Development Studies at Jesus College, Cambridge, concentrating on issues including sustainable development, the impact of the climate and ecological crisis on development and livelihoods outcomes and solutions for achieving climate resilient futures.

Her interest in international affairs and international development has focused her attention on the links between climate change and other global issues such as diplomacy, conflict and security – themes she has worked on as a young rapporteur for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and in the peace and security working group for the UNEP Major Group for Children and Youth. This year, Emily has become a young advisor on two global advisory panels: the Global Center of Adaptations Youth Advisory Panel to CEO and the steering committee of the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Joint Youth Working Group for Gender, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Climate Change Adaptation.

Through these roles, she is passionate about helping to represent, amplify and mainstream youth voices in environmental decision-making spaces in a way that is meaningful and inclusive.

He has co-founded a start-up focused on funding climate mitigation projects and previous to this ran the UK’s first student-led social finance fund.

He is incredibly excited to take on a role as a delegate for the Future Leaders Network and can’t wait to listen to and learn from other youth activists at COP26. He is looking forward to working with his fellow delegates to create a document that can be used as a framework to improve youth engagement at future climate summits.