Sherri Ombuya
Identifying options and opportunities that enable the scaling of climate finance in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, is what piques my interest every day.
Sherri Ombuya holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Governance from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a B.S. in Environmental Science from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Before joining Perspectives, Sherri was involved in research and capacity-building projects aimed at progressing adaptation action and building resilience in Eastern Africa. In 2018, Sherri was involved in the reshaping efforts of the World Adaptation Science Programme at UNEP, which seeks to ensure evidence-based policies, solutions, and actions for successful adaptation.
At Perspectives, Sherri conducts research and advisory projects on climate adaptation, climate finance, export finance, and loss and damage.
Sherri has been involved in several projects and studies that include identifying adaptation strategies to climate change, monitoring and evaluating adaptation, identifying financial instruments and response tools for loss and damage, climate finance and the alignment of export finance with climate and sustainable development goals. She is fluent in English and Swahili.
Areas of expertise
Climate Policy
Climate Adaptation
Climate Finance
Loss and Damage (L&D)
Selected publications
Updated Pocket Guide to Finance under the UNFCCC · 2025 Finding Common Ground on the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) · 2024 Methodological Needs Assessment for the Tracking of Adaptation Outcomes and Impacts · 2024 Alignment of the United States Export-Import Bank (US EXIM) with the US climate and development policy objectives · 2023 International Climate Finance from a Global Perspective · 2023 L&D Pilot Funding Arrangements - Tools to respond to non-economic loss and damage · 2023
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