Moliehi Mafantiri is a Junior Researcher: Climate Finance at the IEJ, where she works on mobilising and regulating finance for a just transition. An environmental scientist by training, her work spans climate finance, climate diplomacy, movement building and gender justice, with a focus on private finance regulation, domestic resource mobilisation, central bank reform and blended finance.

She holds an Honours degree in Geography and Environmental Management from the University of the Free State and is a registered Candidate Environmental Assessment Practitioner. Moliehi is also a trained climate policy negotiator and serves as a Party delegate for Lesotho in UNFCCC negotiations. She co-chairs the board of the Southern African Climate Action Network and contributes to youth climate and just transition initiatives across Africa.