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Podcasts | October 22, 2021
Impact Briefing: SOCAP Week
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to pick out highlights from SOCAP21 and from Monique’s …
Catalytic Capital | October 20, 2021
MacArthur’s Debra Schwartz on catalytic capital, cost curves and contributing to solutions (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 20 – The readers have spoken. When ImpactAlpha asked subscribers last year to rank the topics where they wanted to see more …
Vanessa Roanhorse
The Reconstruction | October 18, 2021
The Reconstruction: The Indigenous wisdom of lending based on character, not collateral (podcast)
ImpactAlpha October 18 – Current systems of credit are not working. Indigenous wisdom points to more promising approaches: deep local engagement and character-based …
Podcasts | October 15, 2021
Impact Briefing: The U.K.’s surprisingly ambitious climate plans, with the roundtable regulars
On this week’s podcast, roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to discuss the U.K.’s surprisingly ambitious climate plans …
Sherrell Dorsey of The Plug | Photo credit: Mecca Gamble Photography
Podcasts | October 8, 2021
Impact Briefing: Covering Black tech ecosystems, with The Plug’s Sherrell Dorsey (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 8 – On this week’s podcast, The Plug’s Sherrell Dorsey joins host Monique Aiken to talk Black tech ecosystems, the origins of …
Nwamaka Agbo, Kataly Foundation | Photo by Bethanie Hines
The Reconstruction | October 4, 2021
Restorative economics: Creating community benefits by shifting who owns and controls assets (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 4 – Black, Indigenous and other communities of color are often told that economic development projects will bring jobs and services to …
Podcasts | October 1, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of October 1
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh is joined by John Cochrane from the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance to …
Podcasts | September 24, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 24
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 24 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken is joined by FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau to talk about Climate Week, climate action …
Full Cycle's Stephan Nicoleau
The Reconstruction | September 20, 2021
The Reconstruction: Redressing the past with climate-smart infrastructure for a just transition (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, Sept 20 – Infrastructure is highways and bridges. And hospitals and airports; broadband, clean water, plumbing and electricity. And it all needs …
Podcasts | September 17, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 17
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – Roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith return this week to join host Brian Walsh for a conversation about Imogen’s …
Podcasts | September 10, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 10
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank preview next week’s Agents of Impact call and sample …
Podcasts | September 3, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of September 3
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 3 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price and Amy Cortese to talk ‘beta stewardship’ and …
Hurricane Ida | Photo credit: NBC News
The Reconstruction | August 30, 2021
Recovery from Hurricane Ida starts with equitable treatment for the ‘resilience force’ of essential workers (podcast)
ImpactAlpha Aug. 30 – With hurricane winds still blowing and rain falling, essential workers already are stepping up to bring back services and …
Podcasts | August 27, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of August 27
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – On this week’s podcast, guest host David Bank talks with Roodgally Senatus about the earthquake relief efforts and growing …
DeAnna Hoskins, Just Leadership
The Reconstruction | August 23, 2021
The Reconstruction: Leadership for criminal justice reform from those most affected by mass incarceration (podcast)
ImpactAlpha August 23 – The overhauling of U.S. systems of mass incarceration to advance justice in criminal justice requires the leadership of people …
Podcasts | August 20, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of August 20
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 20 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh engages roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to talk about ESG, whistleblowers …
Climate Finance | August 17, 2021
Forget crypto: Here’s how to play the rising price of carbon (podcast)
ImpactAlpha, August 17, 2021 – Rising demand. Shrinking supply. Higher prices. Carbon markets in Europe, California and elsewhere are finally starting to work …
Podcasts | August 13, 2021
Impact Briefing: August 13
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 13 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken connects with BlocPower’s Donnel Baird about infrastructure opportunities and climate emergencies. We also …
Baltimore, Maryland | Jon Bilous
The Reconstruction | August 9, 2021
The Reconstruction: An equitable path forward to redress racial injustice in real estate
ImpactAlpha August 9 – Black Americans make up nearly half of the people living in affordable homes financed by the federal government. But …
Podcasts | July 30, 2021
Impact Briefing: July 30
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken checks in with David Bank, who has been in South Carolina’s Lowcountry exploring the history of …
The Reconstruction | July 26, 2021
The Reconstruction: How philanthropy unbound can put humanity back into investing in all its forms
ImpactAlpha July 26 – Renée Joslyn wants to restore philanthropy to the roots of the word: love of humanity. Joslyn, the founder of …
Podcasts | July 23, 2021
Impact Briefing, Week of July 23
ImpactAlpha, July 23 – On this week’s podcast, Brian Walsh hosts roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to discuss Imogen’s latest column, How …
Podcasts | July 16, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of July 16
ImpactAlpha, July 16 – On this week’s podcast, Monique Aiken and Dennis Price check in with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson about bias in asset …
John Duong, Kind Capital
The Reconstruction | July 12, 2021
The Reconstruction: Practicing kindness to disrupt venture capital and deepen diversity
ImpactAlpha July 12 – Can venture capital be kind? This simple question is at the heart of the impact investing firm Kind Capital …
Podcasts | July 9, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of July 9
ImpactAlpha, July 9 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk fusion, the transformational …
Gangstas to Growers in Atlanta | Photo credit: Gangstas to Growers/Facebook
The Reconstruction | June 28, 2021
The Reconstruction: Building community power and agency to redress racial wealth gaps in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, June 28 – Atlanta has been the de facto headquarters of the civil rights movement since the 1950s and ‘60s. A 1971 …
Podcasts | June 25, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 25
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to reimagine capitalism. We also hear from Rev. Dr. …
Podcasts | June 18, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 18
ImpactAlpha, June 18 – Lisa Mensah of Opportunity Finance Network joins host Monique Aiken to reflect on Juneteenth, community lending and today’s opportunity for …
Tommy Johnson and Fennie Wang of Made with Black Culture
The Reconstruction | June 14, 2021
The Reconstruction: Certifying products made with Black culture to build an ethical marketplace – on blockchain
ImpactAlpha June 14 – Made with Black Culture is developing a certification process to authenticate products of Black culture. Through a blockchain-based cryptographic …
Podcasts | June 11, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 11
Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank are back on this week’s podcast with host Brian Walsh to reimagine capitalism, detail the pension …
Capitalism Reimagined | June 8, 2021
Omidyar Network’s Chris Jurgens on mobilizing policies and power for an economy that works for all
ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Entrepreneurship is up, stakeholders are in and the President of the United States is vowing to “change the paradigm.” The …
Podcasts | June 4, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of June 4
Host Monique Aiken looks back and looks forward, with highlights of her conversations with Tiffany Crutcher and Greg Robinson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Anne Price of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland, Calif.
Anne Price of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development | Photo credit: Insight Center
The Reconstruction | June 1, 2021
The Reconstruction: Anne Price on centering Blackness in the economic liberation of all Americans
ImpactAlpha, June 1 – The recovery from both the COVID pandemic and the long legacy of racism in the U.S. presents an opportunity for …
Podcasts | May 28, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 28
ImpactAlpha, May 28 – On this week’s podcast, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank and Amy Cortese join host Brian Walsh to unpack the stunning news at …
Screenshot of rare color footage of Tulsa's thriving Greenwood District | Image credit: The Smithsonian
The Reconstruction | May 26, 2021
The Reconstruction: How the legacy of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre is shaping a more just future
ImpactAlpha, May 26 – Nearly 100 years ago, on May 31, 1921, Oklahoma’s Tulsa Tribune released a falsified news story describing an accusation by …
Podcasts | May 21, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 21
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about financing The Reconstruction.
Patience Marime-Ball of Women of the World Endowment
The Reconstruction | May 17, 2021
The Reconstruction: Patience Marime-Ball on driving change by changing who controls capital
ImpactAlpha, May 17 — Women are not waiting to be saved. Women are doing the saving. That’s the mantra of Patience Marime-Ball, who …
Podcasts | May 14, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 14
ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk about pulling the levers of risks and returns in new financial structures for unlocking capital in emerging markets.
Corporate Impact | May 11, 2021
Transparency is elusive as investors assess governance risks in China
ImpactAlpha, May 11 – There are by now dozens of ways to measure corporate exposure to climate risks, but few good methods to assess …
Podcasts | May 7, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of May 7th
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about generational inheritance, politics, history and leadership.
Kelli Saulny of Camelback Ventures
The Reconstruction | May 3, 2021
The Reconstruction: Accelerating Black entrepreneurship to build wealth across generations
ImpactAlpha, May 3, 2021 – Inheritance is not only about the wealth we pass down from grandparents to parents to children. It is …
Podcasts | April 30, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 30th
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 30 – On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh welcomes back Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to discuss truth in advertising around …
Podcasts | April 23, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 23
Host Monique Aiken checks in with Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Rey Ramsey and The Case Made’s Tiffany Manuel
Rey Ramsey of The Nathan Cummings Foundation | Photo credit: The Org
The Reconstruction | April 19, 2021
The Reconstruction: Rey Ramsey on deploying 100% of foundation assets toward positive impact and racial equity
ImpactAlpha, April 19 — The case for breaking down philanthropy’s historical divide between the investment side of the house and a foundation’s mission …
Podcasts | April 16, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 16
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 16 – In this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh takes stock of two of the premier showcases for student talent in impact …
Institutional Shift | April 13, 2021
Institutional Shift: Charting the flow of capital through dairy waste, SPACs and the end of externalities
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 13 – Institutional investors took awhile “to get comfortable with the fact that we were going to process manure and urine and …
Tiffany Manuel of TheCaseMade | Photo: Tiffany Manuel
The Reconstruction | April 12, 2021
The Reconstruction: Seeing the world of our children’s children to help make the case for justice
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – Tiffany Manuel’s handbooks for social change warn about messaging “backfires.” These days, she’s wielding such tools to overcome backlash. …
Podcasts | April 9, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 9th
Host Monique Aiken speaks with B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy about why impact-driven businesses and investors are stepping up their policy advocacy.
Podcasts | April 2, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of April 2nd
Host Brian Walsh dissects former BlackRock exec Tariq Fancy’s recent takedown of ESG investing with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank.
Daryn Dodson, Illumen Capital
The Reconstruction | March 29, 2021
The Reconstruction: Overcoming racial bias to optimize asset management for returns – and impact
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 29 – Money managers at the world’s sovereign wealth and pension funds and university and foundation endowments seek to optimize portfolios to …
Podcasts | March 26, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of March 26th
Jessica Pothering joins host Monique Aiken to discuss how African entrepreneurs are stepping up with tech solutions to the continent’s challenges.
Podcasts | March 19, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of March 19th
Host Brian Walsh talks with Amy Cortese about regulation crowdfunding’s big week, and we hear from Republic’s Ken Nguyen and Wefunder’s Jonny Price.
Podcasts | March 12, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of March 12th
Host Monique Aiken, Erika Seth-Davies of The Racial Equity Asset Lab and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank join to talk about the American Rescue Plan and… a bottom-up reconstruction.
Rodney Foxworth of Common Future
The Reconstruction | March 8, 2021
The Reconstruction: Rodney Foxworth on reparative investing for shared power in a common future
Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Common Future, gets personal in conversation with host Monique Aiken in the latest episode in The Reconstruction, …
Podcasts | March 5, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of March 5th
Host Brian Walsh discusses the big private equity funds looking to make a splash in impact with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank.
Frontline Solutions’ Marion Johnson and Jessica Barron
The Reconstruction | March 1, 2021
The Reconstruction: The mobilization of Black women and other voters of color is uplifting us all
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 1 – There was an important history lesson embedded in the confirmation hearings of Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland, who is expected to …
Podcasts | February 26, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of February 26
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken chats with ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus about Bitwise Industries’ big raise and BlocPower’s Donnel Baird, this week’s …
Surdna Foundation's Don Chen | Photo credit: Surdna Foundation
Catalytic Capital | February 25, 2021
Surdna Foundation’s Don Chen on mobilizing resources and redefining risk
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 25 – Philanthropic foundations tend to be cautious and slow-moving beasts. One signal of the urgency of the current moment: the billion-dollar …
Podcasts | February 19, 2021
Impact Brief: Week of February 19
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Amy Cortese to talk about the growing corporate demand for soil carbon.
Podcasts | February 12, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of February 12
Host Monique Aiken checks in with Suzanne Biegel in London to debrief this week’s GenderSmart Investing Summit.
(left to right) Erika Seth Davies, Tracy Gray, Rachel Robasciotti, Brent Kessel
The Reconstruction | February 10, 2021
The Reconstruction: How unlikely partners came together to fight racial bias in asset allocation
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 10 – The broad problem of systemic bias in the asset management industry became very specific when fund manager Rachel Robasciotti pitched …
Podcasts | February 5, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of February 5
On this week’s show, host Brian Walsh engages NYU Stern School’s Tensie Whelan about corporate board leadership – or the lack of it …
The Reconstruction | February 3, 2021
The Reconstruction: Carmen Rojas on practicing truth in the service of freedom
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 3 – As founder of The Workers Lab, Dr. Carmen Rojas led a nonprofit incubator and investor with the tagline “building power …
Artwork from “The Moment Was Now,” a play by Gene Bruskin
The Reconstruction | February 2, 2021
The Reconstruction: That moment when everything was possible… is now
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 2 – A contested election. A political deal. An historic sellout. Screech… halt… stop. The presidential election just finished had a decidedly …
1863 Ventures' Melissa Bradley | Photo: Washington Business Journal
The Reconstruction | February 1, 2021
The Reconstruction: Learning from history to create opportunities for equitable wealth-building now
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 1 – Talk about a signal. The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 kicked off the period of systemic reform, multi-racial progress and shared …
The Reconstruction | February 1, 2021
Welcome to The Reconstruction
ImpactAlpha, Feb 1 – The Reconstruction series will engage investors, entrepreneurs, activists and academics in the U.S. and around the world, as Aiken puts …
Podcasts | January 29, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of January 29
Host Monique Aiken and David Bank introduce The Reconstruction, the series of racial justice podcasts and posts launching next week on ImpactAlpha.
Podcasts | January 22, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of January 22
On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh breaks down creative-economy opportunities with Upstart Co-Lab’s Laura Callanan. We also listen, again, to some of …
Podcasts | January 15, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of January 15
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken engaged Frontline Solutions’ Jessica Barron and Marion Johnson on the political power of women of color. …
Podcasts | January 13, 2021
Generate’s Jigar Shah: What’s next for sustainable infrastructure? Deployment, deployment deployment
ImpactAlpha, Jan 13 – First came solar and wind energy. Then batteries and storage. Now, a raft of better, cheaper and more sustainable …
Podcasts | January 8, 2021
Impact Briefing: Week of Jan. 8th
On this week’s podcast, David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to chart the year ahead in impact investing. We also get a sneak …
Podcasts | December 18, 2020
Institutional Shift: The Great Burp Forward and other trends to watch in 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 18, 2020 – As it’s fit and proper to take stock of last year’s predictions before venturing new ones, we looked back …
Podcasts | December 18, 2020
Impact Briefing: Week of December 18th
Host Brian Walsh talks with David Bank about the year’s themes.
Podcasts | December 17, 2020
Wildfires bring to the fore financing for forest resilience
Wildfires are natural. Catastrophic firestorms are not. More than 4 million acres of California burned this year, a record that included the first …
Podcasts | December 11, 2020
Impact Briefing: Week of December 11th
Host Monique Aiken chats with David Bank about science, and scientists – this week’s Agents of Impact.
Podcasts | December 4, 2020
Impact Briefing: Week of December 4th
Host Brian Walsh speaks with Dennis Price about ‘refugee lens’ investing – and other impact investment prototypes.
Podcasts | November 20, 2020
Impact Briefing: Week of November 20th
Host Monique Aiken recaps this week’s Agents of Impact Call on gender-smart investing and we go to South Africa to follow up with Secha Capital’s Kuhle Mnisi and Wukina’s Maureen Sibanda, this week’s Agents of Impact.
Podcasts | November 13, 2020
Impact Briefing: Week of November 13th
Host Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank explore what the presidential transition in the U.S. means for impact investing.
Podcasts | October 21, 2020
High-tech greenhouses attract institutional investors to food security and climate adaptation
Concerns about the resiliency of the food supply chain went from conceptual to concrete when the COVID crisis shut down railroads and stranded …
Podcasts | September 21, 2020
Shutdown accelerates shift to digitized, decentralized, decarbonized electricity
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 21 – When the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the world economy this spring, Emmanuel Lagarrigue worried the momentum toward a …
Gardner-Denver's employees in 2017 when the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange.
Podcasts | August 12, 2020
This private-equity giant has distributed more than $500 million – to hourly employees
Sharing wealth with hourly employees has not been a major part of the private-equity playbook, which has more often called for layoffs, plant …
Features | July 16, 2020
Catalytic Capital: Diane Isenberg lays down a “1/10th Challenge” for wealthy families
ImpactAlpha, July 16,2020 –– If you’re rich, and you get your capital back with perhaps a little extra for inflation and expenses, you’ll …
Catalytic Capital | July 13, 2020
CDC’s Nick O’Donohoe on risk, liquidity and catalytic capital in emerging markets
When the coronavirus busted out as a global crisis in March, private equity funds, banks and other commercial investors largely pulled out of …
Podcasts | June 15, 2020
Leapfrog’s Andy Kuper on impact, exits and scaling growth in emerging markets through the COVID crisis
LeapFrog Investments goes into this recession with capital on hand, the fortuitous result of having raised more than $700 million for its third …
Gender Smart | June 10, 2020
How gender power imbalances put the COVID recovery at risk
Power is the thread that connects the surge in gender-based violence during the COVID crisis with violence against people of color, including by …
Features | May 11, 2020
Visa Foundation’s Graham Macmillan doubles down on small and micro businesses – run by women
ImpactAlpha, May 9 – A parade of philanthropic foundations will report this week on their journeys toward aligning their assets with their missions, as …
Features | May 5, 2020
Career impact bonds transfer risk to investors as the future of work arrives
The future of work is here. With unemployment soaring and many jobs never coming back, long-forecast shifts in employment patterns that might have …
Call Recording | April 30, 2020
Impact management is hot: Recapping Call No. 15
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 30 – The first annual assessments of impact investors are coming in under the International Finance Corporation’s Operating Principles for Impact …
Podcasts | April 29, 2020
A disruption big enough to drive private capital for public good – or not
The COVID crisis has seen an outpouring of public capital for public good. And trillions of dollars in ‘stimulus,’ ‘bailouts,’ ‘liquidity’ and ‘easing’ …
Podcasts | April 2, 2020
Amit Bouri: Impact investors are stepping up to the challenges of COVID – and capitalism
The coronavirus crisis has laid bare issues of inequality that private investors – not just governments – must urgently address. In a podcast …
Beats | February 6, 2020
Institutional Shift: Calling the inflection point, and other trends to watch in 2020
The keyword of the year in climate action: scale. Pension funds and other large asset owners are putting pressure on their asset and …
Beats | January 30, 2020
‘ESG investing’ crosses the chasm from early adopter to early majority. So what?
In the now-classic model of technology adoption, the most difficult step is expanding from aspirational visionaries to hard nosed pragmatists. Innovations that “cross …
Beats | January 21, 2020
Blue Like an Orange offers a report card for the Sustainable Development Goals
Back in the halcyon days of 2015, nearly every country in the world signed on to a set of 17 audacious goals for …
Podcasts | December 20, 2019
Decapitalizing the fossil fuel industry
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 21 – The failure of the COP25 global climate conference in Madrid left climate-finance practitioners seeking a path forward in the absence …
Podcasts | December 3, 2019
Cornerstone Capital seeks to prove active managers can deliver impact in public equities
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – With the portfolios of most investors, individual and institutional, heavily weighted toward public equities, investment advisors have struggled to find …
Podcasts | November 27, 2019
Will impact investing be swimming naked when the tide goes out?
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 27 – Even as Wall Street traders get ready to pop the Champagne corks on another year of record results, there are …
Podcasts | November 19, 2019
Sir Ronald Cohen: ‘We are overthrowing the dictatorship of profit’
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 19, 2019 –– The global gathering of impact investors that pulled out of Santiago, Chile, because of street protests and curfews …
Beats | November 14, 2019
Institutional Shift: Corporate operations are the front lines of sustainability
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 14 –From Moline, Illinois, John Deere & Co. directs operations in 180 countries and nearly $40 billion a year in revenues. To …
Photo by Callum Shaw on Unsplash
Podcasts | November 5, 2019
Private Equity Watch: Fossil fuel investments undercut impact claims
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 5, 2019 –– Now that big private equity players are spinning up impact funds left and right, the impact of the …
2030 Finance | September 23, 2019
Mispriced climate risks signal investment shocks – and opportunities for action
The bigger the protests, the better for investors. In a counter-intuitive shift, the estimated four million global youth climate strikers who took to …