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Joshua Armah is the Founder & Chief Data Scientist of the Wiase Research Institute which advances research through science & engineering with cognitive solutions that address societal & environmental issues. Josh is recognized as a global leader in artificial intelligence with a career spanning over 10 years in information technology with a focus on big data. His research can turn insights into action for companies and organizations.

Josh Gregory is the Founder and CEO of Sugi, a great new platform that enables people to carbon track their investments. Josh founded Sugi after spending a decade working in investment funds, green finance and conservation, and became increasingly frustrated with the lack of clarity surrounding green investing. He created Sugi with the mission of simplifying green investing and making it easy and accessible for everyone to invest in a greener future.

Aubrey Christensen is the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Boyish, an amazing sustainable denim brand based in Los Angeles, California. The fast-fashion industry has historically been very pollutive, but Boyish is showing others it is possible to make denim ethically and sustainably.

On this episode we talk to the founders of Project Canopy, whose mission is to advance evidence-based policymaking (EBPM) for the Congo Basin rainforest by providing environmental actors with the data, analytics, and tools they need to end deforestation, defaunation and associated carbon emissions. Environmental actors need the most accurate, complete, and timely information to design, develop, and implement their policies and programmes in a transparent and equitable way. The NGO aims to promote EBPM for the region by strategically providing the right information in the right way, to the right people at the right time.

We're joined by special guest Alex Katz, The Founder and Chief Carbon Captor at Protector Cellars. Alex has been making wine on California's Central Coast for more than a decade. During this time, he's seen how rapidly climate change is upending his agricultural industry and he felt compelled to do something about it. He saw no reason why a winery couldn't make great wine and address climate change, so he started Protector Cellars, the world's first climate positive winery: certified sustainable grapes, efficient packaging, beyond carbon neutral footprint.

Peter Moll is just 28 years old and both the Founder & CEO of the global youth movement World Leaders of Today, whose main program is Stand Up Shout Out which is based in over 20 countries and 60 cities with tens of thousands of members. World Leaders of Today deals with good governance, poverty reduction, conservation, youth inclusion, youth empowerment and engagement. 

He is also Chairman of Africa Conservation Youth Council, WWF Africa New Deal for Nature and People Youth rep, one of the Africa Youth For Nature leaders, the Vice Chairman of the National Conservation Education Forum, Global March For Elephants and Rhino Youth Rep, and he is also behind the developing of the National Youth Platform for the Kenyan Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife through the National Wildlife Strategy 2030 

While he has multiple recognitions for his impactful work, he recently won the Kenyan National Diversity and Inclusion award for Youth in Leadership in 2019. In addition he has represented Kenya as the youth rep at CITES CoP18, and was recently appointed as the UNITED NATIONS Youth Representative for World Wildlife Day 2020 where he also gave an address at the UN headquarters in New York of March 2020. This month he was also appointed Vice Chair of the Africa Youth for Nature Network based in 23 African Countries. 

In this episode we delve into Peter's deeply held belief that youth in Africa are the continents greatest untapped resource. And how he aims to elevate African Youth to have a genuine seat at the table, from creation, planning, implementation, management as well as benefit sharing in order to secure a sustainable future.