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By restructuring loyalty programs, Ark2030 converts idle points into funds for large-scale landscape restoration. Harry McGregor, Flickr

Points taken: New Ark2030 app mitigates climate change through rewards programs

Smartphone app Ark2030 converts loyalty points from top global brands into dollars for landscape restoration.

 
Omulyakhskaya and Khromskaya Bays along the northern Siberian coast, dotted by thermokarst lakes. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Flickr

Thermokarsts: The emissions-releasing landscapes absent from most climate models

Across the Arctic Circle, the permafrost phenomena known as thermokarsts indicate the exposure of massive carbon sinks yet are hardly taken into account.

 
Women in a cooperative in Yoko, Cameroon support one another in improving crop yields to sell in local markets. UN Women

Five ways gender equity can help save the planet

From seed-planting to peace-building, achieving gender equity is proving increasingly necessary to a sustainable planetary future.

 
The Zambezi Delta in Mozambique, where the Green Climate Fund is supporting projects on food-security for women and ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.

A decade old, the world’s largest climate fund receives its first pulse-check

Independent evaluation head Jyotsna Puri casts her critical eye on the strengths and weaknesses of the Green Climate Fund, the world's largest climate fund.

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
The strategy for the upcoming U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration defines ecosystem restoration as "a wide continuum of practices and targeted

Help shape the strategy for the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

A short digest of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration's blueprint, and how to provide your feedback on the strategy in place.

 
IKEA textiles made entirely of recycled polyester. Courtesy of IKEA

What it means to be climate positive, according to IKEA

Head of climate for IKEA explains the multinational's lastest sustainability numbers and how its supply chain will capture more carbon than it emits.

 
Environmentalist, educator and environmental activist Fachruddin Mangunjaya in his office in Jakarta. Courtesy of Fachruddin Mangunjaya

“Eco-pesantren” movement takes Islamic perspective on nature conservation

Indonesian conservationist Fachruddin Mangunjaya's fusion of faith, education and nature conservation is changing Southeast Asian landscapes.

 
A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family's animals. Stevie Mann, ILRI

An awakening for the world’s rangelands

Pastoralists and their ancestral lands are showing their environmental, cultural and economic value for the global future.

 
New insights on the tropical rainforests of Vanuatu are being made by scientists combining archaeological research methods, such as examining phytoliths, with modern forestry. Claire Cousergue, Flickr

What ancient teeth can reveal about the past lives of forests

Archaeological findings on prehistoric human teeth, and the phytoliths therein, prove under-examined lens into prehistoric land use.

 
A new report has found that feeds used in fish farming have negative impacts on livelihoods, oceanic fish stocks and climate change. Joseph Wu, Flickr

Why sustainable fish farming might be an impossible dream

The inconvenient truth about some fish farming is that fishmeal and fish oil industries are depleting ocean stocks to produce fish feed.

 
Fruit, vegetable and meat consumption were used to determine quality of household diet in a recent study that looked at how forests can help fight hidden hunger. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

In the tropics, forests can help fight hidden hunger

A lack of micronutrients in diets is an issue known as “hidden hunger." Forests can help this, but only if carefully integrated with local realities.

 
A new report says that only 8.6 of the global economy is circular. Caffeinatrix, Flickr

Global resource consumption has topped 100 billion tons per year

A transition to a circular economy is necessary, but how is this achieved? A new report examines the roles and responsibilities of different countries.

 

What are we learning from the Australian fires?

In examining the Australian fires, experts share on how Indigenous knowledge, relocation and government aid should be incorporated into fire aid globally.

 

Nicolas Mackel on the existential nature of sustainable finance

Nicolas Mackel, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, on how to harmonize European and Chinese financial systems and the role of finance in global warming.

 
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