Tag: technology

In early 2024, flooding devastated large parts of Kenya, inundating large areas of farmland. Could an app help farmers better prepare?

Beyond ChatGPT, deepfakes and self-driving cars, AI is helping scientists and farmers revitalize our planet’s landscapes. Here’s how.

GLF Live with Tlamelo Tamaki Makati, Isaac Rutenberg and Nchimunya Munyama

In this news roundup: EU passes landmark nature restoration law, Google emissions soar due to AI, and extreme heat threatens Paris Olympics.

From electric planes to solar airships, the aerospace industry is flush with ideas to decarbonize aviation. But will they be enough?

Do technology and AI inhibit education – or are they valuable tools to teach climate action? Meet the educators adapting to a new digital reality.

Our pick of this year’s top stories

Landscape regeneration, peace efforts and tech intersect at NYC’s Cooper Hewitt museum, which has included the Regreening Africa app.

Will the virtual-reality ‘worlds’ of the metaverse prove to be a distraction or a driver for climate action?

Google.org’s Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink speaks on new Restor platform developed with the Crowther Lab as a 'Google Maps for nature.'

Ecologist Tom Crowther explains why restoration must be coupled with technology and the biodiversity gap of carbon credits.

How many people care about biodiversity and nature loss? Hundreds of millions, finds new Economist Intelligence Unit biodiversity report.

For Earth Day 2021, a conversation with Digital Earth Africa's Kenneth Mubea on how Earth observation satellite data can transform policy.

A boom in satellite mapping technology is significantly changing our data on landscapes, opening new doors for conservation and restoration.

Four winners receive funding to solve socioeconomic and environmental challenges in Central Asia for Aral Sea landscape restoration.