A new wave of startups is turning everything from almond shells to sewage sludge into permanent carbon dioxide removal, using a process known as biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS).

Johannesburg's famous jacaranda trees may be beautiful, but they're also a threat to the city's water supplies and native plants. 

Three years ago, Bogotá's air pollution levels were three times the recommended limit. Bike lanes, green space and better monitoring are turning things around. 

Ghana has lost more than 13% of its tree cover to illegal cocoa farming alone. But some farmers are finding a better way — planting trees alongside cocoa to restore the land, enhance crop yields and grow their incomes.

Native children have higher rates of asthma, face longer routes to school and are more likely to ride the school bus than other students. Electric school buses are increasingly easing their journeys.  

While energy transitions are often imagined as complicated political processes that require long-term planning, international climate finance or industrial policy, Pakistan proves a different story is possible.

The Lomakatasi Restoration Project restores forest health to fight wildfires in the American West. In turn, it's providing jobs to disadvantaged communities. 

From South Africa to Cleveland to Brazil, communities are increasingly taking action to improve housing, reduce heat and stop floods. 

Colombia's "Energy Communities" program brings clean power to off-grid regions, offering lessons to other countries working to close energy access gaps.

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda, locals are proving that restoring trees is essential for restoring fish.