The key highlights of this issue include: The role of peoples in environmental governance; Using green financing mechanism to transform nature; Green and digital technologies to reduce food waste; Using butterflies to monitor global temperature; Nature-based solutions for human livelihoods and the future; Ecosystem restoration for people, nature and climate; Impact of sustainable development goals on textile wastewater pollution; 10 acceleration solutions for ending plastic pollution; Synthetic biology and the future of plastic pollution; Using DaRT webinar to build biodiversity MEAs reporting capacity in the Caribbean.