Giving Compass' Take:

• Pacific Standard reports on some "nature-based solutions" that could help the world combat climate change such as restoring forests, maintaining wetlands and planting mangroves.

• How can we use this information to create more environmental policies? How can the New Green Deal use studies and research like this?

• Learn about why environmentalists are divided over carbon capture.

Sequestering carbon released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, restoring natural ecosystems creates new habitats, protects against flooding, provides opportunities for food and pollination, and helps generate a trove of material for future medicines. What's more, increasing the acreage of high-quality natural landscapes doesn't require any dramatic change to the electricity grid, or demand that everyone buy an electric car—not to mention nature's remarkable ability to make life generally more pleasant.

A recent study suggests that natural solutions can provide "over one-third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilize warming to below 2 degrees Celsius," reducing the need for riskier options, like geo-engineering or bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.

Read the full article about using nature to fight climate change by Sophie Yeo at Pacific Standard.