Projects

Specific initiatives, platforms, and programs operating within the landscape

Future Earth global sustainability research
10 New Insights in Climate Science
Global (Sweden Hub)
Active

Annual publication led by Future Earth Sweden Hub synthesising the most critical new findings in climate science. Led by Erik Pihl at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Planetary landscape monitored by AERTH AI
AERTH Planetary AI
Global (Switzerland-affiliated)
Early

AI-driven predictive platform functioning as a dynamic digital twin of Earth. Connects on-ground research with satellite observations. Blockchain-secured data sharing with bounty system for scenario modelling.

Amazon Sacred Headwaters landscape
Biocultural Jaguar Credits
Brazil / Latin America
Active

Indigenous-led conservation credit program in Brazil and Latin America, developed with Fundacion Pachamama and the Sharamentsa Achuar community.

OpenEarth Foundation team
CityCatalyst
Global
Active

Machine learning platform analysing satellite imagery for GHG emissions, empowering lower-resource cities to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Destination Earth digital twin of the planet
DestinE Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin
European Union
Active

Multidecadal climate simulation digital twin built by ECMWF as part of EU Destination Earth initiative. Allows interactive testing of adaptation strategies.

Climate digital twin visualization
DestinE Weather-Induced Extremes Digital Twin
European Union
Active

High-resolution weather forecasting digital twin for floods and droughts, built by ECMWF.

Elysium Clinic salon interior
Elysium Life
Stockholm, Sweden
1 actor Active

Immersive theatre experience in Stockholm disguised as a transcendence clinic. Visitors surrender phones, don robes, and undergo a multi-step experiential journey exploring beauty, transformation, and escapism. Created by a character called Hades. Frames beauty as a right, not a luxury โ€” blending salon aesthetics with mythological narrative.

Future Earth research platform
Exponential Roadmap
Global
Active

Reports translating complex climate data into actionable insights for halving global emissions every decade.

Finnish Citizens' Parliament 2023
Finland
1 actor deployed

Landmark deliberative democratic experiment bringing over 600 randomly selected Finns to deliberate on citizens' initiatives using Deliberative Poll methodology

Genius Platform (VERSES AI)
Global (HQ Vancouver, BC)
Active

AI platform using active inference (Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle) to create context-aware AI systems. Demonstrated cross-platform digital twin interoperability with NASA JPL for lunar rover simulation.

VERSES AI system visualization for spatial computing
IEEE P2874 Spatial Web Standards
Global
Active

Open IEEE standards for the Spatial Web including HSML (Hyperspatial Modeling Language) and HSTP (Hyperspatial Transaction Protocol). Standardized May 2025. Makes physical space programmable.

Kolektivo community members in Curacao
Kolektivo Curacao
Curacao
1 actor Active

Island-scale pilot implementing CuraDAI local stablecoin, tokenised food forests, and ecological UBI. Participants earn CuraDAI by contributing to social and ecological projects like beach cleanups and planting food forests.

Ningaloo Reef underwater ecosystem
Ningaloo Reef Digital Twin
Australia
Active

Digital twin of Ningaloo Reef developed with UWA Oceans Institute and NASA JPL. Flagship demonstration of AERTH platform.

Nordic Deliberation
Pan-Nordic (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway)
4 actors pilot

Pan-Nordic alliance of four democracy organizations aimed at scaling deliberative democracy across the Nordic countries

Nordic Network for Regenerative Agriculture
Pan-Nordic
1 actor deployed

Peer-to-peer learning network among farmers, sheepherders, and agricultural professionals across the Nordic region, advocating for practices that increase soil fertility, carbon sequestration, and active microbiology

OpenClimate dashboard interface
OpenClimate
Global
Active

Nested carbon accounting system with high verifiability to enable actions limiting global warming to 1.5C. Federated data commons incorporating subnational data into global commons.

Planetary Guardians Protocol
Denmark / Uganda / Morocco / Pakistan
Early

Ostrom-based regenerative governance protocol for landscape-scale ecological stewardship. Base unit is 10m2 pixel of land. Constitutional kernel frozen February 2026.

Quadratic Voting (RxC)
Global
Active

Mathematical voting tool where voters allocate voice credits quadratically to issues they care about. Proven in Taiwanese Presidential Hackathon and Colorado state budget allocations.

Natural landscape monitored by Arbimon biodiversity platform
RFCx Arbimon Platform
Global
Active

Web console platform for long-term biodiversity monitoring using CNNs for species identification from acoustic data. Developed with Microsoft AI for Good.

Rainforest canopy with Guardian acoustic monitoring system
RFCx Guardian System
Ecuador, Peru, Cameroon, Panama, Indonesia
Active

Autonomous solar-powered listening devices made from recycled smartphones, installed in rainforest canopies to detect chainsaws, gunshots, and vehicles in real-time for anti-poaching and anti-logging.

Regen Living Paris gathering
Regen Civics Alliance
Global (13 pilot sites)
Active

Alliance piloting 13 place-based regenerative development projects globally (eco-villages, food forests) equipped with Hypha DAO tools for local governance and cooperative business models.

Regen Ledger
Global
Active

Domain-specific public Cosmos blockchain for ecological regeneration. Supports ecological crediting protocols, ecocredit trading, and AI-driven measurement with peer-reviewed Ecological State Protocols.

SEEDS Regenerative Currency
Global
Active

Regenerative currency ecosystem on Telos blockchain. Evolved into Hypha DAO Organization-in-a-Box solutions.

Dark Matter Labs property and nature trust visualization
Self-Owning Nature Trusts
Global
Early

Alternative property configuration enabling nature to buy ownerless land for ecosystem preservation. Part of Dark Matter Labs' Property & Beyond lab.

Smart Covenants
UK / EU
Active

Platform leveraging smart contracts and distributed ledgers to democratise public investment and recapture land value uplift generated by sustainable infrastructure. Developed with EIT Climate-KIC.

Students building with Strawbees in classroom
Strawbees Sustainability Station
Global (Sweden-based)
Active

Educational programme aligning with UN SDGs, challenging students to design wind turbines, hurricane-resistant architecture, and assistive medical devices using physical prototyping tools.

Swedish Citizens' Assembly on Climate
Sweden
1 actor deployed

Historic national climate assembly (Medborgarrad om klimatet) convened spring 2024 to generate policy proposals on reducing national greenhouse gas emissions through nine hybrid meetings

Top 50 Farmers (T50F)
Nordic / European
1 actor deployed

Platform placing regenerative farmers at center of food value chain, connecting them with investors, markets, and peer-mentoring networks through storytelling to shift cultural perceptions around food production

handlingar.se
Sweden
1 actor deployed

Open-source Freedom of Information platform that automates and publishes requests for public documents from Swedish authorities