Climate Change-Solutions - Revision history

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			=====The World Is Installing Grid Batteries at a Blistering Pace=====
			[https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/world-installing-grid-batteries \| Dan McCarthy \| Canary Media \| May 15, 2026]
			This article reports that 112 gigawatts of grid batteries were deployed worldwide in 2025, roughly ten times the amount added just four years earlier. It is a strong climate-solutions example because batteries help make solar and wind power more reliable, reduce the need for fossil-fuel peaker plants, and allow more renewable electricity to be stored for use during evening demand.

			=====Solar Power Soared Last Year — And It’s Not Slowing Down=====
			[https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/solar-power-record-2025 \| Kathryn Krawczyk \| Canary Media \| April 24, 2026]
			This article describes the rapid global growth of solar power and notes that more countries are setting new solar generation records. It fits the “climate solutions actually working” theme because solar is no longer a small experimental technology but one of the fastest-growing sources of new electricity worldwide.

			=====New Forecast: Solar, Wind and Battery Storage to Dominate in 2026=====
			[https://environmentamerica.org/center/updates/new-forecast-solar-wind-and-battery-storage-to-dominate-in-2026/ \| Environment America Research & Policy Center \| Environment America \| January 29, 2026]
			This article reports that solar, wind, and battery storage were forecast to provide nearly all new U.S. electricity generating capacity in 2026, based on federal energy data. It is useful for documenting clean-energy tipping points because it shows that new power-plant construction is now heavily weighted toward renewable energy and storage rather than fossil fuels.

			=====Progress Despite Fragmentation: The Energy Transition to 2030=====
			[https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/progress-despite-fragmentation-the-energy-transition-to-2030/ \| BloombergNEF \| BloombergNEF \| January 6, 2026]
			This report-style article examines the global energy transition through 2030 and finds continued momentum for renewable power, battery storage, electrification, and clean-energy investment. It is useful for this page because it shows that the shift away from fossil fuels is being driven not only by policy but also by falling technology costs and expanding markets.

			=====China’s Solar Growth Continues to Reshape Global Energy Expectations=====
			[https://www.carbonbrief.org/experts-what-to-expect-from-china-on-energy-and-climate-action-in-2026/ \| Carbon Brief \| Carbon Brief \| January 16, 2026]
			This article looks at China’s climate and energy outlook for 2026, including the possibility that its emissions may be peaking as clean-energy deployment expands. It fits the climate-solutions topic because China’s massive solar, wind, battery, and electric-vehicle growth is one of the largest real-world tests of whether clean technology can bend national emissions trends.

			=====Reducing Methane Emissions From Landfills: The Potential of Biocover Systems=====
			[https://www.ccacoalition.org/resources/reducing-methane-emissions-landfills-potential-biocover-systems \| Climate and Clean Air Coalition \| CCAC \| February 20, 2026]
			This report explains how biocovers can reduce methane from landfills by using naturally occurring bacteria to convert methane into less harmful gases before it escapes. It is a practical methane-reduction solution because biocovers can be used at many unmanaged or poorly managed waste sites where more complex gas-capture systems are not realistic.

			=====Improve Landfill Management=====
			[https://drawdown.org/explorer/improve-landfill-management \| Project Drawdown \| Project Drawdown \| 2026]
			This resource explains how better landfill management can reduce methane emissions through gas collection systems, biocovers, and improved waste practices. It is a strong climate-solutions item because landfill methane is a powerful near-term warming pollutant, and many of the tools to cut it already exist.

			=====Basic Information About Landfill Gas=====
			[https://www.epa.gov/lmop/basic-information-about-landfill-gas \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency \| EPA \| Updated September 12, 2025]
			This resource explains how landfill gas is produced, collected, treated, and sometimes used for energy. It is useful for the methane-reduction category because it shows the technical basis for capturing methane from waste sites instead of allowing it to leak directly into the atmosphere.

			=====From Waste to Wins: How Orange County’s Smart Landfills Are Slashing Methane=====
			[https://rmi.org/resources/from-waste-to-wins-how-orange-countys-smart-landfills-are-slashing-methane/ \| RMI \| Rocky Mountain Institute \| January 30, 2025]
			This article describes Orange County’s Smart Landfill Program, which uses real-time data, drones, infrared imaging, and automated monitoring to improve landfill gas collection. It is a concrete example of methane reduction already being implemented by a local government, with benefits for climate pollution, odor, air quality, and landfill operations.

			=====How to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change=====
			[https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/01/compounded-resilience-communities/ \| Matt Shipman \| North Carolina State University \| January 6, 2026]
			This article explains a “compounded resilience” strategy that helps local governments design projects that both reduce climate risks and cut greenhouse-gas emissions. It fits the adaptation category because it treats resilience as more than disaster response, showing how communities can combine mitigation, infrastructure planning, public health, and social benefits.

			=====Community-Led Climate Resilience at the Neighborhood Scale=====
			[https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-026-00359-1 \| C. D. Trott et al. \| npj Climate Action \| 2026]
			This research article examines how neighborhood-scale climate resilience can be guided by community participation and environmental justice. It is useful for this topic because it shows that successful adaptation depends not only on engineering projects but also on local knowledge, fair decision-making, and investment in historically underserved communities.

			=====Adaptation in Action: A Foundation for Community-Led Resilience=====
			[https://www.lci.ca.gov/newsroom/news/2026/03-06/ \| California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation \| ICARP \| March 6, 2026]
			This article describes California’s first round of Adaptation Planning Grant Program projects, which invested in local, regional, Tribal, nonprofit, and academic partnerships. It is a concrete adaptation example because the projects are designed to help vulnerable communities plan for climate risks such as heat, flooding, wildfire, drought, and sea-level rise.

			=====High Power Bills Impeding Heat Pumps, California’s Electrification Goals=====
			[https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/02/heat-pumps-ca-electricity/ \| Alejandro Lazo \| CalMatters \| February 23, 2026]
			This article examines California’s effort to install millions of heat pumps while also confronting high electricity costs that slow adoption. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because it shows both the promise and the practical barriers of building electrification, including permitting, affordability, electricity rates, and household energy choices.

			=====France’s Heat Pump Sector Is Betting on a Rebound=====
			[https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/05/26/france-s-heat-pump-sector-is-betting-on-a-rebound_6753820_19.html \| Le Monde \| Le Monde \| May 26, 2026]
			This article reports that France’s heat pump industry is seeing signs of renewed growth after a difficult period, helped by consumer interest, electrification policy, and concern about fossil-fuel prices. It fits the cleaner-buildings category because heat pumps can replace fossil-fuel heating while also providing efficient cooling during hotter summers.

			=====Executive Summary — The Future of Heat Pumps=====
			[https://www.iea.org/reports/the-future-of-heat-pumps/executive-summary \| International Energy Agency \| IEA \| 2026]
			This resource explains how heat pumps can reduce building emissions, improve air quality, and support electrification when paired with clean electricity. It is useful for this topic because it identifies heat pumps as a mature and scalable climate solution for homes, commercial buildings, and some industrial uses.

			=====Right To Zero: Building a Zero-Emissions Future=====
			[https://earthjustice.org/feature/right-to-zero-emissions \| Earthjustice \| Earthjustice \| 2026]
			This feature explains the public-health and climate benefits of replacing fossil-fuel vehicles, buildings, and equipment with zero-emission alternatives. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it connects electrification with cleaner air, reduced diesel pollution, lower greenhouse-gas emissions, and environmental justice.

			=====Flipping Business Fleets to Zero Emission=====
			[https://www.climatesolutions.org/article/2024-12/flipping-business-fleets-zero-emission \| Climate Solutions \| Climate Solutions \| December 3, 2024]
			This article describes a fleet decarbonization accelerator that helps organizations replace fossil-fuel vehicles with zero-emission alternatives. It is useful for the cleaner-transportation category because business fleets can cut pollution quickly when they electrify vans, trucks, buses, and other high-use vehicles.

			=====Clean Transportation=====
			[https://www.climatesolutions.org/100-percent-clean/clean-transportation \| Climate Solutions \| Climate Solutions \| 2026]
			This resource explains how cleaning up transportation pollution can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions while improving public health. It is especially relevant because it connects zero-emission vehicles, cleaner freight, buses, and public transit with communities that have long suffered from diesel pollution and transportation-related environmental injustice.

			=====The High Seas Treaty: Hope for Humanity=====
			[https://asil.org/insights/volume-30-issue-6/ \| American Society of International Law \| ASIL Insights \| April 30, 2026]
			This article explains the legal significance of the High Seas Treaty and its role in protecting ocean biodiversity beyond national borders. It is a useful ocean-protection article because it highlights marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, benefit sharing, scientific cooperation, and the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in international ocean governance.

			=====What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why Is It Important?=====
			[https://unu.edu/ehs/article/what-high-seas-treaty-and-why-it-important \| United Nations University \| United Nations University \| January 16, 2026]
			This article explains how the High Seas Treaty can help protect marine life in areas beyond national jurisdiction. It fits the ocean-protection category because the treaty creates tools for marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, scientific cooperation, and more equitable sharing of ocean benefits.

			=====A Primer on What the High Seas Treaty Is and How It Will Work=====
			[https://apnews.com/article/e608278358cb092fe0916b772b42058b \| Melina Walling \| Associated Press \| September 2025]
			This article explains how the High Seas Treaty will create a new system for protecting biodiversity in international waters. It is useful for this topic because it connects ocean protection with the global 30x30 conservation goal and describes how countries can create marine protected areas and manage harmful activities beyond national borders.

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 ===== Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration =====
 [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/30/climate-change-effects-impact-native-villages-millions-aid-coming/10804918002/ by Trevor Hughes 30/11/22 USA TODAY]
   President Joe Biden announced the funding Wednesday for Newtok and Napakiak, both on the Bering Sea coast in Alaska, and the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Biden spoke at the start of a two-day tribal summit in Washington, D.C.
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			===== How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again =====
			[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/17/how-climate-friendly-waterwheels-are-coming-around-again by Chris Baraniuk 17/1/25 The Guardian]
			In the foothills of the Himalayas, a group of villagers hauled a sturdy metal waterwheel into place. Its horizontal blades soon caught the rushing water of the stream directly below it. The machine began to spin, and electricity began to flow.

	==Solutions and Adaptations==		==Solutions and Adaptations==

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	~~===== Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration =====~~
	~~[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/30/climate-change-effects-impact-native-villages-millions-aid-coming/10804918002/ by Trevor Hughes 30/11/22 USA TODAY]~~
	President Joe Biden announced the funding Wednesday for Newtok and Napakiak, both on the Bering Sea coast in Alaska, and the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Biden spoke at the start of a two-day tribal summit in Washington, D.C.

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	The pages [[Climate Change-Foundational]] and [[Climate Change-Effects]] clearly establish; the human cause of Climate Change, some of it's current effects, and future effects which will be devastating for all life on Earth. It is not a given that the best choice for humanity is to attempt to reduce Climate Change's impact or adapt to our changing climate. However we are solution oriented creatures and as such here are some possible approaches we could take, including the laissez-faire (Doing Nothing) approach.

	==Solutions and Adaptations==		==Solutions and Adaptations==
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			===== Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration =====
			[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/30/climate-change-effects-impact-native-villages-millions-aid-coming/10804918002/ by Trevor Hughes 30/11/22 USA TODAY]
			President Joe Biden announced the funding Wednesday for Newtok and Napakiak, both on the Bering Sea coast in Alaska, and the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Biden spoke at the start of a two-day tribal summit in Washington, D.C.

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

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			===== Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration =====
			[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/30/climate-change-effects-impact-native-villages-millions-aid-coming/10804918002/ by Trevor Hughes 30/11/22 USA TODAY]
			President Joe Biden announced the funding Wednesday for Newtok and Napakiak, both on the Bering Sea coast in Alaska, and the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Biden spoke at the start of a two-day tribal summit in Washington, D.C.

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	# [[Migratory adaptations]]		# [[Migratory adaptations]]

Kirk at 17:20, 2 February 2021

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			=====See improvements you could make on this page?=====

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	The pages [[Climate Change-Foundational]] and [[Climate Change-Effects]] clearly establish; the human cause of Climate Change, some of it's current effects, and future effects which will be devastating for all life on Earth. It is not a given that the best choice for humanity is to attempt to reduce Climate Change's impact or adapt to our changing climate. However we are solution oriented creatures and as such here are some possible approaches we could take, including the laissez-faire (Doing Nothing) approach.		The pages [[Climate Change-Foundational]] and [[Climate Change-Effects]] clearly establish; the human cause of Climate Change, some of it's current effects, and future effects which will be devastating for all life on Earth. It is not a given that the best choice for humanity is to attempt to reduce Climate Change's impact or adapt to our changing climate. However we are solution oriented creatures and as such here are some possible approaches we could take, including the laissez-faire (Doing Nothing) approach.

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