Climate Change-Solutions

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

1. Doing Nothing
2. Legislative adaptations
3. Land/Sea Use adaptations
4. Architectural adaptations
5. Migratory adaptations
6. Transportation adaptations
7. Coastal adaptations
8. Heat Mitigation
9. Technological adaptations
10. Mental adaptations
11. Wide-ranging adaptations

The World Is Installing Grid Batteries at a Blistering Pace

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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?

| 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

| 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.

This LA Neighborhood Is Choked by Smog. The Solution: A Network of Sensors on Offices, Homes and Bags

| Gabrielle Canon | The Guardian | June 9, 2026

This article describes how residents and community organizers in Pacoima, Los Angeles, are using low-cost air-quality sensors to map pollution at a neighborhood level. The project shows a practical climate-health and environmental justice solution because local data can help communities document pollution, identify hot spots, and push for cleaner air, cooler streets, and stronger public-health protections.

‘Woefully Unprepared’: Extreme Heat Will Double US Hospitalizations by 2040, Study Finds

| Dharna Noor | The Guardian | June 9, 2026

This article reports on research projecting that heat-related hospitalizations in the United States could roughly double by 2040 without stronger adaptation. While the article is centered on risk, it also points toward climate-health solutions such as heat planning, cooling access, public-health preparedness, and better protection for vulnerable people in cities that historically were not designed for extreme heat.

Brazil Awards First Amazon Reforestation Concession to Startup Re.green

| Lisandra Paraguassu | Reuters | March 26, 2026

This article reports that Brazil awarded its first public-land concession for Amazon reforestation to the restoration startup Re.green. The project covers degraded land in the Bom Futuro reserve and is designed to restore forest, generate carbon-credit revenue, and involve the local Karitiana Indigenous community, making it a concrete example of reforestation moving from pledge to implementation.

What’s Stalling Markets Designed to Encourage Carbon Credits for Reforestation?

| Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | March 9, 2026

This article explains how uncertainty over risk, liability, and long-term responsibility can slow reforestation carbon-credit markets. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because it focuses on how to make reforestation finance more credible through clearer risk allocation, transparency, and insurance mechanisms.

Towards Climate-Ready Marine Protected Areas: Challenges and Opportunities

| G. Fuchs et al. | npj Ocean Sustainability | 2026

This article examines how marine protected areas can be made “climate-ready” rather than simply drawn on a map. It argues that ocean protection must include adaptive management, monitoring, learning, and institutional capacity so that protected areas can continue to work as seas warm, species shift, and coastal ecosystems face new climate pressures.

Global Literature Review and Survey of Implementation Constraints in Natural Climate Solutions

| T. Kroeger et al. | Nature Communications | 2026

This research article maps major barriers that keep natural climate solutions from scaling, including land tenure, finance, governance, monitoring, and social constraints. It fits this topic because it helps separate climate solutions that sound good in theory from the practical conditions needed to make restoration, conservation, and land-based carbon projects actually work.

30 x 30 — Protecting at Least 30% of the Ocean by 2030

| Marine Conservation Institute | Marine Conservation Institute | 2026

This resource explains the goal of protecting at least 30 percent of the global ocean by 2030 and emphasizes the importance of strongly protected marine protected areas. It is useful for an ocean-protection section because it focuses on measurable protection, biodiversity safeguards, and the need for real conservation rules rather than symbolic designations.

Climate Shift Index: Ocean

| Climate Central | Climate Central | 2026

This resource describes Climate Central’s Ocean Climate Shift Index, a tool that helps identify how much climate change is influencing sea-surface temperatures. It fits the climate-solutions theme because better ocean data can help scientists, governments, and communities understand marine heat risk, protect ecosystems, and plan adaptation strategies.

Coastal Risk Finder

| Climate Central | Climate Central | 2026

This tool helps users explore local flood projections, sea-level rise risks, and coastal exposure. It is a practical adaptation resource because it turns climate data into community-level planning information that can support zoning, infrastructure decisions, emergency preparedness, and coastal resilience projects.

WeatherPower: Daily Wind and Solar Electricity Generation Forecasts

| Climate Central | Climate Central | 2026

This tool provides daily wind and solar power forecasts for U.S. locations. It is a clean-energy solution because it helps communicate how renewable energy is already contributing to electricity supply and gives local media, communities, and planners accessible information about renewable power generation.

Landfill Covering and Methane Capture

| Climate TRACE | Climate TRACE | December 15, 2025

This article explains how landfill covering and methane capture can reduce emissions from waste sites. It is a strong methane-reduction example because landfill methane is a powerful near-term climate pollutant, and capturing or preventing those emissions can produce faster climate benefits than many slower-moving measures.

With the U.S. Off the Climate Stage, Latin America Is Ready to Lead

| Reuters | Reuters | November 13, 2025

This article describes Latin America’s growing role in climate action, including the region’s high share of renewable electricity and leadership from countries such as Brazil and Chile. It is useful as a climate-solutions article because it shows how clean power, solar development, storage, green hydrogen, and regional policy leadership can become economic strengths.

COP30: Big Pledges on Renewables and Industry, but Ambition Falters on Ending Fossil Fuels

| Reuters | Reuters | November 27, 2025

This article reports on climate pledges made around renewable energy, grids, storage, sustainable fuels, and green industrialization at COP30. Although it notes the weakness of formal fossil-fuel phaseout language, it still documents real areas of progress where governments and industries are trying to scale clean-energy and industrial climate solutions.

60th Ratification Triggers Entry Into Force of High Seas Treaty

| High Seas Alliance | High Seas Alliance | September 19, 2025

This article reports that the 60th ratification of the High Seas Treaty triggered its entry into force. It is a major ocean-protection milestone because the treaty creates legal tools for marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and biodiversity protection in international waters.

Reforestation: What Is Its Potential Impact in Mitigating the Climate Crisis?

| ClimaTalk | ClimaTalk | September 15, 2025

This article explains the potential and limitations of reforestation as a climate solution. It is useful because it treats tree planting as a serious tool that requires the right species, locations, land management, and long-term protection rather than presenting reforestation as a simple one-step fix.

Digging to Zero? Inside the Race to Decarbonise Mining

| Reuters | Reuters | May 7, 2025

This article examines efforts to decarbonize mining, including replacing diesel with renewable energy, battery-powered equipment, regenerative trains, and cleaner transport. It fits the climate-solutions theme because minerals are needed for batteries, grids, and clean-energy infrastructure, and the article focuses on reducing emissions from the supply chains that support the energy transition.

Solar Power Hits New Milestones in the US Even as Trump Boosts Coal Over Clean Energy

| Jennifer McDermott | Associated Press | June 11, 2026

This article reports that solar power reached a major U.S. milestone by supplying more electricity than coal in May 2026, according to Ember data, while solar also became the country’s third-largest electricity source behind natural gas and nuclear. It frames the growth of solar as a climate solution that is increasingly driven by economics, state-level adoption, and rapid deployment, even during a period of reduced federal support for clean energy.

More Than Half of Clean Energy Schemes Needed for Labour’s 2030 Target Offered Grid Connection

| Jillian Ambrose | The Guardian | June 10, 2026

This article describes how Great Britain’s grid operator offered connection dates to more than 700 energy projects, helping unblock a major obstacle to renewable energy deployment. The projects include wind, solar, battery storage, hydro, and other power sources, showing how grid reform can turn clean-energy goals into buildable infrastructure.

‘Electrify Daily Life’, Urges COP31 Host

| Fiona Harvey and Adam Morton | The Guardian | June 9, 2026

This article reports on a COP31 proposal to raise the share of final energy demand met by electricity to 35 percent by 2035. It highlights electrification of transportation, heating, buildings, and industry as a practical climate solution, especially when paired with renewable power that can reduce dependence on fossil fuels and volatile energy markets.

The Race to Bolster the Ocean’s Potential to Combat Climate Change

| Angeli Mehta | Reuters | June 8, 2026

This article examines efforts to expand the ocean’s role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through both engineered and nature-based approaches. It discusses seagrass, mangroves, seaweed, ocean alkalinity enhancement, and direct ocean capture, while also stressing the need for careful monitoring so that ocean-based climate solutions are real, durable, and ecologically safe.

‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns

| Karen McVeigh | The Guardian | June 8, 2026

This article summarizes the UN’s third World Ocean Assessment, which warns of severe ocean stress from warming, pollution, overfishing, and sea-level rise. Although the report is largely a warning, it also points to progress such as the High Seas Treaty and dozens of other marine protection agreements, making it useful for documenting both the urgency of ocean protection and the policy tools now emerging.

New Report Highlights Five Reasons for Hope in the Climate Fight

| United Nations Environment Programme | UNEP | June 3, 2026

This article highlights a UNEP-backed report arguing that several climate-friendly technologies may be nearing positive tipping points where they become mainstream. It focuses on the rapid growth of renewable energy and other technologies that can help societies move away from fossil fuels, showing that some climate solutions are no longer theoretical but are already scaling.

Europe EV Sales Jump in April

| Reuters | Reuters | May 20, 2026

This article reports that battery-electric vehicle registrations rose sharply across major European markets in April 2026, helped by policy support, subsidies, and high fuel prices. It is a useful example of cleaner transportation gaining momentum where governments provide consumer confidence and charging and industrial systems continue to develop.

Global EV Demand Rises for Second Month, Data Shows

| Amir Orusov and Mathias de Rozario | Reuters | May 13, 2026

This article reports that global registrations of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose year over year in April 2026. It shows how cleaner transportation is continuing to grow worldwide, with demand supported by fuel prices, policy incentives, and expanding electric-vehicle manufacturing.

Adaptation Planning Made EISI: The New EISI for Extreme Heat Online Tool

| Tribal Climate Health Project | Tribal Climate Health Project | May 11, 2026

This resource describes a new extreme-heat adaptation tool connected to the Tribal Climate Health Project. It fits the climate-health category because it focuses on helping Tribal-serving professionals and communities prepare for health risks from climate change, including heat, wildfire, storms, and other climate-related emergencies.

Waste Methane Is Rising Fast. Three Myths Are Holding Policy Action Back

| Clean Air Task Force | Clean Air Task Force | April 20, 2026

This article focuses on methane from the waste sector and argues that practical solutions already exist, including composting, anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas capture. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because methane reductions can deliver near-term climate benefits while also improving local air quality and public health.

How ‘Plug-In’ Solar Could Reduce Bills

| Carbon Brief | Carbon Brief | April 2, 2026

This article includes Carbon Brief analysis of small plug-in solar systems as a household-level clean-energy option. It shows how distributed solar can reduce energy bills and broaden access to renewable energy, especially when governments simplify rules and support small-scale deployment.

The High Seas Treaty, Explained

| Amy Swift and Tom Pickerell | World Resources Institute | January 15, 2026

This article explains the High Seas Treaty, which entered into force on January 17, 2026 after nearly two decades of negotiations. It describes how the agreement can support marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and more coordinated governance of ocean areas beyond national borders.

A New Era for Ocean Protection

| The Nature Conservancy | The Nature Conservancy | January 17, 2026

This article frames the High Seas Treaty entering into force as a major milestone for global ocean governance. It is a strong ocean-protection example because it focuses on the treaty becoming international law and creating a pathway for protecting biodiversity in international waters.

Powering a Green Energy Future for 2026 and Beyond

| Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition | Sustainable Development Solutions Network | December 9, 2025

This article lays out practical clean-energy priorities for the coming year, including grid modernization, long-duration storage, electrification, organic waste-to-bioenergy, and just transition planning. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it focuses on the infrastructure and policy steps needed to move renewable energy growth from broad goals into real implementation.

Cypress Creek Secures $3.5 Billion for One of Largest US Solar, Storage Projects

| Reuters | Reuters | June 11, 2026

This article reports that Cypress Creek Energy secured $3.5 billion in financing for the Arkansas Steel River Energy Center, one of the largest solar and battery storage projects in the United States. The first two phases are expected to add 1.63 gigawatts of solar power and 1.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage, showing how utility-scale clean energy and storage are becoming central tools for meeting rising electricity demand without relying entirely on fossil fuels.

Germany’s Power Growth Could Reignite Industrial Engine

| Reuters | Reuters | June 10, 2026

This article describes how Germany’s rising electricity output is being driven largely by wind and solar growth. It frames renewable power as not only a climate solution but also an economic recovery tool, because cheaper domestic clean electricity can help stabilize energy prices, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, and support energy-intensive manufacturing.

Clean Energy Generation Exceeded Rise in Global Electricity Demand in 2025

| Jillian Ambrose | The Guardian | April 21, 2026

This article reports that clean energy growth exceeded the rise in global electricity demand in 2025, according to Ember analysis. Solar provided the largest share of new generation, while wind and battery storage also helped reduce the need for additional fossil fuel electricity, making this a strong example of renewable energy beginning to meet real-world demand growth.

Solar and Wind With Battery Storage Become More Cost Competitive, IRENA Report Shows

| Reuters | Reuters | May 6, 2026

This article reports on an International Renewable Energy Agency finding that solar and wind paired with battery storage are becoming increasingly cost competitive with coal and gas power. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because it shows that clean energy is not only environmentally preferable but also increasingly practical and economical for power grids.

Santa Marta Talks Focused Minds on Exit From Fossil Fuels. Now the Hard Part Begins

| Reuters | Reuters | May 14, 2026

This article discusses international talks in Colombia focused on developing roadmaps for moving away from fossil fuels. It highlights analysis suggesting that a fossil-fuel transition could sharply reduce emissions through efficiency, renewable power, storage, and electrification while eventually producing economy-wide savings.

How Electrification Spurred a Solar and Wind Tipping Point

| World Economic Forum | World Economic Forum | December 19, 2025

This article explains how electrification and falling clean-energy costs are helping create a positive tipping point for solar, wind, and battery storage. It frames renewables as a self-reinforcing solution because cheaper clean electricity makes it easier to electrify cars, buildings, and industry, which in turn increases demand for more renewable power.

Progress Despite Fragmentation: The Energy Transition to 2030

| BloombergNEF | BloombergNEF | January 6, 2026

This report-style article examines global clean-energy progress despite political and economic fragmentation. It points to renewable power, storage, electrification, and technology learning curves as forces that continue to push the energy transition forward, even where climate policy is uneven.

Energy Storage Boom Strengthens Demand Outlook for Beaten-Down Lithium

| Reuters | Reuters | January 5, 2026

This article reports that rapid growth in battery storage is strengthening demand for lithium and supporting the broader clean-energy transition. It fits the climate-solutions theme because battery storage helps make solar and wind more reliable by storing power for use when the sun is not shining or wind is low.

We Can’t Ignore the Largest Source of Methane

| Project Drawdown | Project Drawdown | January 15, 2026

This article focuses on landfill methane, one of the major overlooked sources of climate pollution. It highlights practical methane-reduction strategies such as leak detection, biocovers, and methane capture, showing that near-term climate progress can come from better waste management as well as changes in energy systems.

Landfill Covering and Methane Capture

| Climate TRACE | Climate TRACE | December 15, 2025

This article explains how covering landfills and capturing methane can reduce emissions at the source. It is a useful methane-reduction example because it describes a practical intervention that can convert a powerful climate pollutant into a managed waste gas rather than allowing it to escape directly into the atmosphere.

Restoring the World’s Forests

| The Nature Conservancy | The Nature Conservancy | January 28, 2025

This article explains why reforestation remains one of the most important natural climate solutions. It describes forests as a proven carbon-removal system while also emphasizing that successful reforestation depends on choosing the right places, species, and long-term stewardship practices.

Canada Could Remove 5 Times Its Annual Carbon Emissions by Planting Trees on Edge of Boreal Forest, Study Finds

| Sascha Pare | Live Science | March 2026

This article reports on research finding that strategic tree planting along the northern edge of Canada’s boreal forest could store large amounts of carbon by 2100. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because it shows how reforestation and afforestation can be targeted geographically rather than treated as a generic tree-planting slogan.

New Toolkit Helps Communities Prepare for Heat

| UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs | UCLA | May 21, 2026

This article describes a new toolkit designed to help communities prepare for extreme heat. It focuses on heat exposure, vulnerability, equity, and community involvement, making it a strong example of climate adaptation that connects public health, local planning, and community resilience.

Adaptation in Action: A Foundation for Community-Led Resilience

| California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation | ICARP | March 6, 2026

This article describes California’s Adaptation Planning Grant Program and the completion of its first round of community resilience planning. It highlights local and regional climate adaptation plans, showing how governments and communities are moving from general climate awareness toward concrete planning for heat, flooding, wildfire, and other climate risks.

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program

| California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation | ICARP | 2026

This resource describes California’s Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, which funds local, regional, and Tribal projects to reduce heat risk. Examples include heat action plans, shade, reflective surfaces, passive cooling, and low-energy cooling strategies, making it directly relevant to climate-health projects that are already being implemented.

What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why Is It Important?

| United Nations University | United Nations University | January 16, 2026

This article explains the importance of the High Seas Treaty as a major step toward protecting ocean areas beyond national borders. It fits the ocean-protection category because it describes how the treaty can support marine protected areas, biodiversity conservation, and stronger global governance for nearly half of the planet’s surface.

Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration

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.

Solar Power Hits New Milestones in the US Even as Trump Boosts Coal Over Clean Energy

| Jennifer McDermott | Associated Press | June 11, 2026

This article reports that solar power reached a major U.S. milestone by supplying more electricity than coal in May 2026, according to Ember data, while solar also became the country’s third-largest electricity source behind natural gas and nuclear. It frames the growth of solar as a climate solution that is increasingly driven by economics, state-level adoption, and rapid deployment, even during a period of reduced federal support for clean energy.

More Than Half of Clean Energy Schemes Needed for Labour’s 2030 Target Offered Grid Connection

| Jillian Ambrose | The Guardian | June 10, 2026

This article describes how Great Britain’s grid operator offered connection dates to more than 700 energy projects, helping unblock a major obstacle to renewable energy deployment. The projects include wind, solar, battery storage, hydro, and other power sources, showing how grid reform can turn clean-energy goals into buildable infrastructure.

‘Electrify Daily Life’, Urges COP31 Host

| Fiona Harvey and Adam Morton | The Guardian | June 9, 2026

This article reports on a COP31 proposal to raise the share of final energy demand met by electricity to 35 percent by 2035. It highlights electrification of transportation, heating, buildings, and industry as a practical climate solution, especially when paired with renewable power that can reduce dependence on fossil fuels and volatile energy markets.

The Race to Bolster the Ocean’s Potential to Combat Climate Change

| Angeli Mehta | Reuters | June 8, 2026

This article examines efforts to expand the ocean’s role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through both engineered and nature-based approaches. It discusses seagrass, mangroves, seaweed, ocean alkalinity enhancement, and direct ocean capture, while also stressing the need for careful monitoring so that ocean-based climate solutions are real, durable, and ecologically safe.

‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns

| Karen McVeigh | The Guardian | June 8, 2026

This article summarizes the UN’s third World Ocean Assessment, which warns of severe ocean stress from warming, pollution, overfishing, and sea-level rise. Although the report is largely a warning, it also points to progress such as the High Seas Treaty and dozens of other marine protection agreements, making it useful for documenting both the urgency of ocean protection and the policy tools now emerging.

New Report Highlights Five Reasons for Hope in the Climate Fight

| United Nations Environment Programme | UNEP | June 3, 2026

This article highlights a UNEP-backed report arguing that several climate-friendly technologies may be nearing positive tipping points where they become mainstream. It focuses on the rapid growth of renewable energy and other technologies that can help societies move away from fossil fuels, showing that some climate solutions are no longer theoretical but are already scaling.

Europe EV Sales Jump in April

| Reuters | Reuters | May 20, 2026

This article reports that battery-electric vehicle registrations rose sharply across major European markets in April 2026, helped by policy support, subsidies, and high fuel prices. It is a useful example of cleaner transportation gaining momentum where governments provide consumer confidence and charging and industrial systems continue to develop.

Global EV Demand Rises for Second Month, Data Shows

| Amir Orusov and Mathias de Rozario | Reuters | May 13, 2026

This article reports that global registrations of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose year over year in April 2026. It shows how cleaner transportation is continuing to grow worldwide, with demand supported by fuel prices, policy incentives, and expanding electric-vehicle manufacturing.

Adaptation Planning Made EISI: The New EISI for Extreme Heat Online Tool

| Tribal Climate Health Project | Tribal Climate Health Project | May 11, 2026

This resource describes a new extreme-heat adaptation tool connected to the Tribal Climate Health Project. It fits the climate-health category because it focuses on helping Tribal-serving professionals and communities prepare for health risks from climate change, including heat, wildfire, storms, and other climate-related emergencies.

Waste Methane Is Rising Fast. Three Myths Are Holding Policy Action Back

| Clean Air Task Force | Clean Air Task Force | April 20, 2026

This article focuses on methane from the waste sector and argues that practical solutions already exist, including composting, anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas capture. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because methane reductions can deliver near-term climate benefits while also improving local air quality and public health.

How ‘Plug-In’ Solar Could Reduce Bills

| Carbon Brief | Carbon Brief | April 2, 2026

This article includes Carbon Brief analysis of small plug-in solar systems as a household-level clean-energy option. It shows how distributed solar can reduce energy bills and broaden access to renewable energy, especially when governments simplify rules and support small-scale deployment.

The High Seas Treaty, Explained

| Amy Swift and Tom Pickerell | World Resources Institute | January 15, 2026

This article explains the High Seas Treaty, which entered into force on January 17, 2026 after nearly two decades of negotiations. It describes how the agreement can support marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and more coordinated governance of ocean areas beyond national borders.

A New Era for Ocean Protection

| The Nature Conservancy | The Nature Conservancy | January 17, 2026

This article frames the High Seas Treaty entering into force as a major milestone for global ocean governance. It is a strong ocean-protection example because it focuses on the treaty becoming international law and creating a pathway for protecting biodiversity in international waters.

Powering a Green Energy Future for 2026 and Beyond

| Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition | Sustainable Development Solutions Network | December 9, 2025

This article lays out practical clean-energy priorities for the coming year, including grid modernization, long-duration storage, electrification, organic waste-to-bioenergy, and just transition planning. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it focuses on the infrastructure and policy steps needed to move renewable energy growth from broad goals into real implementation.

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NGFS

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The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is a group of Central Banks and Supervisors willing, on a voluntary basis, to exchange experiences, share best practices, contribute to the development of environment and climate risk management in the financial sector, and to mobilize mainstream finance to support the transition toward a sustainable economy. Its purpose is to define and promote best practices to be implemented within and outside of the Membership of the NGFS and to conduct or commission analytical work on green finance.

World Resources Institute

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WRI is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries, with offices in the United States, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and more. Our more than 700 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain our natural resources—the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being. Our work focuses on six critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities and transport.

What Is Carbon Pricing?

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There are several paths governments can take to price carbon, all leading to the same result. They begin to capture what are known as the external costs of carbon emissions – costs that the public pays for in other ways, such as damage to crops and health care costs from heat waves and droughts or to property from flooding and sea level rise – and tie them to their sources through a price on carbon.