Climate Change-Solutions

European Renewable Projects With Batteries Set to Grow More Than 450% by 2030

| Susanna Twidale | Reuters | May 11, 2026

This article reports that Europe’s co-located renewable power and battery capacity is expected to grow by more than 450 percent by 2030. It is a strong climate-solutions example because pairing wind and solar with batteries allows clean power to be stored when generation is high and released later when demand and prices rise.

Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels in EU Power Supply

| Kate Abnett | Reuters | January 21, 2026

This article reports that wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union for the first time in 2025. It fits the clean-energy tipping point theme because it shows renewable power moving from supplemental generation to a leading role in a major regional electricity system.

24/7 Renewables Could Happen Sooner Than You Think

| Julian Spector | Canary Media | May 21, 2026

This article explains how falling costs for solar, wind, and batteries are making around-the-clock renewable power more realistic. It is useful for documenting climate solutions that are actually working because it shows how clean-energy developers are combining multiple technologies to produce more reliable power instead of relying on one resource alone.

Gigantic Form Energy Battery to Power Google Data Center in Minnesota

| Julian Spector | Canary Media | February 24, 2026

This article reports on a major iron-air battery project planned by Xcel Energy, Form Energy, and Google in Minnesota. It is a strong long-duration storage example because the project is designed to provide clean electricity for up to 100 hours, helping solve the problem of renewable power during long cloudy, calm, or high-demand periods.

Q&A: Can China Turn Hydrogen Into Its Next Clean-Energy Industry?

| Carbon Brief | Carbon Brief | June 2026

This article examines China’s effort to build a clean-hydrogen industry, including the role of industrial policy, renewable electricity, and hard-to-electrify sectors such as steel, chemicals, shipping, and aviation. It fits this topic because it looks at whether a major economy can apply lessons from solar and electric vehicles to another clean-energy technology.

May 2026: Electric Trucks, Buses Round-Up

| Environmental Defense Fund | EDF Energy Exchange | June 8, 2026

This article summarizes recent announcements in electric trucks and buses, including port-trucking investments and charging infrastructure. It is useful for the cleaner-transportation category because medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles can cut diesel pollution, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and improve air quality in communities near ports, warehouses, and freight corridors.

Electric School Bus Measures in U.S. Climate Policy

| World Resources Institute | WRI | 2026

This resource explains how electric school buses can reduce emissions, improve children’s exposure to cleaner air, and eventually support the electric grid through vehicle-to-grid storage. It is a strong climate-health and transportation solution because school buses are high-impact public vehicles that can replace diesel pollution while also supporting renewable power integration.

Adopting Electric School Buses in the United States

| E. F. Choma et al. | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2024

This research article evaluates the health and climate benefits of replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses. It is useful for this topic because it connects cleaner transportation with measurable public-health benefits, especially for children and communities exposed to diesel exhaust.

Electric School Buses May Yield Significant Health and Climate Benefits, Cost Savings

| Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Harvard University | May 20, 2024

This article reports on research finding that electric school buses can provide major health and climate benefits compared with diesel buses. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it shows that electrifying public fleets can reduce greenhouse gases, lower air pollution, and provide benefits that may outweigh the upfront costs.

As Climate Change Threatens Student Athlete Safety, States Try to Adapt

| Grist | Grist | April 1, 2026

This article examines how states and schools are adapting athletic programs to protect students from extreme heat. It belongs in the climate-health category because it shows adaptation in daily life, including heat rules, monitoring, schedule changes, and safety protections for young people facing hotter conditions.

Local Communities Are Powering the New US Climate Legacy

| Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center | One Billion Resilient | April 2, 2026

This article highlights local climate resilience efforts in the United States, especially around extreme heat. It is useful for this page because it emphasizes community collaboration, social cohesion, heat planning, and local leadership as practical tools for adapting to climate change.

Modern Agriculture Is Collapsing Under Climate Change. Indigenous Farming Has Answers

| Miacel Spotted Elk | Grist | March 26, 2026

This article explores how Indigenous farming practices may help communities adapt to climate disruption while maintaining food security and ecological balance. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it highlights traditional knowledge, crop diversity, soil care, and local resilience as alternatives to fragile industrial agriculture systems.

Climate Reporting Rules for Food Sector Set High Bar for Regenerative Agriculture

| Reuters | Reuters | May 15, 2026

This article examines how climate reporting rules are increasing pressure on food and agriculture companies to document emissions and land-use impacts. It is useful for a climate-solutions page because regenerative agriculture, methane reduction, fertilizer efficiency, and forest protection depend on better measurement and accountability across food supply chains.

Opportunities for Addressing Methane and Other Super Pollutants

| World Resources Institute | WRI | 2026

This resource explains how countries can reduce methane and other short-lived climate pollutants in agriculture, energy, and waste. It is a strong methane-reduction example because many of these measures are already available and can deliver faster climate benefits than carbon dioxide reductions alone.

Reducing Methane Emissions From Landfills: The Potential of Biocover Systems

| Climate and Clean Air Coalition | CCAC | February 20, 2026

This report explains how landfill biocovers can reduce methane by using bacteria in soil-like cover materials to oxidize methane before it escapes. It is useful for this topic because it focuses on a practical waste-sector solution that can work even where full landfill gas collection systems are too expensive or difficult.

Climate-Based Pre-Screening of Self-Sustaining Regreening Opportunities in Drylands

| Katja Froehlich et al. | arXiv | May 5, 2026

This research article presents a method for identifying dryland restoration sites where native vegetation may be able to persist without heavy irrigation. It fits the reforestation and adaptation category because it uses climate and remote-sensing data to make restoration more realistic in water-scarce regions.

Towards Climate-Ready Marine Protected Areas: Challenges and Opportunities

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

This article explains how marine protected areas can be designed and managed to remain effective as ocean temperatures rise and species shift. It is a strong ocean-protection solution because it treats protected areas as living systems that need monitoring, adaptation, governance, and long-term management.

Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change

| International Union for Conservation of Nature | IUCN | 2026

This issue brief explains how marine protected areas can support climate adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, and other marine habitats. It is useful for this page because ocean protection can store carbon, buffer coastlines, protect biodiversity, and support fisheries resilience.

The Galápagos Is a Wildlife Haven. But Is That Enough to Protect the Rare Scalloped Hammerhead Shark?

| The Guardian | The Guardian | June 9, 2026

This article describes conservation work to protect scalloped hammerhead sharks through satellite tagging, migration research, and stronger international protections. It fits the ocean-protection category because it shows how marine conservation increasingly depends on protecting migratory species across reserves, national waters, and the high seas.

The 400-Year-Old Ocean Secret That Protected Fish Long Before Modern Conservation Existed

| Times of India | Times of India | June 2026

This article describes the traditional Indonesian marine management practice known as sasi, in which communities restrict harvesting in certain areas or seasons to protect fish and other marine life. It is useful for the climate-solutions topic because it shows how community-based ocean protection and traditional ecological knowledge can support biodiversity and food security.

The Grid Is in Better Shape This Summer. Thank Solar and Batteries.

| Jeff St. John | Canary Media | May 26, 2026

This article explains how new solar power and battery storage are improving U.S. grid reliability ahead of the summer season. It frames clean energy as a practical reliability solution, not just a climate goal, because solar and batteries can help meet peak demand, reduce stress on aging power plants, and provide fast-response capacity when the grid is under pressure.

Pioneering Grid Battery Nudges California Closer to 24/7 Clean Energy

| Julian Spector | Canary Media | June 8, 2026 T his article reports on the Tumbleweed battery storage project in Kern County, California, which can discharge electricity for eight hours. It is a strong clean-energy solution example because long-duration batteries help make renewable power more useful after sunset and during extended periods when solar and wind generation are lower.

US Solar-Storage Build Spurred by Gas Plant Waits

| Reuters | Reuters | June 4, 2026

This article describes how long waits and rising costs for gas turbines are making solar-plus-storage projects more attractive for meeting new U.S. power demand. It shows how renewable energy and batteries are moving from niche climate tools into practical infrastructure choices that can be built faster than many fossil-fuel alternatives.

Chart: US to Overwhelmingly Build Clean Power in 2026

| Dan McCarthy | Canary Media | February 27, 2026

This article reports that solar, batteries, and wind are expected to make up the overwhelming majority of new U.S. utility-scale power capacity in 2026. It is useful for this topic because it shows that the clean-energy transition is visible in actual construction plans, with fossil gas representing only a small share of new capacity and coal absent from the new-build list.

In Massachusetts, Parked EVs Will Start Feeding the Grid This Summer

| Sarah Shemkus | Canary Media | June 3, 2026

This article describes a Massachusetts vehicle-to-grid pilot program that will begin with electric school buses and expand to more electric vehicles. It is a cleaner-transportation and grid-resilience example because parked EVs can act as distributed batteries, sending electricity back to the grid during peak demand while also replacing diesel-powered vehicles.

GM Thinks EVs Can Help Offset AI’s Energy Suck With Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

| Andrew J. Hawkins | The Verge | June 10, 2026

This article reports on General Motors’ plan to expand vehicle-to-grid and home-energy systems using bidirectional electric vehicles, home batteries, and stationary storage. It fits the climate-solutions theme because it treats EVs as more than transportation, showing how electric cars can help stabilize the grid and make better use of renewable energy.

The Electric Grid’s Next Power Source Might Be Sitting in Your Driveway

| Vox | Vox | May 2026

This article explains how electric vehicles could support the power grid through managed charging and vehicle-to-grid technology. It emphasizes that EVs can help absorb renewable electricity when it is abundant and return power during peak demand, but also notes that grid upgrades are still needed for the full climate benefits of electrified transportation.

Electric Bus Depots Used to Support UK National Grid

| CleanTechnica | CleanTechnica | May 12, 2026

This article describes how electric bus depots can support the electrical grid while replacing diesel buses. It is a good cleaner-transportation example because electric buses reduce tailpipe pollution and, when paired with smart charging, can become part of a more flexible clean-energy system.

Over 9,900 Electric Buses Operating in Latin America Now

| CleanTechnica | CleanTechnica | May 31, 2026

This article reports that Latin America now has more than 9,900 electric buses in operation. It shows that cleaner transportation is scaling beyond wealthy countries and that electric buses can reduce diesel pollution in dense cities while allowing public transit to run on increasingly renewable electricity.

Tackling Methane Emissions Would Strengthen Energy Security Amid Crisis

| International Energy Agency | IEA | May 4, 2026

This article summarizes the IEA’s 2026 methane findings, including that a large share of fossil-fuel methane emissions can be reduced with existing technologies. It is a strong climate-solutions example because methane reduction can slow warming quickly, capture usable gas, and improve energy security at the same time.

Key Findings — Global Methane Tracker 2026

| International Energy Agency | IEA | 2026

This resource provides key findings from the IEA’s Global Methane Tracker 2026. It is useful for documenting methane reduction as an available climate solution because it identifies large amounts of methane that can be abated with existing tools, including leak detection, repair, equipment upgrades, and better management of oil, gas, and coal operations.

Clean Shipping Deal Still in Play; Methane Leaks Continue

| Carbon Brief | Carbon Brief | May 5, 2026

This briefing includes coverage of methane-reduction opportunities and clean-shipping negotiations. It is useful for this topic because it connects two practical climate-solution areas: cutting methane from fossil-fuel systems using existing technology and reducing pollution from international shipping.

Santa Marta: Key Outcomes From First Summit on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

| Carbon Brief | Carbon Brief | April 30, 2026

This article summarizes the first international summit focused specifically on transitioning away from fossil fuels. It highlights clean energy, energy security, electrification, methane cuts, and support for developing countries, making it a useful example of governments trying to turn broad climate language into transition roadmaps.

Rewriting the Climate Story: 10 Years of Solutions

| Grist | Grist | May 29, 2026

This article looks back at a decade of climate-solutions work through people and projects featured by Grist. It is useful for this page because it emphasizes that climate solutions are not only technologies but also community organizing, policy design, food-system changes, clean-energy work, and local resilience efforts.

Good News! These Positive Tipping Points Will Help Save the World

| Matt Simon | Grist | October 31, 2025

This article explains how positive tipping points can accelerate climate progress when clean technologies become cheaper, more familiar, and more widely adopted. It is a strong fit for “solutions actually working” because it shows how solar, batteries, electric vehicles, and heat pumps can reinforce one another and spread faster once they pass key economic and social thresholds.

The Ocean Can Play a Much Larger Role in Fighting Climate Change

| Katie Wood and Oliver Ashford | World Resources Institute | Updated May 22, 2026

This article explains seven ocean-based climate solutions, including offshore renewable energy, cleaner shipping, blue carbon, sustainable fisheries, and protection of coastal ecosystems. It fits the ocean-protection category because it shows how ocean conservation and climate mitigation can work together when managed carefully.

Beating the Heat: Study Explores the Search for Cool During Heatwaves

| The Guardian | The Guardian | June 4, 2026

This article reports on research into how people seek cooling during heatwaves in multiple countries. It is relevant to climate-health solutions because it points to the importance of cooling centers, parks, shade, flexible work rules, and public spaces that help people survive extreme heat.

Heat Governance & Policy

| UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation | UCLA | 2026

This resource describes UCLA research on heat governance, planning, and policy. It fits the climate-health category because it focuses on proactive heat adaptation before emergencies happen, including physical interventions, public-health protections, and policies designed to reduce heat exposure where people live, work, and go to school.

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program

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

This resource describes California’s program to fund local, regional, and Tribal projects that reduce extreme heat impacts. It is a concrete adaptation example because eligible projects include heat action plans, shade, reflective surfaces, passive cooling, and low-energy cooling strategies.

Climate Shift Index: Ocean

| Climate Central | Climate Central | 2026

This tool helps users understand how climate change is influencing ocean temperatures. It belongs in a climate-solutions collection because better ocean heat data can support marine conservation, fisheries planning, coral protection, and coastal adaptation decisions.

Coastal Risk Finder

| Climate Central | Climate Central | 2026

This tool allows communities to explore local coastal flood and sea-level-rise exposure. It is an adaptation solution because it helps translate climate projections into planning information for infrastructure, zoning, emergency preparedness, and coastal resilience.

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.

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.

Resources

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

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?

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.