Weekly Climate Solutions Digest

Welcome

This week reads like a map of infrastructure coming alive. From the EU’s record share of solar power to Jiangsu’s new surge of offshore wind, from China’s growing forest of EV chargers to solar cooling for Nigerian food supply chains, and a Morocco workshop steering critical minerals with care, the through lines are scale and intent.

Outside today, in the north, frost sparkles on bare branches and the first snowdrops lift white bells from dark soil. In the south, warm afternoon cicadas stitch the heat and evening storms comb the sky. Oceans breathe a deeper blue, winter stars feel close enough to pocket.

Each story this week holds the same feeling. Capacity arrives, then confidence follows. Grids take in more sun and sea. Roads welcome silent miles. Cold chains hold harvests a little longer. And upstream, people agree on how to take what the earth offers without forgetting to give something back. With that in mind, here is what stood out.

Top Climate Solutions Of The Week

• A new analysis finds solar generated a record 13% of EU electricity in 2025, showing PV additions are displacing fossil power and easing prices across the bloc.
• China’s Jiangsu province has connected 13.49 GW of offshore wind to the grid, bringing major clean capacity online that will cut coal use and bolster coastal power reliability.
• Over 20 million EV chargers are now operating in China, creating the infrastructure backbone for mass EV adoption and reducing urban oil demand.
• Nigeria is scaling solar-powered cold chains for agri-food, deploying efficient refrigeration that cuts diesel use and food loss while creating jobs for women and youth.
• A Morocco workshop on responsible critical minerals for the energy transition advanced policies and safeguards to unlock investment while protecting communities and ecosystems.

Progress often looks technical on paper; in real life it touches nerves, routines, and hope. If the pace leaves you stretched, the next note is for you.

If you are struggling...

To the tired, angry, anxious, or fed up, you are not broken for feeling this way. You are responding to a real world that is loud and messy. When your chest tightens, try shrinking the horizon. Remember that most decisions are not permanent. Many choices are hats you can try on, not tattoos you must wear forever. Pick a small action, learn, adjust. Let motion return before meaning does.

Hold space for grief and goodness together. I keep returning to the question, what is emerging, what is in the way. Hope is not only pushing uphill. Sometimes it is being a steady defender, like elephants who remember, who move slowly, who keep tenderness from being forgotten. You do not have to fix the whole thing. You can help hold a corner.

There is personal worry and there is collective worry. Both are valid. When prediction pulls you into doom scrolling, try to move from prediction to participation. Learn one piece. Join a local effort. Set a humane boundary. Ask what you can protect, build, or tend this week. Small is not nothing. Small is how we start again.

For people and planet,
Bri Chapman
brichapman.com