Weekly Climate Solutions Digest

Welcome

Everything here is about systems learning to work together at scale. Like the season’s long light, these links extend our reach, quiet but decisive, so that what once felt distant starts to feel close. Here is what moved this week.

Top Climate Solutions Of The Week

Progress showed up across grids, fuels, industry, and supply chains:

• The Champlain Hudson Power Express begins delivering Quebec hydropower to New York City, adding about 1.25 GW of clean electricity and displacing fossil generation.
• Northeast states formed a multi-state offshore HVDC grid collaborative to coordinate shared transmission, standardize technology, and cut interconnection bottlenecks for offshore wind.
• Twelve opened AirPlant One, the first US commercial e-jet fuel facility, using CO2 and renewable power to make synthetic jet fuel for airline customers.
• Fortescue and the PKKP agreed on a land use and leasing deal to deploy electric haul trucks at iron ore mines, reducing diesel use and creating revenue for Traditional Owners.
• China activated a massive integrated solar, storage, and green hydrogen complex that pairs multi-gigawatt PV with batteries and electrolyzers to provide renewable power and low-carbon hydrogen for industry.
• Private companies are helping Thai smallholders meet EU rules by rolling out EUDR-compliant rubber traceability tools and finance, keeping product access to the bloc while curbing deforestation.
• Carbon180 published a federal roadmap to scale carbon removal that proposes multi-year offtake, robust MRV, and permitting fixes to accelerate durable CDR deployment.

Big systems are shifting in visible ways. If that is energizing but also a lot to hold, the next section offers a steadier pace.

If you are struggling...

If you feel tired, angry, anxious, hopeless, or frustrated by the state of the world, you are not alone. Some days the news is a wave that keeps coming. It helps to hold two simple ideas.

You can show up for what matters and also loosen your grip on the result. This is not indifference. It is steadier. Consider practices that help you release your grip on outcomes. Do the next right thing, then breathe. Let what you cannot control be what you cannot control.

Second, take reversible steps. Many choices are not forever. Most are experiments. Remember that most choices are hats, not tattoos. Try something small. Notice what changes. Adjust. Delay is often the real cost, not a wrong turn.

When you do act, match your action to the moment. Some spaces need calm and clear direction. Others need rest, story, or care. Learn to read the conditions and respond wisely. You do not need a title to do this. You can be the person who steadies a meeting, or who brings tea, or who asks the good question.

One tiny thing today is enough. Drink water. Step outside. Text a friend. Take a hat-level risk. Then rest. The world is heavy, and you do not have to carry it alone.

For people and planet,
Bri Chapman
brichapman.com