The Future is climate positive

Welcome to Climate Positive - your source for inspiring news and progress on climate action!

I firmly believe that the power of positive information can change the world. Amidst the often overwhelming news about climate change, our goal is to create an oasis of hope and motivation. Climate Positive focusses on highlighting the progress and successes in the fight against climate change.

What we fight for:

The mission is to promote a positive vision for the future while recognizing the pressing challenges of the climate crisis. I believe that the path to a sustainable future is paved with optimism, collaboration and concrete action. That's why I not only share good news, but also offer insights into innovative technologies, inspiring projects and the people driving change.

Why am I doing this? Because I am convinced that a positive perspective and knowledge of successful measures can increase motivation and commitment to climate protection. With Climate Positiv, I want to build a community that is inspired by the vision of a sustainable future and works together to make it a reality.

Be part of it!

Ecosia, the nonprofit search engine, just hit a HUGE milestone just before Earth-Day: 250 million native trees planted worldwide. That makes them the largest planter of native trees on the planet.

Started in 2009, they’ve built a global network of 200,000+ local planters & 125 orgs. The concept ist simple:

Your clicks & searches = ad revenue = trees.

They’ve planted 1,600+ native species, including 144 endangered ones. No greenwashing, no profit, just a company legally set up so no one (not even the founder) can take dividends. The only shareholder? The planet.

They even have a CTPO (Chief Tree Planting Officer) the only company in the world with one.

Convinced to switch? I wouldn’t advertise if it wasn’t literally making the planet better. 

So yeah, ditch googleing and try ecosiaing. It costs nothing and grows forests. 🌲🌲🌲

more info: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/250-millionth-tree-planted-by-this-tree-planting-search-engine-just-ahead-of-earth-day/

Bush Heritage Australia manages 3 million of those acres, after nearly doubling the amount from 2022 to 2023. These private lands often hold fragile ecosystems that aren't protected by national parks, so this work is genuinely huge.

Meanwhile in the US, groups like American Prairie have protected over 600,000 acres in Montana, and the Land Trust Alliance says 61 million acres of private US land are already conserved amounting to more than all the national parks.

And while, wealth and property ownership can absolutely cause harm especially for the ecosystem and the planet, it's also kind of beautiful to see that some people, choose to use what they own as a responsibility, deciding to leave the world better than they found it, one acre at a time. A very human sentiment.

Pilot projects in Germany & France show that the combination of solar panels and vineyards are both a solution to generate more renewable energy and make good wine! Great news for the sometimes brought up conflict of agriculture VS solar power generation.

How it works:

Panels mounted high to leave room for vines + machinery

Semi-transparent, with a tracking system to follow the sun

Rotate to let in more light on cloudy days

Insulate ground by ~2°C—protects against late frosts AND heatwaves

The benefits:

higher yields:

Chardonnay: +61% 

Marselan: +31%

Grenache Blanc: +18%

better quality:

1% lower alcohol (with better acidity balance)

Fruitier taste profile

preserving the typical taste of German Riesling

harvesting at optimal maturity

Bonus perks:

60% less irrigation water needed

15% reduction in vine death

Even though the focus on top crop quality reduces the yield from solar panels you get better wine and power for several hundred homes. And if electrification of agricultural machinery progress it could even lower the carbon emission on growing the wine!

New report from energy think tank Ember finds that geothermal energy could theoretically replace 42% of the EU's electricity from coal & natural gas — at the same cost.

How it works:

Earth's interior is hot. Drill down, pipe water through rock, it heats up, comes back up to power turbines.

Historically limited to geologically active places (volcanoes, hot springs, etc.)

What changed?

Next-gen drilling & fracturing techniques (ironically borrowed from oil & gas industry) let us go deeper & create our own permeability

Opens up new regions that weren't feasible before

Caveats:

Deeper = more expensive & difficult

Geology varies: some places get hot closer to surface

Water loss & mineral buildup can be issues

Bonus:

Shallow "networked geothermal" (600-700 ft deep) can heat/cool homes directly

Can also act like an underground battery — store excess solar/wind as hot water, pull it up later

"A bit ironic that oil & gas tools are helping here — maybe why Europe doesn't talk about it as much"

China: coal power ↓ 1.6% / India: ↓ 3% (2025 data)

Why? A record clean energy boom — China added 300GW solar + 100GW wind last year alone (that’s >5x the UK’s entire power capacity)

India added 35GW solar, 6GW wind, 3.5GW hydropower

Together, these two countries drove >90% of global emissions growth from 2015–2024 — so this could signal a real peak in global coal & emissions 

Caveat: ~36% of India’s drop was due to milder weather, not just clean energy. But still — first back-to-back drop since 1973.

(Source: Guardian / Carbon Brief analysis / CREA)

🌍💨 Climate Protection Reduces the Severity of Hurricanes 💚🌪️

As the climate crisis intensifies, so does the power of storms. Hurricanes are fueled by warmer ocean temperatures, and climate change has made these temperatures rise more rapidly than ever. 🌊🔥 This means more intense, destructive hurricanes — but there’s good news: we have the power to make a difference.

When we take action to protect the climate — reducing emissions, conserving energy, transitioning to renewables 🌱☀️ — we’re not just helping the planet stay cooler; we’re also reducing the energy hurricanes can draw from. A cooler planet means less fuel for these storms, potentially reducing their frequency and severity.

🌍🌿 New study reveals: Plants store 37 billion more tons of CO₂ than we thought! 🌿🌍

This means that planting trees 🌱 and protecting rainforests 🌳 are even more essential to fight climate change! 🌡️💪 Every tree planted now helps 31% more in CO₂ capture, bringing Earth back into balance faster. 🌎✨

The more forests we protect, the more CO₂ gets stored – especially in tropical rainforests! 🌴🍃 And if we stop burning fossil fuels, nature can absorb CO₂ even quicker! 🌞💨

🌱🌍 Let’s work together for a greener future! 🌍🌱

Terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from plant carbonyl sulfide uptake - Nature