Climate change solutions

How to stop climate change?

Climate experts are formal: the earth is warming and at a sustained rate. The cause is the increase in greenhouse gases of human origin, with the consequences of health, ecological and humanitarian crises of which we are seeing the beginnings. What is the meaning of climate change? What are the causes of climate change and its consequences? And finally what are the possible solutions?

01. Definition

What is Climate Change?

Climate change is a global modification of the climate over a long period of time (from decades to millions of years). These changes can occur both regionally and globally. By climate change we mean the increase in temperature from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Even if climate change can also have natural causes, it is largely related to human activity and greenhouse gases.

02. Causes

Climate change causes

Greenhouse gases: greenhouse gases allow the sun to shine unimpeded on the Earth's surface. Natural greenhouse gases ensure a temperature suitable for life on Earth as opposed to man-made gases which cause a very high increase in heat. They prevent the heat from being reflected back into space and redirect it to the Earth. There are many greenhouse gases but here is a list of 6 gases regulated by the Paris Agreement.These are the ones that have the greatest impact on climate change:

  1. Carbon Dioxides
  2. Methane
  3. Nitrous Oxide
  4. Sulphur Hexafluoride
  5. Perfluorocarbons
  6. Hydrofluorocarbons

03. Impacts

Climate change effects

Some of the consequences of global warming have already been established by scientists. Here are some of them:

  1. Global Warming: the main effect of climate change is of course global warming. With an increasingly rapid growth of the planet's temperature due to human activities such as deforestation, intensive agriculture, mining or over-consumption.
  2. Air pollution: the main greenhouse gas is not counted as an air pollutant because it does not appear to affect health. However, there are links between climate change and global warming, such as the atmospheric concentration of some pollutants in the air.
  3. Water Pollution: water pollution and climate change are closely linked, both in rivers, seas and oceans. This pollution manifests itself in particular through changes in the flows of the various rivers, the increase in temperature and the pollutants concentration in the water.
  4. Land Pollution: the soil is equally hard hit by climate change. Human activity is significantly changing the climate and the nature of soils, which are both very fragile and most of the time over-exploited.

04. Solutions

Climate Change Solutions

The Solar Impulse Label is granted to innovative solutions to fight climate change that meet high standards of sustainability and profitability. Each solution goes through a strict assessment process performed by independent experts.

SolarisKit
Jun 2020
Use case available

SolarisKit

A solar thermal collector capable of converting sunlight into hot water for buildings

  • Buildings & Constructions
Hivenet
Jan 2025
Use case available

Hivenet

Hivenet is a distributed cloud platform that provides sustainable storage and computing solutions by utilizing the unused resources of our community

  • Utilities (Water, Energy, Waste)
TEYGO
Apr 2025
Use case available

TEYGO

A modular stucture for fotovoltaic solar plant for remote areas, easily transportable and quick to install

  • Utilities (Water, Energy, Waste)
Garden Gourmet
May 2021

Garden Gourmet

Making people eat more plant-based food

  • Agrifood & Natural Environment
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05. Implementations

Climate Change Solutions Implementations

SolarisKit by SolarisKit Ltd implemented by Zima Homes in Nairobi (Kenya) in 2024

Hivenet by Hivenet implemented by Inria (French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology) in Le Chesnay Cedex (France) in 2022

TEYGO by Solamaz implemented by Ville de Saint-Georges in Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock (French Guiana) in 2024

Attributes Power by Attributes implemented by Air Products in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (France) in 2018

ElectricFeel Shared Mobility OS by ElectricFeel implemented by City of Basel (Switzerland) in Basel (Switzerland) in 2018

NetHire by NetHire implemented by Solar A/S in Copenhagen (Denmark) in 2020

Solar Thermal High-Vacuum Panels by TVP SOLAR implemented by PepsiCo in Minas Gerais (Brazil) in 2022

Solar Thermal High-Vacuum Panels by TVP SOLAR implemented by Emmi Group in Langnau (Switzerland) in 2022

BioVALO by IDEAL Environnement implemented by SCEA Du Mont Au Roux in Cléville (France) in 2021

Urban Smart Ecopark by Obwstreetstyle implemented by City of Angers in Angers (France) in 2019

VoltControl Stabilizers by VoltControl implemented by Commune de Collombey-Muraz in Collombey-muraz (Switzerland) in 2021

Multidrains geothermal wells by ENGIE implemented by City of Velizy-Villacoublay (France) in Velizy-Villacoublay (France) in 2021

Offshore Floating Solar Units by SolarinBlue implemented by Port de Sète in Sète (France) in 2023

OroraTech's Wildfire Solution by OroraTech implemented by ARAUCO in Santiago (Chile) in 2021

Ways2H Hydrogen Solution by Ways2H, Inc. implemented by United Kingdom in UK (United Kingdom) in 2021

BIOHUT® by ECOCEAN implemented by Port of Fréjus in Fréjus (France) in 2018

06. Conclusion

Climate change prevention

Good news - there are ways to reduce Climate Change. What solutions to consider?

  1. Renewable energies: changing our main energy sources to clean and renewable energy. Solar, Wind, Geothermal and biomass could be the solution.
  2. Sustainable transportation: our transport methods must be aligned with environmental requirements and reduce their carbon footprint. It is essential to rethink our transport methods from the design stage towards eco-friendly transportation.
  3. Air pollution prevention: many methods exist to prevent, control and reduce air pollution, in particular by reducing the consumption of fossil fuels, and limiting industry emissions and waste.
  4. Waste Management & recycling: the simplest solution to reduce waste is to adapt our production methods to our consumption patterns. The recycling process must also be taken into account in our consumption habits.
  5. Sea and Ocean preservation: oceans and seas are the largest storage of greenhouse gases and are an exceptional support system for life on this planet. Limiting overfishing, unsustainable development activities in coastal areas and the consumption of environmentally friendly products is now essential.
  6. Circular economy: use the 3 r's of circular economy (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) to significantly reduce our waste and avoid unnecessary production of new items.

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