![]() ![]() The three scenarios presented in the book (Plausible, Drawdown and Optimal) and are based on the latest research, but like all scenarios they include some uncertainties, such as the impacts of ocean, land, or methane sinks. The calculated return on investments in educating girls is simply incalculable. Both of these will have dramatic effects on global warming. Educating girls is ranked #6 - it is closely linked to managing reproductive health and to building resilience in terms of climate change impacts. Not all of the solutions are technical or managerial. There are 95 other solutions, each a fascinating story of possibility and impact, backed by research and numbers. The top five solutions, whose order vary according to the scenario, include refrigerant management, wind turbines (onshore), reduced food waste, plant-rich diets, and tropical forests. At the end of the day, every solution in Drawdown is initiated and promoted by groups of people forming new and perhaps unlikely alliances.”ĭrawdown estimates the emissions reduction potential for each solution (number of gigatons of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere), and calculates the net costs and net savings. The solutions are ranked according to the total amount of greenhouse gases they can avoid or remove from the atmosphere. “Climate solutions depend on community, collaboration, and cooperation. These represent “no regrets” solutions that provide numerous other benefits as well, such as for crop yields, human health, biodiversity, income and employment. I mean, the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report discusses ways that we can slow or limit global warming, but reverse it? Paul’s reply was that they were looking not only at emissions reductions, but at a wide range of changes in land use (23 solutions) that take up or sequester carbon from the atmosphere. ![]() As a ‘Drawdown Advisor,’ I couldn’t help but question the claim. ![]() Reverse global warming? Within 30 years? That sounds incredible. Project Drawdown identifies the 100 most substantive solutions already existing or underway today that can roll back global warming within 30 years. Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, is the most comprehensive attempt ever to measure and model how we begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reverse global warming. At a time when some politicians still do not take the problem of climate change seriously, it’s exciting to read a book that takes solutions to climate change seriously. ![]()
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