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Carbon Drawdown Overview IS BASED ON METICULOUS RESEARCH THAT ANALYZES HOW AND WHEN WE CAN REVERSE DRAWDOWN GLOBAL WARMING. Solutions Land Use (25) Afforestation Agricultural Intensification Avoided Deforestation Bamboo Biochar Drawdown is that point in time when greenhouse Boreal Forest Restoration Carbon Farming Coastal Wetland Management gases peak and begin to decline on a year-to-year Composting Conservation Agriculture Farm Water Productivity basis. It is the most important goal for humanity to Farmland Restoration Grazing & Pasture Management Indigenous Land Management undertake. It is not a daydream because Drawdown Multistrata Agroforestry Nutrient Management Peatland Protection is based on research that maps, measures, and Perennial Bioenergy Crops Regenerative Agriculture Silvopasture models solutions that are already in place. Sustainable Rice Production Temperate Forest Restoration Tree Intercropping Tropical Forest Restoration Tropical Staple Tree Crops Energy (16) Scientists have done an extraordinary job calculating the math bullet technologies, however unlikely. Biomass Energy Generation on what will happen if we do not act to mitigate climate change. Co-generation Global warming is a genre of crisis never before encountered and requires However, the math has not been done on a comprehensive array of Concentrated Solar Farms an entirely different approach. It impacts all segments of society, across Distributed Energy Storage the most effective solutions that are currently being implemented. Such all countries and regions throughout the world. Its causes are deeply Geothermal an inventory has not been created despite three decades of committed In-stream Hydro embedded in the global economy and the way of life for billions of Methane Digesters international research on the topic. We are doing it because the success people. To make the necessary changes required to address this crisis, all Micro-Wind Turbines of the global climate movement depends on having a rigorous, detailed, Micro-Grids levels of society must act together applying meaningful climate actions and compelling path forward. Net-Zero Buildings grounded in facts that are vetted, accessible, credible, and actionable. Rooftop Solar PV Solar PV Farms We are filling this void by doing the math on the atmospheric and The most substantive solutions to global warming are directly applicable Utility-Scale Energy Storage financial impacts of state-of-the-shelf solutions if deployed globally and and beneficial to society whether or not the climate crisis existed. The Waste-to-Energy at scale over the next thirty years. State-of-the-shelf refers to techniques climate solutions modeled in Drawdown are financially viable, protect Wave/Tidal Energy Wind Turbines that are widely practiced, commonly available, economically viable and and restore natural resources, and benefit health and well-being of all scientifically valid. Our findings will be communicated through an people. Buildings (14) internationally published book, an open-source database, and a growing Alternative Cements Drawdown tells a story of possibility, grounded in data and analysis. By Building Automation Systems global network of partner organizations. Building with Wood cataloging what we already know how to do — and are already doing — we Commercial LED Lighting Reversing global warming requires a change in human perception paint a picture of human brilliance, capability, and compassion. The District Heating & Cooling and behavior. Perception depends on presenting a credible case that skill and determination being expressed by humanity is a fact-based Efficient Appliances Energy Efficient Glazing reversing climate change is possible. Behavior is contingent upon a clear counter argument to the narrative that climate change is too vast, too Energy Efficient Roofs under standing of what to do. To date, humanity has been more adept hard, or too complex to tackle. In actuality there are many reasons to Household LED Lighting Household Water Saving Measures at imagining the end of civilization than its transformation, and more believe. Indeed, we analyze 100 of them. HVAC Efficiencies inclined either to throw up our hands in despair or to dream of silver- Retrofitting Rooftop Solar Hot Water Smart Thermostats Food (4) Clean Cookstoves Healthy Diet Nutrient Management At its core, Drawdown is a clear and detailed case Reduced Food Waste Cities (3) Bike Infrastructure of what is possible. We are counting what counts. Landfill Methane Capture Walkable Cities By collectively drawing down carbon, we lift up all of Transport (10) Airplane Fuel Efficiency Car Fuel Efficiency life. Carpooling/Ridesharing Electric Bikes Electric Vehicles High Speed Rail Mass Transit Oceanic Freight Improvements The list of solutions may challenge conventional wisdom about how to The Drawdown coalition is that body. Thousands of person-hours of Train Fuel Efficiency address climate change. Our analysis shows that the marquee solutions reading, research, interviewing, and model calculus underlie a rigorous Truck Fuel Efficiency — renewable energy, energy efficiency, and forest preservation — are accounting of what is possible. It thoroughly analyzes renewable energy Behavior (4) indeed critical. However drawdown cannot be achieved with those and energy efficiency, and includes many other solutions including Educating Girls Family Planning solutions alone. It requires a systematic approach that is broad and reducing black carbon with clean cookstoves, adopting low-carbon Household Recycling includes approaches often overlooked, such as educating girls in the diets, eliminating food waste, and dematerialization. Drawdown is the Telepresence developing world and twenty-one distinct land use practices that pull work of a prominent and growing coalition of geologists, engineers, Materials (5) carbon out of the atmosphere, creating vital negative emissions. agronomists, researchers, fellows, writers, climatologists, biologists, Bioplastics botanists, economists, financial analysts, architects, companies, agencies, Commercial Recycling Because root causes and cures for climate change are seen as immensely Recycled Paper NGOs, activists, and other experts who draft, model, fact check, review, complex, solving global warming has been ceded largely to experts. Refrigerant Management and validate all text, inputs, sources, and calculations. They include Water Distribution Efficiency Drawdown posits a different approach. A wide variety of actors can IPCC lead authors such as Karen O’Brien and Dan Kammen, writers contribute significantly: students, teachers, researchers, philanthropists, Coming Attractions (22) such as Michael Pollan and Elizabeth Kolbert, activists such as Annie Airships investors, entrepreneurs, business people, farmers, policymakers, engaged Leonard and Mike Brune, and over 200 others. Autonomous Vehicles citizens, and more. Boron Fusion The work is extensive, complex, and exacting, but its outcome is Compost Application Rangelands The work of Drawdown is all the more critical following COP21. The Conductive Cooling beautifully simple: a dashboard that anyone can access, understand, Direct Air Capture consummation of the Paris talks was extraordinary. Remarkably, 195 and engage with, whose underlying data, sources, and algorithms are Dynamic Skins countries agreed that climate change poses a serious threat to humankind Enhanced Weathering of Minerals completely transparent. It is the essential tool human beings need in and offered voluntary commitments to achieve stabilization at 1.5C — an Graphene Materials order to address climate disruption broadly and effectively, not only Graphene Polymer Batteries unprecedented achievement. Missing from the proceedings, however, Hyperloop because it points the way forward but because it paints a picture of is a detailed and exacting description of how to achieve the goals of Kite Sails what is feasible, feeding the most critical element of addressing climate Living Buildings the agreement because no institution has assembled a comprehensive change: our collective imagination, creativity, and conviction. At its Makani (Airbourne Wind Turbines) framework of existing solutions that could achieve drawdown. Microbial Farming core, Drawdown is a clear and detailed case of what is possible. We are Ocean Farming counting what counts. — Paul Hawken Ocean Forests (Marine Permaculture) Pasture Cropping Perennial Grains & Staples Perennial Feedstocks & Cropping Repopulating the Mammoth Steppe The Coalition www.drawdown.org Advisors Kerry Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy Center Forum on Religion and Ecology Paul Hawken Ruth Metzel, Junior Fellow Wendy Abrams, Cool Globes for Justice and Human Rights Paul Valva, Valva Associates John Lanier Alex Michalko, Junior Fellow David Addison, Virgin Earth Challenge Elizabeth Kolbert, Author Brian Von Herzen, The Climate Foundation Lyn Lear Ida Midzic, Research Fellow Alan AtKisson, AtKisson Group Jules Kortenhorst, RMI Greg Watson, Schumacher Center Martin O’Malley Karthik Mukkavilli, Research Fellow George Bandy, Interface Larry Kraft, iMatter Youth Kristin Wegner, UCAR John Wick Kapil Narula, Research Fellow Marc Barasch, Green World Campaign Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN International Bill Weihl, Facebook Demetrios Papaioannou, Research Spencer Beebe, Ecotrust Alex Lau, YiYi Ventures Ted White, Fahr LLC Drawdown Fellows Fellow Margaret Bergen, Panswiss Project Colin Le Duc, Generation Investment Dan Wieden, Wieden + Kennedy Ryan Allard, Senior Fellow, Transporation Michelle Pedraza,
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