The Drawdown Review 2020
22.09.20
This new summary, The Drawdown Review 2020, includes updates to their climate solutions research, and introduces the new Drawdown Framework.
The Pioneering Islands
31.08.20
Orkney is pioneering a zero carbon future by harnessing hydrogen power - can we do the same around the world?
#10 Rooftop Solar
04.06.20
Rooftop solar PV can grow from a 0.4% of electricity generation globally to 7% by 2050. That growth can avoid 24.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
#9 Silvopasture
28.05.20
From the Latin for “forest” and “grazing”, silvopasture is just that: the integration of trees and pasture. With silvopasture, world wide carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 31.2 gigatonnes.
#8 Solar Farms
22.05.20
Any scenario for reversing global warming includes a massive ramp up of solar panels by mid-century.
#7 Family Planning
21.05.20
For women to have children by choice rather than chance and to plan their family size and spacing is a matter of autonomy and dignity. Family planning can also have ripple effects on drawing down greenhouse gas emissions...
#6 Educating Girls
20.05.20
Girls education it turns out has a dramatic effect on global warming.
#5 Tropical Forest Restoration
18.05.20
When we lose forests primarily to agricultural expansion or human settlement carbon dioxide discharges into the atmosphere. Tropical forest loss alone is responsible for 16-19 percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity...
#4 Plant Rich Diet
15.05.20
If 50% of the world’s population restricts their diet to a healthy 2,500 calories a day and reduces meat consumption overall, we estimate at least 26.7 gigatonnes of emissions could be avoided from dietary change alone.
#3 Reduced Food Waste
07.05.20
One of the great miracles of life on this planet is the creation of food... The food we waste contributes roughly 8 percent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
#2 Wind Turbines
05.05.20
Onshore wind turbines generate electricity at a utility scale, comparable to power plants. They replace fossil fuels with emissions-free electricity.
#1 Refrigerants
01.05.20
In October 2016 officials from more than 170 countries gathered in Kigali, Rwanda to negotiate a deal to address the problem of CFCs. John Kerry has said it is, “the biggest thing we can do (for climate) in one giant swoop”.