![]() The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming Theres been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope. ![]() Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Review Quotes At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being-giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earths warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. One hundred techniques and practices are described here-some are well known some you may have never heard of. Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. David Roberts, Vox This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook-only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook. We are finding and telling their stories.Book Synopsis - New York Times bestseller - The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Engaged citizens the world over are doing extraordinary work. Individuals, communities, farmers, cities, companies, and governments have shown that they care about this planet, its people, and its places. In conducting our research, we found a blueprint that already exists in the world in the form of humanity’s collective wisdom, made manifest in applied, hands-on practices and technologies. We do not have that capability or self-appointed mandate. To be clear, our organization did not create or devise a plan. However, there is as yet no roadmap that goes beyond slowing or stopping emissions. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has accomplished the most significant scientific study in the history of humankind, and continues to refine the science, expand the research, and extend our grasp of one of the most complex systems imaginable-climate. ![]() One hundred and ninety-five nations have made extraordinary progress in coming together to acknowledge that we have a momentous civilizational crisis on our earthly doorstep and have created national plans of action. ![]() There have been agreements and proposals on how to slow, cap, and arrest emissions, and there are international commitments to prevent global temperature increases from exceeding two degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels. All solutions modeled are already in place, well understood, analyzed based on peer-reviewed science, and are expanding around the world. The goal of the research that informs Drawdown is to determine if we can reverse the buildup of atmospheric carbon within thirty years. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, and how it works. Drawdown describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. ![]()
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