ProjectDrawdownCO2
October 2014
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Project Drawdown -- Reviewed by GreenBiz
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Project Drawdown, founded by Paul Hawken, is a US-based organization developing a book, open-source database, and digital platform describing 100+ existing technological and social solutions to our climate crisis, and analyzing their potential financial and climate impact at-scale over the next thirty years. Through this effort we hope to present a roadmap toward drawdown, or the point at which greenhouse gases in our atmosphere reach their modern day peak and then begin to decline. Drawdown describes a comprehensive range of solutions that reduce carbon emissions, substitute existing technologies/practices with more efficient alternatives, or sequester carbon from the atmosphere. We are building robust solution-specific models designed to calculate the financial costs and savings of implementation, and the impact these solutions will have on carbon emissions and CO2 levels in the upper atmosphere by 2045. Our carefully vetted list represents “no regrets” initiatives, solutions that should be implemented whether or not the threat of climate change existed.
Co-developed by our coalition of scientists, scholars, policymakers, students, advocates and business leaders from across the globe, Drawdown represents the collaborative input of over 200 individuals and organizations worldwide. Our active and highly engaged group of Advisors has been described as "The Who's Who" of climate leaders, with five IPCC lead authors, including Dan Kammen, Peter Smith, and Karen O'Brien; luminaries like Bill McKibben, Janine Benyus, and Sir Jonathan Porritt; and many others.
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