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Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming

When you start to grasp the severity of the climate crisis, it’s easy sometimes to feel a little hopeless. But a new book called Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming presents a way forward to create a future that is perhaps greater than anyone has imagined was possible.



What is drawdown? It is the reversal of greenhouse gases that have built up in our atmosphere primarily from the burning of fossil fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas. Fortunately, major advancements have been made in the past decade to mitigate this problem.


Below are the top 10 solutions in order of greatest impact:

  1. Hi-tech Refrigeration
  2. Onshore Wind Power
  3. Reducing Food Waste
  4. Plant-rich diets
  5. Tropical Forest Protection
  6. Educating girls
  7. Family Planning
  8. Utility-scale Solar
  9. Silvopasture
  10. Rooftop Solar