Drawdown
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• 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. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis.
Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope. ” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors.
At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom. ” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook. ” —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.
One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline.
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- Penguin US
- 9781524704650
- 9780143130444
- ePub
- 0
- Paul Hawken
- English
- 2017-04-18
- 100
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- Cover
- Masthead
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Origins
- Language
- Numbers
- Energy
- Wind Turbines
- Microgrids
- Geothermal
- Solar Farms
- Rooftop Solar
- Wave and Tidal
- Concentrated Solar
- Biomass
- Nuclear
- Cogeneration
- Micro Wind
- Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf
- Methane Digesters
- In-Stream Hydro
- Waste-To-Energy
- Grid Flexibility
- Energy Storage (Utilities)
- Energy Storage (Distributed)
- Solar Water
- Food
- Plant-Rich Diet
- Farmland Restoration
- Reduced Food Waste
- Clean Cookstoves
- Multistrata Agroforestry
- Improved Rice Cultivation
- Silvopasture
- Why Bother? by Michael Pollan
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Nutrient Management
- Tree Intercropping
- Conservation Agriculture
- Composting
- Biochar
- Tropical Staple Trees
- Farmland Irrigation
- The Hidden Half of Nature by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé
- Managed Grazing
- Women and Girls
- Women Smallholders
- Family Planning
- Educating Girls
- Buildings and Cities
- Net Zero Buildings
- Walkable Cities
- Bike Infrastructure
- Green Roofs
- LED Lighting
- Heat Pumps
- Smart Glass
- Smart Thermostats
- District Heating
- Landfill Methane
- Insulation
- Retrofitting
- Water Distribution
- Building Automation
- Land Use
- Forest Protection
- Coastal Wetlands
- Tropical Forests
- Bamboo
- The Man Who Stopped the Desert by Mark Hertsgaard
- Perennial Biomass
- Peatlands
- Indigenous Peoples’ Land Management
- Temperate Forests
- The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
- Afforestation
- Transport
- Mass Transit
- High-Speed Rail
- Ships
- Electric Vehicles
- Ridesharing
- Electric Bikes
- Cars
- Airplanes
- Trucks
- Telepresence
- Trains
- Materials
- Household Recycling
- Industrial Recycling
- Alternative Cement
- Refrigeration
- Recycled Paper
- Bioplastic
- Water Saving—Home
- Coming Attractions
- Repopulating the Mammoth Steppe
- Pasture Cropping
- Enhanced Weathering of Minerals
- Marine Permaculture
- Intensive Silvopasture
- Artificial Leaf
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Solid-State Wave Energy
- Living Buildings
- On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis
- Direct Air Capture
- Hydrogen-Boron Fusion
- Smart Highways
- Hyperloop
- Microbial Farming
- Industrial Hemp
- Perennial Crops
- A Cow Walks onto a Beach
- Ocean Farming
- Smart Grids
- Building with Wood
- Reciprocity by Janine Benyus
- An Opening
- Methodology
- What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
- Summary of Solutions by Overall Ranking
- Summary of Solutions by Sector
- Who We Are – the Coalition
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Photograph Credits
- About the Editor