About Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown is an independent, internationally-trusted organization driving bold, science-based approaches to stop climate change.

Our work is built on three pillars:

SCIENCE – Advancing Science-Based Climate Solutions and Strategies. First, we conduct cutting-edge research to identify the best possible climate solutions and design the most effective strategies to bring them to scale. Then, we share our findings with the world through effective science communication, marketing campaigns, and media partnerships.

STAKEHOLDERS – Engaging Key Stakeholders and Empowering Bold Climate Leadership. Next, we use our science to inform, inspire, and empower key stakeholders and emerging climate leaders – including policymakers, community leaders, philanthropists, investors, business leaders, and others – to take bold action and bring the most effective solutions to the world.

STORIES – Telling Human Stories of Solutions in Action. Finally, we use the power of storytelling to help shift the narrative on climate change – from problem to solution and from “doom and gloom” to “opportunity and possibility.” Along the way, we showcase new climate heroes putting solutions into action.

In short, we believe that rigorous science is needed to guide climate action. And we believe that this science must be shared in actionable, compelling ways – through stakeholder engagement and powerful storytelling.

Our job is to make this happen.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-partisan organization, Project Drawdown is funded by individual and institutional donations.

Project Drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies.

Whether through individual or community actions, business leadership, philanthropy, investments, national policies, or international negotiations, Project Drawdown is helping to bring science-based climate solutions and strategies around the world.

The impacts of our work can be seen everywhere. 

Our work has driven policy change, led to the formation of numerous companies, driven countless investments, helped tens of thousands take climate action at work, and inspired millions through our solutions-focused storytelling. 

But that’s not all:

• Project Drawdown serves as the world’s authoritative guide to science-based climate solutions – across all sectors and geographies. And our reach grows every year.
• Our work has moved beyond describing solutions; we have created groundbreaking strategies for climate action, including focusing on “emergency brake” solutions, implemented in critical geographic “hot spots”, with multiple “benefit clusters”.
• We have brought more attention to critical issues that were largely ignored, including the need to focus far more attention on food system emissions, “black carbon”, refrigerants, deforestation, and more.
• We created new strategies for climate investing and philanthropy that greatly increase the impact of limited resources for funding climate solutions.
• Working directly with corporate leaders, investors, philanthropists, policymakers, and others, we have helped shift billions of dollars toward more effective climate solutions around the world.
• We helped rapidly accelerate global climate investment, especially in venture capital, by showing the world what was possible, and how it extended far beyond solar panels and wind turbines.
• We are creating a broader vision for climate action, identifying powerful synergies between stopping climate change, halting biodiversity loss, and improving human wellbeing.
• From the TED stage, international climate meetings, and Climate Week to top-tier media outlets and board rooms across the world, Project Drawdown continues to be a leading voice for science-based climate action.
• Our storytelling work is highlighting everyday people across America – and the world – who are stepping up to advance climate solutions in their communities.

And we are just getting started.

Given the urgency of the moment, we are standing up, taller than ever, to expand our reach and impact. We are relentlessly focused on rapidly scaling the most effective climate solutions across the globe.

Your continued support and partnership make this possible. The future is still ours to shape. Together, we can rise to meet this moment and deliver actionable hope today and for generations to come.

Please see our Annual Report or explore Drawdown News for information on recent accomplishments and current activities, and sign up for our newsletter and follow us on social media @ProjectDrawdown for future updates.