Drawdown^® Insights

One of the most common questions I receive after presenting on Project Drawdown’s climate solutions is ‘if people know all the solutions, why aren’t we implementing them?’

It’s been a summer of heat and fire. Three severe heat domes have settled over the United States in a month, sending temperatures skyrocketing over and over again. The skies over vast swathes of the Northeast and Midwest are hazy with smoke blown in from wildfires across Canada and Minnesota. Europe is sweating in its fourth heatwave of the summer as France and Spain grapple with raging infernos.  

Protein is having a moment. These days, you can find it in cookies, pizza, soda – and even flavored water.

You’ve likely heard that artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of work. 

The Great Wealth Transfer is underway, creating an entirely new generation of philanthropists.

What’s going on with planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions? As a data scientist, I get to ask these big, thorny questions about climate change, then take a deep dive into the data to see what story emerges. For this question in particular, I found five compelling insights, told through data, that show us where we are and where we are headed in terms of tackling society’s greatest challenge.

The oceans store an incredible share, nearly one quarter, of the carbon emitted by humans.

Heat pumps are awesome technologies for home heating that can increase home comfort, provide cooling, save energy and money, reduce air pollution, and perform many other functions – all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Did you know enough calories are produced on the world’s croplands to feed 14.5 billion people? But it’s not just about how much we grow – it’s what we do with what’s grown.

At Project Drawdown, we have spent years proving that if humanity implements the climate solutions we already have, at the scale we’re capable of, we can and will bend the curve on climate change. The science is clear. We know what needs to happen, and we know we can do it if we choose to. So why does it still feel so hard?