Drawdown^® Insights

For over a century, science has been a driving force for American progress.

Those of us who work in and think about climate change often act as if we’re at a crossroads. 

Windows can be both the best part and the worst part of a home. 

It’s no secret that the Trump Administration wants coal to make a comeback. 

It’s been one year since Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States for the second time.

When I think about climate change, I often imagine a household budget. 

Our global food system is the largest source of human-caused methane – we ignore it at our peril

If you care about climate change, you might be feeling a bit bruised and battered by 2025. From the inauguration of a U.S. president committed to undermining renewable energy to an underwhelming COP30, it’s been – well, a year. But may we offer some good news? Here at Project Drawdown, we have continued to move climate solutions forward despite the headwinds, as evidenced by the perspectives chronicled in the 21 Insights posts we published over the past year.

This year’s major United Nations climate talks, COP30, fell short of many expectations. Despite being held in Belém, Brazil, known as the “gateway to the Amazon,” issues such as stopping deforestation and transforming global food systems received relatively little attention. While some bright spots emerged, overall progress was minimal.

Every potential climate solution on the Drawdown Explorer begins as a hypothesis. This sounds geeky, but we’re scientists – we can’t help it. It’s the way we think. Our hypothesis looks something like this: “If we do [name of climate solution], it will [reduce emissions or remove carbon dioxide] by [how it works]”.