Drawdown (climate)#Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown is a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on science-based solutions to climate change. The organization – focused on climate change mitigation – was co-founded by Paul Hawken and Amanda Joy Ravenhill. [https://drawdown.org/staff/jonathan-foley-phd Dr. Jonathan Foley] is the current executive director.

The Project Drawdown website includes a [https://drawdown.org/solutions climate solutions library], video lessons,{{Cite web|date=2020-12-22|title=Climate Solutions 101 presented by @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/climate-solutions-101|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}} [https://drawdown.org/publications publications], and more that explain the science behind the project.

The website lists nine sectors where immediate action is needed to limit climate change. They are:

1. Electricity: Electricity production gives rise to 25% of heat-trapping emissions globally.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Electricity @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/electricity|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
2. Food, Agriculture, and Land Use: Agriculture and forestry activities generate 24% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Food, Agriculture, and Land Use @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/food-agriculture-land-use|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=Roe|first1=Stephanie|last2=Streck|first2=Charlotte|last3=Beach|first3=Robert|last4=Busch|first4=Jonah|last5=Chapman|first5=Melissa|last6=Daioglou|first6=Vassilis|last7=Deppermann|first7=Andre|last8=Doelman|first8=Jonathan|last9=Emmet‐Booth|first9=Jeremy|last10=Engelmann|first10=Jens|last11=Fricko|first11=Oliver|date=2021-10-11|title=Land‐based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15873|journal=Global Change Biology|volume=27|issue=23|pages=6025–6058|doi=10.1111/gcb.15873|pmid=34636101 |pmc=9293189 |issn=1354-1013|hdl=2164/17854|hdl-access=free}}
3. Industry: Industry is responsible for 21% of all heat-trapping emissions.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Industry @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/industry|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
4. Transportation: This sector is responsible for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-09|title=Transportation @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/transportation|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
5. Buildings: Buildings produce 6% of heat-trapping emissions worldwide.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Buildings @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/buildings|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
6. Health and Education: Climate and social systems are profoundly connected, and those connections open up solutions that are often overlooked.
7. Land Sinks: While the majority of heat-trapping emissions remain in the atmosphere, land sinks return 26% of human-caused emissions to Earth.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Land Sinks @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/land-sinks|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
8. Coastal and Ocean Sinks: Oceans have absorbed at least 90% of the excess heat generated by recent climate changes and have taken up 20–30% of human-created carbon dioxide.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Coastal and Ocean Sinks @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/coastal-and-ocean-sinks|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}
9. Engineered Sinks: The sheer quantity of excess greenhouse gases means that natural processes cannot do it all when it comes to carbon sequestration. Developing technologies show promise to help supplement previously mentioned natural sinks.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Engineered Sinks @ProjectDrawdown|url=https://drawdown.org/sectors/engineered-sinks|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Project Drawdown|language=en}}

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A 2020 review of the findings of the research that led to the 2017 book was published as a 104-page PDF in 2020.{{Cite book|last=Wilkinson|first=Katherine|title=The Drawdown Review|publisher=Project Drawdown|year=2020|url = https://drawdown.org/drawdown-review}}

The [https://drawdown.org/ Project Drawdown website] has the most recent climate solutions analysis prepared by the organization. Data on the website is being continuously updated as new information becomes available.

• [https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change What is climate change?]
• Carbon sequestration

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• [https://www.drawdown.org/ Project Drawdown], headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America{{nbsp}}

Category:Greenhouse gas emissions

Category:Climate change mitigation