Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. We did not make or devise the plan—the plan exists and is being implemented worldwide. It has been difficult to envision this possibility because the focus is overwhelmingly on the impacts of climate change. We gathered a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research, and model the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change. What was uncovered is a path forward that can roll back global greenhouse gas emissions within thirty years. The research revealed that humanity has the means and techniques at hand. Nothing new needs to be invented, yet many more solutions are coming due to purposeful human ingenuity. The solutions we modeled are in place and in action. Humanity’s task is to accelerate the knowledge and growth of what is possible as soon as possible.
Featured Videos
“Drawdown has 100 ideas that are in force now, people are doing them now, that will lead to the drawdown point at which more CO2 will be removed from the atmosphere than is going into it. It is very optimistic.” - Margaret Atwood
Featured Solutions
We have modeled the atmospheric and financial impacts of deploying and scaling existing solutions globally over the next thirty years.
Research Fellows
These scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, and advocates learn how to describe a realistic future in which the world achieves drawdown by collecting and analyzing the best available research on 100 carefully vetted technological, social, and ecological solutions.
The Coalition
Drawdown is the work of a prominent and growing coalition of geologists, engineers, agronomists, researchers, fellows, writers, climatologists, biologists, botanists, economists, financial analysts, architects, companies, agencies, NGOs, activists, and other experts who draft, model, fact check, review, and validate all text, inputs, sources, and calculations. Our purpose is to provide helpful information and tools to a wide variety of actors who are dedicated to meaningful change: students, teachers, researchers, philanthropists, investors, entrepreneurs, business people, farmers, policymakers, engaged citizens, and more.
Upcoming Events
Phoenix, Arizona
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Jon Foley to present Plenary: Mobilizing a Movement to Advance Climate Solutions
GreenBiz 19
JW Marriott Desert Ridge
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Katharine Wilkinson in conversation with Natalie Molina Nino & Ibrahim Al-Husseini
Nexus USA Summit
Atlanta, Georgia
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Katharine Wilkinson to present Project Drawdown at Climate Reality Training
Climate Reality Project
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Katharine Wilkinson to speak. Announcement of Solution Search winners
RARE presents Be.Hive: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change
National Geographic