Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Our organization did not make or devise the plan—we found the plan because it already exists. 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 warming within thirty years. It shows that humanity has the means at hand. Nothing new needs to be invented. The solutions are in place and in action. Our work is to accelerate the knowledge and growth of what is possible. We chose the name Drawdown because if we do not name the goal, we are unlikely to achieve it.
Drawdown is based on meticulous research that maps, measures, models, and describes the most substantive solutions to global warming that already exist. It is the most important goal for humanity to undertake.
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
New York, New York
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Chad Frischmann speaking at the "Build Positive: A Call to Action" workshop
Build Positive: A Carbon Smart Building Summit and Party
Aspen, Colorado
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Keynote address by Paul Hawken
Aspen Ideas Festival
Paul speaking during Festival 1 (June 24-26) - sold out.Sun Valley, Idaho
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Katharine Wilkinson to speak along with Erik Snyder of The Drawdown Fund
Sun Valley Forum
Boone, North Carolina
Friday, August 24, 2018
Keynote address by Katharine Wilkinson.
Business for Good, Appalachian State University
Registration required.