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.
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
Paul Hawken presents Drawdown Learn Overview with the Project Drawdown team
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 4:30pm
Drawdown Learn Livestream followed by Q & A
Live-streamed from the Omega Center for Sustainable Living
The livestream is free, but registration is required at the link below.New York, New York
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Conversation with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Nathalie Molina Niño, CEO of BRAVA Investments.
New York Angels; Capstone Capital Group
Closed events.New York, New York
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Keynote address by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson.
Glenmede: Invest in Women, Affect Climate Change
Closed event. Registration by request.New York City, New York
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 2:00pm
Low-Emissions Solutions: The Land-Energy Nexus - Chad Frischmann, panelist
International Conference on Sustainable Development
Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University