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
Ft. Myers, Florida
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 3:00pm
Paul Hawken presenting Real Solutions for Climate Change
Florida Gulf Coast University
Cohen Center Ballroom
Miami, Florida
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
2018 Annual Celebration and Leadership Circle Induction
CLEO Institute
The Sacred Space Miami 105 NE 24th Street
Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson presenting Drawdown
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarasota, Florida
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 5:30pm
Drawdown - Presented by Paul Hawken
The Climate Council of Sarasota - Manatee
Van Wezel Grand Foyer 777 N Tamiami Trail