Drawdown (book)

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
AuthorPaul Hawken
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date2017

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming is a 2017 book created, written, and edited by Paul Hawken about climate change mitigation. Other writers include Katharine Wilkinson, and the foreword was written by (hardback edition) Tom Steyer and (paperback) Prince Charles.[citation needed]

Drawdown provides a list of 100 potential solutions and ranks them by the potential amount of greenhouse gases each could cut, with cost estimates and short descriptions. The solutions are arranged in order by broad categories: energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, and "coming attractions".

The Guardian notes that the author has had influence in corporate sustainability efforts and that companies such as Interface and Autodesk have backed the project.[citation needed]

Reception

Drawdown was a New York Times bestseller and received favorable reviews. Kirkus Reviews called the book "an optimistic program for getting out of our current mess".

An April 2017 video on C-SPAN described the book as "a collection of policies, plans, and active programs to reduce carbon emissions outside of the purview of the federal government". In the video, Hawken stated, "the reason we can say 'the most comprehensive plan ever proposed' is that no one's ever proposed a plan... which is sort of astonishing when you think about it." According to an article in Vox, "until 2017, there was no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have".

Project Drawdown

This section is an excerpt from Project Drawdown.[edit]

Project Drawdown is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Minnesota, that focuses on publish research and reports for the most "actionable" ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their organization is named after the concept of "drawdown" or the point in the process of climate change mitigation where there is a decline of atmospheric carbon through carbon sinks. The organization was founded to facilitate research and has grown beyond the original the success of the 2017 book Drawdown The organization is a 4 star charity on Charity Navigator.

The organization is known for publishing research based guides such as the "Solutions Library", Drawdown Explorer and Shift that document actions individuals and policy makers could take in order to advance climate change mitigation. Based on the 2017 book they also publish annual "updates" or "reviews" of the recommendations made in the book.

References

  1. ↑ Schlossberg, Tatiana (2017-06-12). "How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2017-05-10). "This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising". Vox. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Hawken, Paul (2017). Paul Hawken (ed.). Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. New York, NY: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143130444.
  4. ↑ "Drawdown". Penguin Random House. 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. ↑ Worrall, Simon (2017-05-28). "100 Practical Ways to Reverse Climate Change". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. ↑ Brough, Holly (2017-11-17). "Drawdown - A Book Review". Shelburne Farms. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Solutions to Climate Change: A Review of Drawdown edited by Paul Hawken". TreeZero. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  8. ↑ Edelstein, Ken (May 4, 2017). "In 'Drawdown,' Paul Hawken ditches the rhetoric to offer 100 practical climate solutions". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  9. ↑ "Drawdown: Paul Hawken Gets Real with Climate Change by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C". Facade Tectonics Institute. January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  10. ↑ "DRAWDOWN : The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken". Kirkus Reviews. February 20, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Drawdown". C-SPAN.org. April 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  12. 1 2 3 "Project Drawdown: how to reverse global warming by 2050 - Geneva Solutions". genevasolutions.news. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  13. 1 2 "Charity Navigator - Rating for Project Drawdown". www.charitynavigator.org. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
  14. 1 2 3 Glazier • •, Steve (2026-08-10). "New tools to help find effective ways to fight climate change". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  15. ↑ Moan, Rebekah (2023-07-21). "Project Drawdown: "There is still hope to halt climate change"". Climate and Capital Media. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
  16. ↑ Shepherd, Marshall. "Nonprofit Launches Tool For User-Tailored Climate Solutions". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-08-13.