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.

The book describes solutions arranged in order by broad categories: energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, and "coming attractions".[1] The book 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.[2][3]

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. It was intended that the book be supplemented with an online database, Project Drawdown, which was to compile the numerous types of solutions.[4]

Reception

Drawdown has been a New York Times bestseller and has received favorable reviews.[5][6][7][8][9][10] For example, Kirkus Reviews called the book "an optimistic program for getting out of our current mess".[11]

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".[12] In the video, Mr. 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."[12] 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".[3]

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References

  1. ^ Hawken, Paul (2017). Paul Hawken (ed.). Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. New York, NY: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143130444.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2017-05-10). "This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising". Vox. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ Gunther, Marc (2014-10-22). "First look: environmental entrepreneur Paul Hawken's long-awaited new book". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. ^ "Drawdown". Penguin Random House. 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Brough, Holly (2017-11-17). "Drawdown - A Book Review". Shelburne Farms. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  8. ^ "Solutions to Climate Change: A Review of Drawdown edited by Paul Hawken". TreeZero. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "DRAWDOWN : The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken". Kirkus Reviews. February 20, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Drawdown". C-SPAN.org. April 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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