Find your impact.
You can use these resources to find your solution’s impact on global warming and climate justice for BIPOC communities.
The book by Paul Hawken titled “Drawdown, the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming”.
Paul Hawken's 2021 book, "Regeneration", on how to get it done, with an interactive website.
This organization has climate justice covered in a way that makes sense.
https://climatejusticealliance.org/just-transition/
The evolution of climate impact science.
Project Drawdown, formerly headed by Paul Hawken, released their report and book in April of 2017. No one had modeled the intersecting solutions over 30 years before. Although it gave the first ranking of the top 80 solutions, we need them all. There is no small solution among those 80. Also keep in mind that any ranking is a “snapshot” in time. Look how quickly telepresence was adopted worldwide during 2020.
Drawdown, the website, headed now by Dr. Jonathan Foley, did an update on solution impact in 2020, with a new ranking. Most solutions did not change their ranking significantly. Some were given new, more scientifically accurate names (photovoltaics vs. solar panels).
Regeneration, the website, headed by Paul Hawken, is still investigating the top 74 solutions.
Keep in mind that some solutions do not lend themselves to community action. Although it is very helpful if you adopt a solution to reduce your personal carbon footprint, any effective climate action must use the power of community to multiply that effect through many people.
Here is a list of 37 Solutions that lend themselves to impactful community climate actions. These solutions are ranked by global impact from Project Drawdown scenario two.
Refrigerant Management/Alternative Refrigerants
Reduced food waste
Plant-Rich diets
Health and Education (formerly Educating Girls and Family Planning)
Distributed Solar Photovoltaics (formerly Rooftop Solar)
Peatland Protection and Rewetting
Tree Plantations on Degraded Land (formerly Afforestation)
Temperate Forest Restoration
Tree intercropping
Public Transit
Regenerative Annual Cropping (formerly Regenerative Agriculture)
Bamboo production
Multistrata Agroforestry
Insulation
LED lighting
Solar Hot Water
Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure
High Performance Glass
High-Efficiency Heat Pumps
Forest Protection
Smart Thermostats
Bicycle Infrastructure
Recycling
Walkable Cities
Biochar production
Grassland Protection
Carpooling
Electric Bicycles
Telepresence
Composting
Recycled Paper
Low-Flow Fixtures
Coastal Wetland Restoration
Green and Cool Roofs
Micro Wind turbines
Building Retrofitting
Microgrids
There are also some important solutions where we don’t have data yet to evaluate their impact. These solutions reflect the new world we are trying to bring about that would be a sustainable world that works for all. This sector could be called "changing direction".
Changing Direction (This could be banning single-use plastic, the circular economy, local farm CSAs, pollinator gardens, divesting from fossil fuel corporations, changing policy, or supporting Benefit Corporations.)