Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.

• Date: 01 January 2022
• Author: Nummedal, Dag

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken (Penguin Random House, 2017), 256 pages, ISBN 9780143130444 (paperback).

DRAWDOWN is not "just" a new book on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse warming; yet that is its printed title. It is actually a portal into a very active community of world-class scientists, engineers, economists and policy makers who are continuously developing a very comprehensive database, subject to continuous development and revision, of the most impactful potential solutions to global warming. I recommend buying the book, which is inexpensive, and also to engage in the continuous updates, revisions and on-line communications related to it at https://www.amazon.com/Drawdown-Comprehensive-Proposed-Reverse-warming/dp/0143130447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542660750&sr=8-1&keywords=project+drawdown.

The book is very thought provoking and offers several surprises. For example, who would have thought that educating girls and family planning would rank as the 6th and 7th most effective means of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions? According to the team's calculation they do! Less...