Climate Change. Project Drawdown. Picking up the Pace.

 

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Photo by Eduardo Cano Photo Co. | Unsplash We need to move faster on climate Around the world, we’re seeing an uptick in adoption of virtually every one of Project Drawdown’s climate solutions. But is this enough? With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations now over 420 parts per million, our window of opportunity is starting to close. To avoid climate catastrophe, we need to head in the right direction as quickly, efficiently, and equitably as we can. And Project Drawdown has a plan. Read more >> Photo by Aya Salman | Unsplash Looking for NOLA Climate Heroes As 2023 approaches, Project Drawdown’s Drawdown Stories program is preparing to film the next iteration of its “Drawdown’s Neighborhood” short documentary series. Do you know a climate hero in the New Orleans area we should interview for this upcoming series? If so, nominate an organization or individual today who we should pass the mic to, raise up, and celebrate in our upcoming episodes of Drawdown’s Neighborhood! Also, don’t miss your chance to watch the premiere of our Twin Cities episodes at the historic Parkway Theater in Minneapolis during the Great Northern Festival on January 29. Seats are limited, so reserve yours today. Net Zero Meets Climate Science Drawdown Labs director Jamie Alexander joined Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter last week to explore how carbon emission trends can inform emission reduction strategies. Access a recording of their informative conversation here.  Stop Siloed Thinking  In “Project Drawdown: COP27 must answer calls for accelerated action and climate justice,” Drawdown Lift program coordinator Carissa Patrone Maikuri called for an end to “siloed thinking.” Instead, she wrote at Race to Resilience, we must “address multiple global crises together” with the well-being of people and planet front and center. Corporate Climate Action’s Best-Kept Secret Would you like to lead the way in climate action? Engage the power of climate-committed employees. That’s the message from Drawdown Labs senior associate Aiyana Bodi in a recent CEF Spotlight article. Read more >>  COP27 Small Step “COP27: Balancing historic decisions and alarming shortcomings,” by Drawdown Lift program coordinator Carissa Patrone Maikuri and Drawdown Lift research manager Yusuf Jameel, gave a shout out to “a first small, yet symbolic, step” the international conference took to advance climate justice: creating a mechanism for paying for climate-related losses encumbered by countries most affected by, yet often least responsible for, climate change.