

These “sinks” are nature’s reservoirs for absorbing and storing carbon. Presented by Project Drawdown, the Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions across sectors, timescales, and geographies. Natural biological and chemical processes-especially photosynthesis-bring some of that excess back to plants, soil, or sea. The quality of a company’s relationships and engagement with its stakeholders is critical. Most of these greenhouse gases stay airborne, but not all. Social sustainability is about identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.

Nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases seep out of agricultural lands, industrial sites, refrigeration systems, and urban areas, adding still more heat-trapping pollutants to Earth’s atmosphere. Cattle, rice fields, landfills, and fossil fuel operations release methane-a gas that warms the planet even more. All these activities emit heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air. For those unfamiliar, Project Drawdown is a non-profit focused on helping the world reach Drawdown, which is the future point in time when the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Clearing forests and degrading other ecosystems. We interviewed Paul Hawken of Project Drawdown back in June 2018. a depletion or reduction, for example of supplies 2. That could also be humanity’s mission in this pivotal moment for life on Earth. To understand and advance climate solutions, it’s important to understand the sources of emissions and nature’s means of rebalancing the climate system.īurning fossil fuels for electricity, mobility, and heat. Project Drawdown’s mission is to help the world reach Drawdown as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
