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Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming

Title By: Hawken, Paul [Edited by]
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, c2017.Description: xv, 240 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780141988436; 1524704652Other title: Draw down.Subject(s): Climate change mitigation | Global warming -- PreventionDDC classification: 363.738746 DR AW Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here-some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth's warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being-giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.
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363.738746 DR AW (Browse shelf) Available FEB2019 T0060965
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363.73874 PE GL Global warming / 363.73874 VO CL Climate change in world politics 363.73874 WA CL Climate shock : 363.738746 DR AW Drawdown : 363.738746 EL PR Pricing carbon : 363.738746 GI PO The politics of climate change / 363.738746 LA CA Carbon finance :

Includes index.

Energy -- Wind turbines -- Microgrids -- Geothermal -- Solar farms -- Rooftop solar -- Wave and tidal -- Concentrated solar -- Biomass energy -- Nuclear -- Cogeneration -- Micro wind -- Alexander von Humboldt -- Methane digesters -- In-stream hydro -- Waste to energy -- Grid flexibility -- Energy storage, utilities -- Energy storage. Distributed -- Solar water -- Food -- Plant rich diet -- Farmland restoration -- Reduced food waste -- Clean cookstoves -- Multistrata agroforestry -- Improved rice production -- Silvopasture -- Why bother? -- Regenerative agriculture -- Nutrient management -- Tree intercropping -- Conservation agriculture -- Composting -- Biochar -- Tropical staple trees -- Farmland irrigation -- The hidden half of nature -- Managed grazing -- Women and girls -- Women smallholders -- Family planning -- Educating girls -- Buildings and cities -- Net zero buildings -- Walkable cities -- Bike infrastructure -- Green roofs -- LED lighting -- Heat pumps -- Smart glass -- Smart thermostats -- District heating -- Building with wood -- Landfill methane -- Insulation -- Retrofitting -- Building automation systems -- Water distribution -- Water saving, home. Land use -- Forest protection -- Coastal wetlands -- Tropical forests -- Bamboo -- The man who stopped the desert -- Perennial biomass -- Peatlands -- Indigenous peoples' land management -- Temperate forests -- The hidden life of trees -- Afforestation -- Transport -- Mass transit -- High speed rail -- Ships -- Electric vehicles -- Ridesharing -- Electric bikes -- Cars -- Airplanes -- Trucks -- Telepresence -- Trains -- Materials -- Household recycling -- Industrial recycling -- Alternative cement -- Refrigerant management -- Recycled paper -- Bioplastic -- Coming attractions -- Repopulating the mammoth steppe -- Pasture cropping -- Enhanced weathering -- Marine permaculture -- Intensive silvopasture -- Artificial leaf -- Autonomous vehicles -- Solid state wave energy -- Living buildings -- On care for our common home -- Direct air capture -- Hydrogen-boron fusion -- Smart highways -- Hyperloop -- Microbial farming -- Industrial hemp -- Perennial crops -- A cow walks onto a beach -- Ocean farming -- Smart grids -- Building with wood -- Reciprocity -- Conclusion -- What do the numbers tell us?

The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here-some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth's warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being-giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.

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