Project Drawdown is a project to identifying solutions to get to "drawdown" (i.e. net zero or negative carbon emissions). Started in 2014 (by Paul Hawken and Amanda Ravenhill) they released a book in 2017 with their first summary of options and followed up with a major update in 2020.
The main output is set of potential "solutions" with detailed estimates of the impact - which allows for ranking solutions by their impact.
Founded in 2014, Project Drawdown® is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “Drawdown”— the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.
Since the 2017 publication of the New York Times bestseller, Drawdown, the organization has emerged as a leading resource for information and insight about climate solutions. We continue to develop that resource by conducting rigorous review and assessment of climate solutions, creating compelling and human communication across mediums, and partnering with efforts to accelerate climate solutions globally.
Data
Table of solutions: https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions. HTML table with links to more detail though mainly text - no detailed modelling (though i think they are now releasing their platform - see code section below)
Inlining main table here:
SOLUTION
SECTOR(S)
SCENARIO 1 *
SCENARIO 2 *
Reduced Food Waste
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
87.45
94.56
Health and Education
Health and Education
85.42
85.42
Plant-Rich Diets
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
65.01
91.72
Refrigerant Management
Industry / Buildings
57.75
57.75
Tropical Forest Restoration
Land Sinks
54.45
85.14
Onshore Wind Turbines
Electricity
47.21
147.72
Alternative Refrigerants
Industry / Buildings
43.53
50.53
Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaics
Electricity
42.32
119.13
Improved Clean Cookstoves
Buildings
31.34
72.65
Distributed Solar Photovoltaics
Electricity
27.98
68.64
Silvopasture
Land Sinks
26.58
42.31
Peatland Protection and Rewetting
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
26.03
41.93
Tree Plantations (on Degraded Land)
Land Sinks
22.24
35.94
Temperate Forest Restoration
Land Sinks
19.42
27.85
Concentrated Solar Power
Electricity
18.60
23.96
Insulation
Electricity / Buildings
16.97
19.01
Managed Grazing
Land Sinks
16.42
26.01
LED Lighting
Electricity
16.07
17.53
Perennial Staple Crops
Land Sinks
15.45
31.26
Tree Intercropping
Land Sinks
15.03
24.40
Regenerative Annual Cropping
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
14.52
22.27
Conservation Agriculture
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
13.40
9.43
Abandoned Farmland Restoration
Land Sinks
12.48
20.32
Electric Cars
Transportation
11.87
15.68
Multistrata Agroforestry
Land Sinks
11.30
20.40
Offshore Wind Turbines
Electricity
10.44
11.42
High-Performance Glass
Electricity / Buildings
10.04
12.63
Methane Digesters
Electricity / Industry
9.83
6.18
Improved Rice Production
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
9.44
13.82
Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
8.69
12.93
Bamboo Production
Land Sinks
8.27
21.31
Alternative Cement
Industry
7.98
16.10
Hybrid Cars
Transportation
7.89
4.63
Carpooling
Transportation
7.70
4.17
Public Transit
Transportation
7.51
23.36
Smart Thermostats
Electricity / Buildings
6.99
7.40
Building Automation Systems
Electricity / Buildings
6.47
10.48
District Heating
Electricity / Buildings
6.28
9.85
Efficient Aviation
Transportation
6.27
9.18
Geothermal Power
Electricity
6.19
9.85
Forest Protection
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
5.52
8.75
Recycling
Industry
5.50
6.02
Biogas for Cooking
Buildings
4.65
9.70
Efficient Trucks
Transportation
4.61
9.71
Efficient Ocean Shipping
Transportation
4.40
6.30
High-Efficiency Heat Pumps
Electricity / Buildings
4.16
9.29
Perennial Biomass Production
Land Sinks
4.00
7.04
Solar Hot Water
Electricity / Buildings
3.59
14.29
Grassland Protection
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
3.35
4.25
System of Rice Intensification
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
2.78
4.26
Nuclear Power
Electricity
2.65
3.23
Bicycle Infrastructure
Transportation
2.56
6.65
Biomass Power
Electricity
2.52
3.57
Nutrient Management
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
2.34
12.06
Biochar Production
Engineered Sinks
2.22
4.39
Landfill Methane Capture
Electricity / Industry
2.18
-1.60
Composting
Industry
2.14
3.13
Waste-to-Energy
Electricity / Industry
2.04
3.00
Small Hydropower
Electricity
1.69
3.28
Walkable Cities
Transportation
1.44
5.45
Ocean Power
Electricity
1.38
1.38
Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Land Sinks
1.36
0.68
Electric Bicycles
Transportation
1.31
4.07
High-Speed Rail
Transportation
1.30
3.77
Farm Irrigation Efficiency
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
1.13
2.07
Recycled Paper
Industry
1.10
1.95
Telepresence
Transportation
1.05
3.80
Coastal Wetland Protection
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use / Coastal and Ocean Sinks
Project Drawdown is a project to identifying solutions to get to "drawdown" (i.e. net zero or negative carbon emissions). Started in 2014 (by Paul Hawken and Amanda Ravenhill) they released a book in 2017 with their first summary of options and followed up with a major update in 2020.
The main output is set of potential "solutions" with detailed estimates of the impact - which allows for ranking solutions by their impact.
From the About page https://drawdown.org/about:
Data
Table of solutions: https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions. HTML table with links to more detail though mainly text - no detailed modelling (though i think they are now releasing their platform - see code section below)
Inlining main table here:
Framework
See https://drawdown.org/drawdown-framework. Key summary info (in graphics):
Code
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