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We could get to the stage where atmospheric greenhouse gases are in decline \u2013 a point known as drawdown \u2013 and begin to reverse global warming before 2050, but it will require us adopting solutions at an aggressive rate, according to Chad Frischmann, vice-president and research director of Project Drawdown.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n
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Project Drawdown is a worldwide research and communications initiative with a plan to reverse global warming based on 100 existing and emerging solutions. An independent European arm, Drawdown Europe, has now been launched to galvanise the continent into action.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What impact would it have if your 100 solutions to reverse global warming were adopted?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018These existing technologies, when adopted as a set of solutions, will allow us to sequester greenhouse gases and turn around global warming by 2050 \u2014 and this point of reversal is known as drawdown.<\/p>\n

\u2018Drawdown could happen even sooner if we adopt these solutions at a more aggressive rate. We need to envision the future we want. Stabilised or limited global warming is the wrong direction, so we\u2019re communicating these substantive solutions to many different audiences.\u2019<\/p>\n

What are the most important solutions out of the 100?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018There is no silver bullet or top 10, 20, or 50 solutions. We need all of them to be adopted in parallel, and we need to invest in disruptive innovation, as well as efficiency for existing technologies, like next-level solar panels.<\/p>\n

\u2018All the solutions have multiple cascading benefits. For example, regenerative agriculture leads to soil regeneration, better water retention and so on, but also sequesters carbon as an added benefit.\u2019<\/p>\n

Is it just a matter of implementation or do new technologies still need to be developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018(In our\u00a0book<\/a>) we describe 80 existing solutions that are currently viable, already scaling throughout the world, and have the potential to achieve drawdown when implemented as a system of solutions. We need them all. We also highlight 20 coming attractions – innovative solutions in the pipeline that will help accelerate progress towards drawdown when they come online.\u2019<\/p>\n

What do you think are some of the most promising solutions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The impact of the global food system surprised us. What and how much we consume, how much food is wasted, and how food is produced has a dramatic effect on global warming. Of\u00a0the top 20 solutions<\/a>, eight are related to food. By comparison, electricity generation has only five, and transportation solutions did not even make the top 20.<\/p>\n

\u2018To reiterate, we need all 80. However, the contribution of decisions we all make every day on the food products we purchase and consume is perhaps the single most important contribution every individual can make.\u2019<\/p>\n

Where can people in Europe make a difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Europe broadly excels in many of these solutions, from adopting more renewable energy, providing more efficient mobility choices, and expanding recycling and composting, to supporting conservation and regenerative agricultural practices. Of course, there is variation within Europe in terms of implementation at national and subnational scales.<\/p>\n

\u2018However, while the region is in many ways at the forefront of climate solutions, Europe, along with the rest of the world, needs to accelerate implementation of these technologies and practices, as well as continue to invest in innovations.\u2019<\/p>\n

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‘We\u2019ve been inundated with the fear-based approach for 25 years, and it hasn\u2019t worked.’<\/p>\n

Chad Frischmann, VP and Research Director, Project Drawdown<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

A European hub, Drawdown Europe (DE) has been set up to encourage this. What is it going to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re working very closely with organisations like\u00a0Climate-KIC<\/a>, the\u00a0German Energy Agency<\/a>, and the\u00a0European Climate Foundation<\/a>, with the idea that DE – our first regional hub – can become a convergence point for the many existing initiatives and climate leadership shown across Europe. Specifically, the hub will bring more research institutes into collaboration on Drawdown\u2019s solutions, creating localised sets of solutions.<\/p>\n

\u2018One big step is creating the drawdown research platform, which we hope to launch in 2020. DE will be one of the main partners co-creating this global-scale platform for sharing knowledge and tools, and we will to be able to present Europe\u2019s localised solutions as an example of what we can achieve with this platform.<\/p>\n

\u2018DE and Climate-KIC will build (educational) curriculums around these solutions, which could then be scaled all over Europe. Here (in Europe), we have the chance to be a thought leader in a region that combines scientific excellence, economic capability, and, in many ways, political will.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u2018There is no silver bullet or top 10, 20, or 50 solutions. We need all of them to be adopted in parallel,\u2019 says Project Drawdown research director Chad Frischmann. Image credit\u200a\u2014\u200aChad Frischmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the moment, the EU is trying to encourage\u00a0more people to participate in innovative activities<\/a>. How does your drive for the 100 solutions fit in with this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018It\u2019s very much in alignment with these (policies). We\u2019re not here to replace or reinvent but to build off and interlink with the brilliant open innovation platforms and policies that are being developed at this point. The process of open innovation in Europe encourages (our) model.\u2019<\/p>\n

Some people believe it\u2019s too late to stop global warming. What\u2019s your response to this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re not in the business of spreading fear, confusion, doom and gloom. Instead, we\u2019re approaching this from the perspective of exposing the tangible benefits of technologies and practices so that decision-makers can adopt them.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve been inundated with the fear-based approach for 25 years, and it hasn\u2019t worked. We need to change the paradigm to one of possibility and opportunity.\u2019<\/p>\n

Originally published on Horizon<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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