Food Security
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Rice Intensification Would Save 3.13 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
A change in rice cultivation methods known as a System of Rice Intensification (SRI) lands at #53 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Wider ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarIPCC ReportMethaneMiddle EastOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
CitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
All Eyes on 2020 After UN Climate (Action) Summit Fails to Deliver
The tepid results of last week’s United Nations Climate Summit pointed to the need for political will to match the urgency of the climate ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMethaneSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
BioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrawdownFood SecurityForests & DeforestationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceans
Small, Sustainable Ocean Farms Would Produce Food and Fuel, Capture CO2 and Nitrogen
Ocean farming is featured as one of Drawdown’s “coming attractions”—climate solutions that weren’t ready for prime time when the book appeared, but could make ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOceansSmall Island StatesSouth & Central America
New Analysis Shows ‘Enormous Area’ of the Earth Above 2.0°C
Some of the planet’s hot spots are already above the temperature agreed by scientists and politicians as the maximum allowable to prevent a disastrous ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingWater
Adaptation Efforts Need $1.8 Trillion by 2030 to Avert ‘Climate Apartheid’
Countries must invest US$1.8 trillion in climate adaptation funding by 2030 to prevent a world of “climate apartheid”, in which the wealthiest pay to ... -
AsiaChinaCitiesDrawdownElectricity GridEuropeFood SecurityMethaneSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Large Methane Digesters Would Save 8.4 Gigatons of Carbon Equivalent by 2050
rge methane digesters rank #30 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8.4 gigatons by 2050. They ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneOceansSevere Storms & FloodingWater
Rising Seas, Catastrophic Storms to Deliver ‘Misery on a Global Scale’ by 2100 Unless Climate Action Accelerates
Rising sea levels and catastrophic storm surges could displace 280 million people from the world’s coastlines and produce “misery on a global scale” unless ... -
AustraliaCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureJobsSevere Storms & FloodingSolarUnited States
Don’t Let ‘Neanderthals’ Block Climate Action, Kerry Urges, as Australia Faces Winter Heat and Drought
With parts of southern and eastern Australia suffering through a winter of intense heat and drought, and the Australian Medical Association declaring health emergency, ...
