The Science Behind Drawdown Georgia

Chapters

00:00 Why Georgia Is Ready to Lead on Climate 

02:26 Daniel Rochberg: Risk and Opportunity in a Changing Climate 

02:52 Marilyn Brown: Setting Drawdown Georgia’s Research Goals 

04:44 Translating Global Solutions Into a State-Level Plan 

06:12 What Comes Next: From Research to Action

What climate solutions will actually work best in Georgia, and what would it take for the state to achieve drawdown, the point where it sequesters more carbon than it emits? In this video, John Lanier of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation introduces Drawdown Georgia’s long-term goal, and researchers Daniel Rochberg and Dr. Marilyn Brown explain the science and methodology behind identifying the state’s 20 high-impact climate solutions.

What You’ll Learn

• Why Drawdown Georgia’s research goals are tied to the Paris Accord’s 1.5-degree target and a 2030 timeframe.
• How Drawdown Georgia adapted Project Drawdown’s roughly 100 global solutions into the first state-level action plan of its kind.
• Why the resulting list of 20 solutions spans individual, business, and government action alike.
• What comes next as Drawdown Georgia shifts from research into solution activation.

Continue reading in our companion blog for more on the research behind Drawdown Georgia’s 20 high-impact climate solutions.

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