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Emily Cassidy
4 months ago
Yes,
@paul-west.bsky.social
and
@jamesgerber.bsky.social
bravely took this on with the new FAO data, with me on backup vocals. Thanks for the shoutout! 🎤
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Project Drawdown
about 1 month ago
A new study coauthored by Sr. Scientist
@paul-west.bsky.social
across 146 countries shows how smart planning can conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and boost the economy. The secret: being strategic about what to do, where, for the best combined benefit. 👉
https://bit.ly/4xhNY8S
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Better land use and management could improve biodiversity, climate and economic development
In a first-of-its-kind analysis done for 146 countries around the world, an interdisciplinary research team led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found large potential gains in biodiversit...
https://bit.ly/4xhNY8S
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
6 days ago
This is a great read about why the "Ocean Cleanup" project didn't work as well as hoped. There are so many parallels with other well-intentioned efforts -- including in the climate space -- that don't pan out because folks ignored the science....
therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl...
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Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
https://therevelator.org/why-ocean-cleanup-has-not-solved-plastic-pollution/
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Project Drawdown
7 days ago
Data centers can't come at the cost of our health and climate progress. In 2020, data centers were less than 2% of U.S. electricity use. Today, they're nearly 5% and growing. This is impacting our health and climate goals. Read more from
@amandadsmith.bsky.social
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https://bit.ly/4bFpi0U
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Paul C West
Project Drawdown
about 1 month ago
A new study, coauthored by Project Drawdown Sr. Scientist
@paul-west.bsky.social
, spanning 146 countries, shows how smart planning can conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and boost the economy. 👉
https://bit.ly/3SdPn0h
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What are Landscape Efficiency Frontiers? | Modeling sustainable development for people and planet
"Landscape Efficiency Frontiers for Biodiversity, Climate mitigation and Net Economic Value" is a new paper, published in Science on June 4, 2026. National governments and finance institutions face difficult challenges reconciling biodiversity, climat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--gUSXDx2Xc
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Emily Cassidy
6 months ago
While countries are making progress at measuring & mitigating methane from fossil fuels, we need to increase our efforts in curbing methane from livestock, rice, & food waste.
@paul-west.bsky.social
and I explain in our latest article
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social
drawdown.org/insights/we-...
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Project Drawdown
8 months ago
🎉 Big news! Project Drawdown’s Executive Director,
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
, has won the 2025 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication! 🌍 Presented by Climate One, don't miss the live event in San Fran or you can register to attend virtually:
https://bit.ly/4nDDACF
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Project Drawdown
8 months ago
"We did not see enough discussion about livestock or meat production in particular, or even diets in general. So I think this is a pretty big missed opportunity." Dan Jasper, Sr Policy Advisor https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
@sentientmedia.org
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Another COP, Another Missed Opportunity to Tackle Emissions From Food
“I think it's been a pretty big disappointment.”
https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
8 months ago
Reducing tropical deforestation is absolutely critical to addressing biodiversity loss *and* climate change. Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
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What to know about the Tropical Forest Forever Facility from COP30
Project Drawdown Scientist Paul West, Ph.D., explores what the TFFF is, why it matters, where it goes from here, and how it could be improved.
https://drawdown.org/insights/what-to-know-about-the-tropical-forest-forever-facility-from-cop30
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Project Drawdown
8 months ago
COP30 launched a $125B plan to protect 1 billion hectares of tropical forests—the size of Canada. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility could be a game-changer for climate action. 🌳🌍 But there is a lot of work to be done.
@paul-west.bsky.social
, Sr Scientist, weighs in.
https://bit.ly/48BI0FF
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
8 months ago
The Drawdown Explorer is the world’s leading platform for science-based climate solutions — bar none. Here’s a handy “how to” video that shows how to use it for your work on advancing effective climate action.
youtu.be/fldnJBCIYm0?...
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How to use Drawdown Explorer | The world's ultimate climate solutions platform | Project Drawdown
YouTube video by Project Drawdown
https://youtu.be/fldnJBCIYm0?si=MxJkxLfv7mD4a5Ms
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Paul C West
Project Drawdown
9 months ago
In the U.S., about 1/3 of all food produced is wasted. When we waste food, “in many ways, we are throwing out a lot of water, a lot of land, a lot of fertilizer, natural habitat.” -
@paul-west.bsky.social
Check out the full article in
@sentientmedia.org
https://bit.ly/43KZxZa
#foodwaste
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The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
https://bit.ly/43KZxZa
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Paul C West
Project Drawdown
9 months ago
If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the U.S. 😱 source: Food and Ag Org of the UN For more information on food waste, check out
@paul-west.bsky.social
for
@sentientmedia.org
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sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...
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The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
https://sentientmedia.org/the-climate-solution-in-americas-trash/
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I just stepped into a new outdoors under a Blue Sky. Is the grass greener here too?
over 1 year ago
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