“Humankind can achieve the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement by ceasing to produce greenhouse gases (e.g. from fossil fuels), and sequestering greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere (e.g. through regenerative agriculture),” says John Moorhead, Founder of Science-Based Solutions and Drawdown Switzerland.
“Both require a range of measures from all levels of government, industry and individuals, and in all aspects of society, from electricity generation to transportation, to buildings and urban planning, to land use, to food or agriculture, to education, technology, and the way we do business. In order to truly be effective, these measures must be science-based and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
The good news is that many of these measures already exist and are already being put to practice. The most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change have been identified by a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world, under Project Drawdown.
Today in Geneva, Drawdown Switzerland hosted an event to raise awareness about how a range of existing science-based solutions can reverse global warming.
The event featured Professor Jacques Dubochet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2017 and Emeritus Professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne, and takes place at the International School of Geneva’s La Châtaigneraie.
“Right now everything is brewing and everyone is seeing catastrophe. There is little said about solution and they are not saying, I know how! Drawdown is telling us how and that it is possible,” says Dubochet.
Photo coverage of the event is available at: ggkp.org/science-based-solutions-drawdown-switzerland
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About Drawdown Switzerland
Drawdown Switzerland advocates for the scale-up of climate solutions to achieve drawdown – the moment in time when the removal of greenhouse-gases exceeds the amount emitted yearly-.
We are not a think-tank, but rather an “act-tank”, a not-for-profit organisation which supports positive economic, social and environmental solutions to reach drawdown in Switzerland and the reallocation of $ trillions in Swiss-based investment to Drawdown solutions. We are part of the Drawdown coalition.