Solutions to combat anthropogenic climate change impacts: a review of “Drawdown”

Rouhani, Omid and Moradi, Ehsan and Do, Wooseok and Bai, Song and Farhat, Antoine (2022): Solutions to combat anthropogenic climate change impacts: a review of “Drawdown”.

Abstract

The Drawdown book surfs through 100 possible solutions and technologies. Those solutions could help mitigate GHG emissions in order to constrain climate change. In this book review, we examine the estimated CO2 reduction levels as well as the costs of each solution. Alternative cement, smart thermostats, and geothermal energy are the top cost-effective solutions. We, however, discuss our top five solutions, according to the combination of their potential drawdown, cost effectiveness, and future development. Those solutions target refrigerants, wind energy, food, cement, and female education. Overall, the book could inform people with little or no knowledge about well-known solutions to mitigating climate change footprints. Nevertheless, the numbers and costs are too speculative to ponder for policy making.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: sustainability; global warming; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F64 - Environment; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q54 - Climate ; Natural Disasters and Their Management ; Global Warming

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