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Executive Director, Project Drawdown — / Climate & environmental scientist, focused on solutions — / My views.

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    Feb 14

    Too many of our efforts to addressing climate change are like trying to play chess but only using a knight or a bishop. We need to see the "whole board" to stop climate change. Here's how.

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    20 hours ago

    Maybe we need an Occam’s Razor for the planet, where we see that the simplest environmental solutions are usually the best ones? Especially when we’re in a race against time?

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    14 hours ago

    A big debate is happening here. Regenerative agriculture has definite benefits, and I’d sure like to see a lot more of it. But is it really a big climate solution? Maybe. As big as its top proponents claim? Almost certainly not. And do subsidies help?

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    15 hours ago

    Really making sense . "The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re ready now. They can help us avert disaster. So why do many prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead?"

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  5. 14 hours ago

    A big debate is happening here. Regenerative agriculture has definite benefits, and I’d sure like to see a lot more of it. But is it really a big climate solution? Maybe. As big as its top proponents claim? Almost certainly not. And do subsidies help?

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    16 hours ago

    Occam’s Razor means that the simplest explanation is usually the right one - and explains brillantly how this is the best and most effective way to fight .

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  7. 20 hours ago

    Maybe we need an Occam’s Razor for the planet, where we see that the simplest environmental solutions are usually the best ones? Especially when we’re in a race against time?

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    Mar 5

    This right here 👇🏽👇🏽

    The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re available now. And they can help us avert disaster. So why do so many prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead?
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    Mar 5

    And about half of it happens in only two countries — Brazil (mostly for beef, plus soy for animal feed) and Indonesia (for oil palm & timber). Two counties. Four commodities. And it’s behind half the world’s tropical deforestation — and its huge impact on climate and ecosystems.

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    Mar 5

    Tropical Deforestation is, in my view, one of the most serious environmental problems on the planet today. It’s the leading cause of habitat loss and biodiversity decline, and it contributes about 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions.

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    Mar 5

    “If your house is on fire, you don’t focus on ‘disrupting’ the fire suppression business. Not now. You grab a hose.”

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    Mar 6

    Why the simple solutions for the climate are the fastest and easiest instead of trust in future high tech Occam’s Razor for the Planet by

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    Mar 5

    Do you really think a government that squabbles over a $15 is going to come up with a serious plan to address the ? We need to look beyond D.C. — state and local government, businesses, communities, investors, individuals, etc. — for climate leadership.

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    Mar 5

    Great article highlighting the simple opportunity to cut greenhouse emissions by eating plant based meat! (And the downsides of lab-meat & vertical farming)

    The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re available now. And they can help us avert disaster. So why do so many prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead?
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  15. Mar 5

    And about half of it happens in only two countries — Brazil (mostly for beef, plus soy for animal feed) and Indonesia (for oil palm & timber). Two counties. Four commodities. And it’s behind half the world’s tropical deforestation — and its huge impact on climate and ecosystems.

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  16. Mar 5

    Tropical Deforestation is, in my view, one of the most serious environmental problems on the planet today. It’s the leading cause of habitat loss and biodiversity decline, and it contributes about 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions.

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  17. Mar 5

    “If your house is on fire, you don’t focus on ‘disrupting’ the fire suppression business. Not now. You grab a hose.”

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    Mar 5
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    Might recommend looking at as well. We outline ~100 solutions to climate change that are already here, and can get the job done. Our latest — The Drawdown Review 2020 — is free, and available at

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    Mar 5

    Climate change and girls’ education: full report on critical topic available now

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    Mar 5

    .’s climate plan is a jobs plan — the kinds of jobs that will lift up communities that have been left behind. We're going to make sure those hardest-hit places benefit from, and see their future in, clean energy solutions.

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  21. Mar 5

    Good idea. Let’s pay members of Congress the minimum wage, with no health benefits or retirement, and see if this changes anything? They can always get a side gig, and drive Uber or something.

    There is not one state in our country where you can make ends meet on the current federal minimum wage. Not one! How quickly would Congress raise the minimum wage if they were forced to live on $7.25 an hour? Outrageous.
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