Katharine Wilkinson: How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming
There are two powerful phenomena unfolding on earth: the rise of global warming
and the rise of women and girls. The link between them is often overlooked,
but gender equity is a key answer to our planetary challenge. Let me explain.
For the last few years, I have been working on an effort called "Project Drawdown."
Our team has scoured humanity's wisdom for solutions to draw down heat-trapping, climate-changing emissions
in the atmosphere -- not "someday, maybe, if we're lucky" solutions,
the 80 best practices and technologies already in hand:
clean, renewable energy, including solar and wind; green buildings, both new and retrofitted;
efficient transportation from Brazil to China; thriving ecosystems through protection and restoration;
reducing waste and reclaiming its value; growing food in good ways that regenerates soil;
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