What are the most effective, equitable and currently available strategies and technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and avoiding catastrophic climate change? Project Drawdown provides science-based answers to these questions in more than 80 solutions, broken down by sector and by whether the solution reduces emissions (sources); removes carbon from the atmosphere (sinks); or improves health and educational equity (society). Journalists are increasingly reporting about these and other solutions to the climate crisis, and on this page, you'll find a selection of their stories. If you're curious to learn more about solutions journalism, you can do that here.
Each month, we highlight stories on climate solutions curated around a topic or theme. This month, our focus is food, agriculture and land use.
Resources for Educators
- Access all 50 plus climate solutions collections on Resources for Educators.
- Watch this video tutorial on searching for stories in the Solutions Story Tracker.
- For tips on incorporating climate solutions journalism into the classroom, check out our Climate Solutions 101 assignment. It's appropriate for both undergraduates and advanced high school students, and it pairs with Project Drawdown's video series of the same name.
- To facilitate productive, in-depth classroom discussions explore our Complicating the Narratives discussion guides. Each guide covers how to teach active listening and facilitates deep student engagement and reflection on polarizing issues, including the climate.
- Interested in inviting a solutions journalist to class? Read about SJN's Journalist in the Classroom program; email alane@solutionsjournalism.org to learn more; or sign up today!
- Sign up for our weekly Tools for Teaching newsletter for educators to stay on top of the latest on using solutions journalism stories in your classroom.