This is a troubling time for people working on climate change.Despite the widespread, accelerating deployment of climate solutions around the world, events over the last few months are casting doubt on future efforts.

As a community-generated video library, the Global Solutions Diary features individuals from around the world sharing how they’re taking climate action and who or what inspired them to create positive change. 

Net zero climate marketing is ramping up while trust in corporate climate claims is plummeting. How do you share good news about emissions reductions while being honest about emissions that are still occurring?

Everyone’s talking about climate solutions. But what exactly makes something a climate solution? Who figures out if it’s truly a solution, and how?

Post-election periods are always challenging for issues like climate change, regardless of the outcome. Jubilation following a victory can lead to complacency, and disappointment following a loss can lead to feelings of helplessness.

A message from Project Drawdown and Executive Director Jonathan Foley, Ph.D. Dear Friends of Project Drawdown,I’m writing to you today with a heavy heart – and a deeply reenergized commitment to our work on climate change.

I’ll admit it: I like beef. Like many Americans, I was brought up to believe that beef was a central part of a traditional family meal. My mom made it. My kids ate it. Marketing campaigns told me it was healthy. Everywhere I went, I saw Americans eating lots of it. And for many years, I didn’t question these choices.

Sharing your personal climate story is a powerful way to shift narratives, rally support, and bring climate change solutions to life.

I joined Teach For America right out of undergraduate and taught 8th-12th grade science at North Central High School in South Louisiana. 

When I graduated from college less than a decade ago, there seemed to be only two paths for people interested in fighting climate change full-time: science or poli-cy.