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Abandoned Farmland Restoration

Restoration can bring degraded farmland back into productivity and sequester carbon in the process.", "intro_short": "Around the world, many farmers are abandoning previously cultivated or grazed lands due to factors such as damaging agricultural practices, desertification, and economic challenges, which threaten food security and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The Abandoned Farmland Restoration solution aims to restore these degraded lands to a productive state, enhancing food security, livelihoods, ecosystem health, and carbon sequestration. While this model focuses on agricultural restoration, it can also be applied to reforesting lands. Given rising global food demand and the need to prevent deforestation emissions, restoring abandoned farmland is a crucial climate solution.

Alternative Cement

Conventional cement production is a significant source of carbon dioxide. Reformulation can reduce emissions by millions of metric tons each year.

Bicycle Infrastructure

Infrastructure is essential for supporting safe and abundant bicycle use, which curbs emissions by reducing the need for fossil-fuel-dependent transportation.", "intro_short": "Project Drawdown's bicycle infrastructure solution involves building bike lanes to encourage cycling and reduce reliance on motorized road vehicles, thereby lowering the need for more car infrastructure. In 2018, bicycles accounted for 2.6% of urban passenger kilometers globally, with some countries, like the Netherlands, seeing over 30% of trips made by bike. Improved bike infrastructure, particularly separate cycling lanes and traffic-calming measures, has been shown to increase cycling and walking, providing economic benefits such as reduced health, congestion, and fuel costs. Expanding bicycle infrastructure is a cost-effective way to cut emissions and promote sustainable urban transportation.