![]() ![]() Schandra Madha, New Haven Ecology Project / Common Ground (New Haven, CT) Nathaly Agosto Filión, Newark Green Team (Newark, NJ)Īlex Rodriguez, Save the Sound (New Haven, CT)ĭoreen Abubakar, Community Place-Making Engagement Network (New Haven, CT) Jennifer Seda, Bronx River Alliance (Bronx, NY)Īnthony Diaz, Newark Water Coalition (Newark, NJ)Ĭhristian Rodriguez, Ironbound Community Corporation (Newark, NJ) Hailey Miranda, We Stay / Nos Quedamos (Bronx, NY) Join Drawdown’s Neighborhood host and Project Drawdown Director of Storytelling and Engagement, Matt Scott, as he introduces us to: Drawdown’s Neighborhood: Tri-State passes the mic to eleven of these climate heroes whose voices too often go unheard. From record-breaking heat waves to supercharged hurricanes, the Tri-State is all too familiar with the increasing threats wrought by climate change as well as the inequities exacerbated by such disasters.įortunately, the region is also brimming with bold creators, innovative leaders, and energized environmentalists working at the forefront of climate solutions to help their home – and the world – become a greener, healthier, and more equitable place. As such, it both strongly impacts and is heavily impacted by climate change. Spanning New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, the Tri-State area is one of the largest and most populous metropolitan areas in the world. For its fifth edition, the series heads to the northeast in Drawdown’s Neighborhood: Tri-State – now available online! In the groundbreaking report, Project Drawdown researchers highlight global hotspots and sources of black carbon across geographies providing policymakers and funders with the best insight yet into what solutions, deployed where, will result in the greatest emissions reductions.ĭrawdown’s Neighborhood, presented by Project Drawdown, is a series of short documentaries featuring the stories of climate solutions heroes, city by city across America. These impacts are felt most acutely in low- and middle-income countries, which still rely heavily on unclean fuels, such as wood, for heating, cooking, and energy production. This results in the loss of trillions of US dollars globally in economic productivity each year. Worldwide, black carbon is responsible for millions of premature deaths annually, increasing the risk of cardiovascular, respiratory, and other diseases. In a report published today, scientists from Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, provide the most comprehensive look yet at how addressing black carbon – more commonly known as soot – would reduce global warming while preventing millions of premature deaths and saving trillions of dollars annually worldwide.īlack carbon, which largely results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and organic matter used for cooking, transportation, industrial production, and more, is a major pollutant and greenhouse gas with a short-term warming potential up to 1,500 times greater than carbon dioxide. Targeted solutions across the residential, transportation, and industrial sectors in high-emitting regions would dramatically reduce black carbon emissions while preventing millions of premature deaths and saving trillions of dollars per year Black carbon is a powerful climate pollutant which stems from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomassīlack carbon has unparalleled impacts on human well-being, the environment, and climate changeīlack carbon has a short-term warming potential up to 1,500 times greater than carbon dioxide and is responsible for millions of premature deaths annually worldwideīlack carbon emissions are highest in low- and middle-income countries with half of all emissions coming from just five countriesĪround 48% of all black carbon emissions are attributable to the residential sector, particularly from the use of dirty cooking fuels ![]()
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