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Funding for Africa clean energy financing surges despite fewer project approvals Africa’s flagship clean energy fund says it plans to more than double its financing to $2.5 billion over the next two years, as momentum builds behind the continent’s energy transition.

Good climate news from Africa: "Contributions to the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) rose last year, signaling renewed investor confidence in African renewables."
Read more from AP: https://bit.ly/4lc2E45
And Drawdown's Michael Dioha: https://bit.ly/4mHwA86

Peatlands cover just 3–4% of Earth's land, yet they store twice the carbon of all the world's forests combined. Protecting peatlands is rated an Emergency Brake climate solution, one of the fastest-acting tools we have.

Learn more 👉 drawdown.org/explorer/protect-peatlands

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Drawdown® Explorer We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

6 months since the launch of Drawdown Explorer and the numbers speak for themselves!

📊 500K+ views online
✅ 90 solutions published
📋 158 solutions on our master list - and growing

And we're just getting started!

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Many of the solutions with the biggest promise for curbing climate change also protect habitats.

These are just some of the solutions that do both:

🌳 Protect Forests
🚶 Improve Transportation
🌱 Improve Nutrient Management

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The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year Despite Donald Trump’s unrelenting attacks on renewable energy, there’s a quiet revolution happening on US grids.

Big Battery Energy? Yes, America boomed in 2025. 🔋 Batteries are one of the 6 technologies outlined by Sr. Scientist Amanda Smith, PhD. that will make up the cleaner electric grid of the future.
Read more in Wired: https://bit.ly/4tTTk8Z
Read more from Amanda Smith, PhD.: https://bit.ly/4tOZI10

The image features a graphic from "Project Drawdown" titled "+INSIGHTS." It includes text stating, "Your windows might be the most uncomfortable part of your home" followed by "They don't have to be..." There is also a lightbulb icon and an arrow pointing to the text. The background shows window shadows.

Are your windows working hard or hardly working? The wrong windows might be the reason your energy bills are so high.

PD researchers Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D., and Henry Igugu, Ph.D., break down five ways upgrading your windows takes your home from basic to brilliant.

👉 https://bit.ly/4kWZXDf

Project Drawdown is thrilled to welcome three new leaders to our board of directors: Deepa Shiva, Lois Quam, and Sean Kinghorn who bring world-class expertise across business, investing, and governance.


Welcome to the team! 🤝 Let's get to work.

Windows are an oft-overlooked opportunity in building energy efficiency. 🪟High-performance windows reduce heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, cutting heating and cooling costs by up to 50% while meaningfully lowering a building's carbon footprint. To learn more visit: https://bit.ly/4jD6Okr

Emergency Brakes in the News: Is mainstream media under-reporting the most urgently needed climate solutions?. After registering, you will receive a confirm... Emergency brake climate solutions are among the most important to implement today. By rapidly reducing potent pollutants, such as methane, or preventing large pulses of emissions from entering the atm...

Tomorrow! Join us for a webinar on the climate solutions that could buy us time and the lack of media coverage. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored despite potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov

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We're looking for scientists who want their research to matter beyond the ivory tower. 🚀

Project Drawdown is hiring 2–3 fellows, Ph.D.-level scientists who are ready to translate their expertise into real-world climate impact.

APPLY TODAY! 👉 https://bit.ly/4kx2J1Q

Applications due April 17

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Next week! Join us for a webinar on the climate solutions that could buy us time and the lack of media coverage. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored despite potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov
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When climate progress feels slow or uncertain, take a look around! Progress can be closer to home than you think. 🌸

Check out the full webinar 🧑‍💻 https://bit.ly/4kwa5mn

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Next week! Join us for a webinar on the climate solutions that could buy us time and the lack of media coverage. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored despite potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov
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Heat pumps! ✨ This engineering marvel uses electricity to efficiently move heat from one place to another. It reduces the need to use polluting fuels like oil and natural gas for heating and less efficient air conditioners for cooling.

Learn more! 👉 https://drawdown.org/explorer/use-heat-pumps

All systems go!

This is a colossal step backwards in climate policy, but we have always been committed to using all available levers in the fight against climate change.

How are you continuing to push solutions forward?

Share your stories & spread some hope during this challenging time for science in America.

The EPA has repealed the landmark finding that climate change endangers lives.

"Ignoring the smoke doesn't quell the fire. Americans will get sicker, extreme weather will get worse, and our planet will get warmer if we don't rapidly curb greenhouse gas emissions." - @globalecoguy.bsky.social

American climate science is losing federal support right when we need it most.

Project Drawdown is stepping up: launching the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship for early/mid-career PhD scientists to do good science that does good.

🗓️ Apply by April 17
👉 https://bit.ly/4kx2J1Q

Trump's betting big on "clean" coal to meet America's energy demand. Don't be fooled by the rebrand—it's the same coal we've burned for centuries, just with steps to capture some pollution.

So what are the real alternatives?

Project Drawdown's Jason Lam breaks it down 👉 https://bit.ly/4tGAWjM

The consumer-friendly Energy Star program survived Trump. What about other efficiency efforts? Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it.

The Energy Star ⭐️ program has saved 4.41 billion tons of emissions since 1992, and can save households an average of $450 annually. The program survived the chopping block, but uncertainty around the EPA’s ability to administer the program with reduced staff, looms large. https://bit.ly/4to9oiK

Emergency Brakes in the News: Is mainstream media under-reporting the most urgently needed climate solutions?. After registering, you will receive a confirm... Emergency brake climate solutions are among the most important to implement today. By rapidly reducing potent pollutants, such as methane, or preventing large pulses of emissions from entering the atm...

The climate solutions that could buy us time? The media barely covers them. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored, despite their potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov
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Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.

This is a shift we've been waiting for! ⚡️🚗 "I’m really encouraged by this: EVs outpacing petrol cars feels like a tipping point. It’s a systems signal that when the right options are available, people choose solutions." - Heather Jones, Research Fellow

@carbonbrief.org 👉 https://bit.ly/3Mprsse

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