Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming is a 2017 book written, created, and edited by Paul Hawken. It focuses on ways to reduce the effects of climate change. Other writers include Katharine Wilkinson. The hardcover version has a foreword by Tom Steyer, and the paperback version has a foreword by Prince Charles.

The book organizes solutions into categories such as energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, and "coming attractions." It lists 100 possible solutions and ranks them based on how much they could reduce greenhouse gases. Each solution includes cost estimates and short explanations.

The Guardian reports that Paul Hawken has influenced efforts to make businesses more environmentally friendly. Companies like Interface and Autodesk supported the book. The goal was to create an online database called Project Drawdown, which would collect and share information about these solutions.

Reception

The book Drawdown has been a bestseller on the New York Times list and has received good reviews. For example, Kirkus Reviews described the book as "an optimistic program for getting out of our current mess."

A video from April 2017 on C-SPAN said the book is "a collection of policies, plans, and active programs to reduce carbon emissions not controlled by the federal government." In the video, Mr. Hawken said, "the reason we can say 'the most comprehensive plan ever proposed' is that no one's ever proposed a plan… which is sort of surprising when you think about it." According to an article in Vox, "until 2017, there was no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have."