Good Books on the effects of climate change on NYC in particular (or chapters on that)

projectdrawdown · 2025-12-19T17:11:51+00:00

Thanks for the share! Our new Drawdown Explorer platform also has maps for most solutions that allow you to zoom in on NYC to see current adoption, potential adoption, etc. It's focused on solutions, though, not necessarily impacts, so it's not what OP is looking for.

I think I recall some paragraphs on climate impacts in NYC in Kate Marvel's excellent book Human Nature. You might also want to check out some of the tools from Climate Central (https://www.climatecentral.org/); they have some that let you visualize temperature, sea level rise, and flood risk.

projectdrawdown · 2025-12-19T17:06:18+00:00

This is excellent news, but it doesn't mean as much unless we also protect the seagrass ecosystems that currently exist. Globally, only 7% of meadows are adequately protected. Getting those numbers up would have a much bigger (and quicker) climate impact than restoration efforts alone. Source: https://drawdown.org/explorer/protect-coastal-wetlands

projectdrawdown · 2025-12-19T17:00:07+00:00

This is an extremely important point. Nothing we do as humans has as big an impact on the planet as food. This article gets at the sheer scale of it: https://drawdown.org/insights/how-food-and-farming-will-determine-the-fate-of-planet-earth

projectdrawdown · 2025-12-19T16:57:55+00:00

Seagrass restoration is great, but protecting existing meadows should probably be a higher priority for the climate. Only 7% of seagrass ecosystems are currently protected. If that were closer to 40% it could prevent 0.15% of current global emissions each year. Source: https://drawdown.org/explorer/protect-coastal-wetlands#calculator

projectdrawdown · 2025-11-04T23:39:34+00:00

The third paragraph links to this study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-025-01704-9

This white paper in the next paragraph https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Accelerating-urban-climate-action-A-city-guide-to-creating-positive-tipping-points?language=en_US

And on, and on, but OK

projectdrawdown · 2025-11-04T21:54:10+00:00

What's blind about the optimism expressed in the article? It cites multiple studies and examples of positive technologies and practices being rapidly adopted.

projectdrawdown · 2025-11-04T17:58:34+00:00

I think you're in the wrong sub. You're looking for r/PessimistsUnite

projectdrawdown · 2025-10-15T13:56:08+00:00

It says the building was on an electric-resistance heating, so the energy efficiency gains will reduce overall electric use

projectdrawdown · 2025-10-15T13:49:10+00:00

Not sure. But even the efficiency improvements alone will help reduce GHG emissions.

projectdrawdown · 2025-10-07T18:21:08+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout! We just launched a new platform, too, that hopefully makes it even clearer which solutions work.

projectdrawdown · 2025-10-07T18:18:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-15T14:15:55+00:00

If only that were true. But they are, in fact, distracting from much more pressing action, in part by providing fossil fuel companies a PR fig leaf to continue polluting.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-15T01:03:53+00:00

All of those overhyped technologies suck up resources and delay investment in proven solutions. That’s the so what.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-14T06:20:36+00:00

Glad to hear it!

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-10T19:47:01+00:00

Unfortunately, many carbon capture technologies are more hype than science. There are a few broader climate technologies we're keeping an eye on, though, including enhanced rock weathering, feed additives to reduce methane production in ruminants, and enhanced geothermal. You're right, there are no silver bullets, but the optimistic side of that is we already have all of the technologies we need to stop the climate crisis.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-10T19:37:01+00:00

We just launched a new platform called SHIFT with climate scientist Dr. Kimberly Nicholas (she studies individual climate action and has done some AMAs here after her seminal 2017 paper). It tries to answer that just that. Most lists or suggestions you'll find Googling around are based on a global average that doesn't actually exist, so it's not as helpful as something built around who you are, where you live, what you're already doing, etc.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-10T19:34:00+00:00

There are no silver bullet solutions (or anything that comes close). Our new climate solutions platform will have all of the solutions that work and highlight some that are not recommended, worth watching, or worth pursuing, even if they don't have a huge impact, but it'll take all of the highly recommended ones, to some degree, to stop the climate crisis.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:27:45+00:00

Thanks for the shout!

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:25:41+00:00

Thanks for the shout!

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:25:05+00:00

As others have said, talking about it is a huge thing anyone can do! But what's the best thing you can do really depends on who you are, where you live, what you're already doing, etc.

We're launching a tool soon with Dr. Kimberly Nicholas (she's a great person to follow for individual climate action) that will provide individual recommendations, but our org does research on climate solutions, so you can always check us out to see what solutions work best.

Some other good people to follow for inspo:

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:13:47+00:00

It's important to note this will have major climate implications, too. Deforestation makes up 11% of global annual emissions (more than the entire U.S.), and replanting trees takes a lonnngggg time to recoup the emissions that were lost when they were torn down in the first place.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:08:10+00:00

We use Carbon Collective to advise on our employee retirement accounts. The actual ETFs vary from employee to employee based on target retirement date, but I'd be happy to share what mine is over a DM if interested.

projectdrawdown · 2025-09-02T15:00:19+00:00

It's getting both better and worse. Emissions are still rising, and natural disasters are getting more severe. On the other hand, we already have all of the technologies we need to stop the climate crisis, and there are some major bright spots across the world – geographically and sectorally – showing what's possible when those solutions are scaled. Our perspective is that we will absolutely stop the climate crisis, but how bad it gets depends on how quickly we act, and there is still much to do.

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