Jonathan Foley

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Dr Jonathan Foley is a renowned climate & environmental scientist, sustainability expert, educator, and public speaker. He is also executive director of Project Drawdown — the world’s leading resource for climate solutions. His work focuses on finding solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources we all depend on.

Jonathan Foley

Oct 15 2023

Stop giving Big Oil a carbon fig leaf

Illuminem Voices

Carbon · Carbon Removal

We should not fall for carbon removal schemes that cost taxpayers billions for boondoggles and remove minimal carbon at enormous cost while handing Big Oil a PR bonanza. Instead, we should find more practical, cost-effective ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere that do not benefit Big Oil.

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Hitting the “Emergency Brake” on Climate

Jonathan Foley

Aug 09 2022

Hitting the “Emergency Brake” on Climate

Environmental Sustainability

There’s a hard truth about climate change: Meeting the Paris Accords — and limiting global warming to 1.5˚C or “well below” 2˚C — requires we stabilize emissions and then cut them nearly in half by the end of the decade. Unfortunately, we’re falling behind. And many climate solutions can’t be deployed quickly enough to help. But some can. We must identify and rapidly scale the solutions that can act as an “Emergency Brake” for climate

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Jonathan Foley

Aug 09 2022