The Origin of the Drawdown Fund

The Drawdown Fund was established to tackle the urgent need for solutions to reverse climate change, sparked by a thought-provoking question about leveraging wealth for global benefit. Paul Hawken, frustrated by the lack of answers and actions addressing climate change, founded a nonprofit in 2014 that led to the creation of a comprehensive guide known as Drawdown. This initiative involved extensive research from 75 fellows globally who evaluated peer-reviewed data to identify scalable solutions capable of reversing global warming. The culmination of this two-and-a-half-year effort was the publication of a groundbreaking book that highlights actionable strategies for mitigating climate impacts.