As climate change worsens, health risks increase. Less well recognized is the converse – many of the attitudes and actions that protect the climate of the future also help improve health today. Here are six ways to improve the health of children and families that protect the climate at the same time: Get off of […]
Most City-Level Climate Pacts Embrace Multisolving
One way to distinguish among the proliferation of pacts and pledges for city-level climate action is to look at the extent to which each one prepares cities to capture and communicate about the co-benefits of their climate action. The Under 2 MOU, C40 Cities, and Path to Positive stand out as the programs that provide […]
We All Can Create Co-Benefits With Our Climate Efforts – Practical Tools For Multisolvers
Have you heard of multisolving? You may not recognize the word, but you’ve probably heard the idea described in different ways. For example: Capturing multiple benefits or co-benefits of mitigating climate change Climate justice Building a climate-smart city, business, or community “Green” or “sustainable” policies or solutions These are all other ways of describing what […]
Ten Strategies For Capturing Multiple Benefits in Climate Action Plans
Hundreds of cities, states, nations, and businesses made pledges in Paris to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These ten strategies could help make sure that the process of meeting climate goals provides benefits in health, justice, jobs and resilience. Recently, I spoke in a webinar series convened in support of the state of Connecticut’s 2050 climate […]
We Failed in Flint. Here’s How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes in Climate Policy.
The same four mistakes that led to tragedy in Flint are repeated in other cities and, dangerously, in the realm of global climate policy. To create a just and sustainable world we must learn to recognize and rectify each of them. Mistake #1 – Breaking the feedback loops between those who make decisions and those […]
Multisolving – A Promising Strategy To Address Climate, Health, and Well-Being In Concert
In this new video, Beth Sawin introduces the concept of Multisolving, or the search for systemic solutions that protect the climate while also improving health, equality, and well-being. Recorded in Paris during the COP21 climate negotiations, Beth discusses the potential of Multisolving to address several problems at once, and the impact of Multisolving on the […]
60% of Emissions Reductions Pledged in Paris Were Inspired by Multisolving
The majority of the commitments to reduce emissions in Paris were motivated by multisolving, the search for climate solutions that produce immediate, local benefits. Climate strategists should take note. When French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement, the results were clear. As it stands, the Paris agreement is insufficient […]
Beth Sawin on how City Efforts can Improve our Climate
Yesterday, Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin took some time away from the Paris COP meetings to join a panel on the San Francisco radio show Your Call discussing the roles cities can play in mitigating climate change. Cities are influential areas, where many sectors and many solutions can potentially work together to multisolve using the […]
FLOWERS from Paris
Multisolvers are in abundance during the UN climate conference, and our FLOWERS from Paris project aims to capture the vision, breadth, and potential of their work. Those of you who follow our work on Multisolving know we believe those innovators who are finding ways to help their communities reduce emissions while boosting health, well-being, and […]
Multisolving in Paris
Cross-posted from Healthy Community Food Systems director Jim Dyer, who discusses the win-win approach of Multisolving. See also Climate Interactive’s agenda for Multisolving during COP 21, and our other events in Paris. A bright young Dartmouth grad turned up at our Old Snowmass office of Rocky Mountain Institute years ago when I ran the water […]