Projects that protect the climate can also boost well-being, equity, or resilience. But for groups of stakeholders with limited time and many complex goals and constraints it can be challenging to …
Six Opportunities to Benefit Children’s Health and the Climate
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Why We Multisolve – Emphasizing Co-Benefits in Addressing Climate Change
Policies that work to mitigate climate change can also produce other co-benefits. For example, planting trees in urban areas sequesters carbon dioxide emissions while simultaneously reducing air …
Achieving Multiple Benefits Requires Multiple Perspectives
As we meet leaders who are multisolving in their communities, and as we work in Atlanta with a group of community leaders on a project focused on equity and green infrastructure, we are learning that …
Working With Others to Achieve Climate Co-Benefits: 5 Things to Remember
Multisolving is by nature a complex process. Here are five important elements to keep in mind. Any effort that mitigates climate change while providing other benefits, like bike paths …