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 …
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 …
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 …
The Skills and Approaches of Multisolvers: Our Research Agenda at COP-21
What is the secret ingredient behind some of the most innovative and promising approaches to climate change, approaches that protect the climate for the long term while increasing health, well-being …
Multisolving on Global Women’s Climate Justice Day
Today is the Global Women's Climate Justice Day of Action. Here at Climate Interactive, we are celebrating the day by honoring just a few of the many women around the world who are actively bringing …
Multisolving Webinar – Climate Solutions That Improve Health, Security, and Equity
Join us on October 1st at 11 AM EDT for a free webinar introducing tools for finding and implementing solutions to climate change that also produce gains in health, equity, jobs, security and …
Whole-Systems Thinking on Climate – Signs of an Emerging Trend
What do the US EPA, a leading medical journal, and the Pope have in common? They all are calling for action on climate change to help address other problems, such as inequality, poor health, and …
The Clean Power Plan from the Obama Administration Is Rich in Multiple Benefits Thinking
Yesterday, when President Obama and EPA administrator Gina McCarthy explained the importance of newly released rules on carbon pollution, they showed evidence of a growing trend we are monitoring at …
More Homework, Less Coughing (and Less Climate Change): The Power of Solar Energy in Remote Villages
Energy from the sun, distributed via micro-grids, saves money and improves health and education while reducing fossil fuel reliance and greenhouse gas emissions. An innovative project is providing …
Fight Climate Change, Ill-Health and Inequity with the Same Dollar
There’s a big systems win to be found at the intersection of public health and urban design. There’s an even bigger win to be had by adding climate change and social justice to the picture. Doctors …
How to Solve More Problems Than Climate and Include More People Than Environmentalists
The core drivers of climate change cause other problems too. The good news is, for every problem there's a group of people who would benefit from solving it. From the first exploratory survey for …