Most people think about installing more solar panels and windmills when it comes to reducing carbon emission and global warming. However, there’s something else that will have an even bigger positive impact: elevating the role of women, particularly in the developing world. Education of girls and family planning combined provide the most successful strategy to fight global warming. This is the surprising finding of Project Drawdown, an initiative of a coalition of scientists, economists, policymakers, researchers, and business people to create a thoroughly researched guide of ways to prevent carbon dioxide from escaping into the atmosphere.
Climate change: it’s not a solar panel, it’s a woman
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