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(Sept. 21, 2026) — As data center development accelerates across Georgia, Drawdown Georgia today released Data Centers in Georgia: What Should Communities Know and Ask?, a free toolkit designed to help... Nov 29, 2023 ## [Drawdown Georgia Announces $1.2 Million in New Climate Solutions & Equity Grants](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-announces-1.2-million-in-new-climate-solutions-equity-grants) ATLANTA, GA -- Six Georgia-based family foundations today announce the awarding of the 2024-2025 Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grants in support of efforts that advance climate solutions and prioritize... Oct 20, 2023 ## [Drawdown Georgia Launches New Climate Solutions Card Game](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-launches-new-climate-solutions-card-game) On Third Anniversary, Georgia Climate Initiative Introduces Solved!, a Collaborative New Engagement Tool for Educators and Advocates Education is key when it comes to scaling climate solutions and can be even more... May 15, 2023 ## [Georgia’s Changing Carbon Footprint: Drawdown Georgia reports on progress and opportunities](https://info.drawdownga.org/georgias-changing-carbon-footprint) Athens, GA--Georgia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions are declining, experts and researchers from the Drawdown Georgia Research Team announced. The researchers report that, while the Covid-19 pandemic may have been the... May 15, 2023 ## [Put Local Climate Data at Your Fingertips with Drawdown Georgia By the Numbers](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-by-the-numbers) ATHENS, GA. -- Tracking Georgia’s progress toward net zero emissions is now easier and more convenient for local governments, researchers, and climate advocates with Drawdown Georgia By the Numbers, a detailed... Dec 08, 2022 ## [Inaugural Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant Recipients Announced](https://info.drawdownga.org/climate-solutions-equity-grant-recipients-announced) Athens Land Trust, Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund, Georgia Organics, Gwinnett Housing Corporation, and Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture Receive Two-Year, $100,000 Grants ATLANTA -- Five... Feb 21, 2022 ## [A Powerful New Tool for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking in Georgia](https://info.drawdownga.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-tracking-in-georgia) You can’t manage what you can’t measure. The new Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker is a free, interactive tool developed to show, for the first time, where greenhouse gas emissions come from in Georgia at the state... Oct 11, 2021 ## [Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business launches the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-business-compact) ATLANTA (Oct 11, 2021) -- The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business (“Center”) at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business is launching on October 21, 2021 the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact... Jul 28, 2021 ## [Drawdown Georgia Research Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-research-published-by-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences-journal) Today, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announced that the distinguished team of researchers whose work formed the basis for the Drawdown Georgia climate solutions road map to 2030 and beyond was... Nov 17, 2020 ## [Drawdown Georgia Names Leadership Council Co-Chairs Jasmine Crowe, Roy Richards, Jr., and Nathaniel Smith to Lead New Climate Solutions Effort](https://info.drawdownga.org/drawdown-georgia-names-leadership-council-co-chairs) (Atlanta, Georgia, November 17, 2020) Launched last month, Drawdown Georgia -- the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve for climate change -- today announced the formation of a Leadership Council. 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