How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and The Breakthroughs We Need (soft cover))

In this urgent and authoritative book, Bill Gates lays out a comprehensive, practical and affordable plan to reduce carbon emissions to zero. This is the plan that will help us avoid climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent decades investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he focused on the actions needed to stop the planet from heading toward environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to achieve zero carbon emissions, but also details what we need to do to achieve this all-important goal. Gates provides a clear description of the challenges we face. He has his own understanding of innovation and knows exactly the price of bringing new ideas to market. In this book, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and also tells where and how modern technology can be made more effective, in which industries we need innovative technology, and who is working on these important innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan to reduce emissions to zero, suggesting not only laws that governments should adopt, but also steps that each of us can take to share responsibility for this important cause. Bill Gates makes it clear: reducing emissions to zero is not an easy goal. But if we follow the plan outlined in this book, it will become quite feasible.