How to avoid climate catastrophe

Bill Gates in this one In an insistent and persuasive book, he presents a broad, practical—and affordable—plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero so that the world avoids climate catastrophe.

Bill Gates has spent the past decade researching the causes and effects of climate change. With experts in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science and finance, he focused on what needs to be done to reverse the environmental disaster the planet is heading towards. In this book, he not only explains why we must strive for zero greenhouse gas emissions, but also describes what needs to be done to achieve this important goal.

He presents us with a sober description of the challenges we face. He draws on his knowledge of innovation and the promotion of new ideas on the market and soberly describes the challenges we face. It explains in which areas technologies are already helping to reduce emissions, where they can be used more efficiently, where a technological breakthrough is necessary and who is working on these fundamental innovations. Finally, it presents a comprehensive solution to how to reduce emissions to zero – offering not only suggestions for government action, but also for actions that individuals can take to hold our governments, our employers and ourselves accountable for achieving the goal. Bill Gates does not hide that this is a difficult task, but if we stick to the set plan, there is no doubt that we can achieve this goal.