Summary: Bill Gates How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (Long Version)

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. In this urgent, authoritativeo book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. This is a summary, not a replacement. Bill Gates has spent a decade 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 has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions--suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. DISCLAIMER: Summary: Bill Gates How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (Long Version) is the subject of the following unauthorized summary. Bill Gates did not write it. It is also not meant to take the place of the original book. Quick Savant independently wrote and Scott Campbell published it, and it provides you with the key concepts from the main book in a condensed format.