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

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

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    • $19.99

Publisher Description

In this urgent, authoritative 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.

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.

As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

*This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of charts, graphs, and pictures from the book.

GENRE
Science & Nature
NARRATOR
WW
Wil Wheaton
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:11
hr min
RELEASED
2021
February 16
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
441.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Ramzih74 ,

Great listening

Thank you Bill for this essential listening on climate change and what we need to do to abate it.

dgn@51 ,

Where are the PDFs?

I enjoyed listening to this book and am enjoying it even more as I listen to it a second time. Amazing how many things I missed during the first listen.
However, the book refers to downloaded PDFs several times but I don’t know where they are?

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