Summary & Analysis of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

What will happen if the world doesn’t get to zero carbon emissions by 2050? You may not want to know. Luckily, Bill Gates has spent billions of dollars finding out exactly what we need to do fix it. Join him in his highly-accessible guide to getting the globe to zero emissions by 2050. 

What does this SNAP Summary Include?


Synopsis of the original book
Key takeaways from each chapter
A breakdown of the five major sources of greenhouse gas emissions
Things we can do individually and collectively to halt climate change
How we can meet growing energy needs without harming the climate
Editorial Review
Background on Bill Gates

About the Original Book:

Bill Gates has a message for all of society: we need to get to zero emissions by 2050 or face catastrophic consequences around the globe. Increasingly severe weather, drought, famine, and the destruction of critical ecosystems—along with trillions of dollars of economic damage and millions of lives lost a year—are all things that await us if we refuse to listen.

Luckily, he knows what we need to do to fix it. Gates takes the data behind every-day energy use and the science behind highly-technical energy innovations and provides an easily-accessible framework for anyone to understand the problem and the potential solutions. For those who already knew that climate change was a problem, his book is a great introduction into where we can go from here and a great way to drive the conversation about what might work best. For anyone who is skeptical of the science behind climate change, Gates isn’t here to convince you. He is here only to offer solutions to the biggest problem humanity has ever collectively faced. 


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