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

by Bill Gates
RM74.44 MYR
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Practical roadmap to avert climate catastrophe.

If you're someone deeply concerned about climate change but feel overwhelmed by the complexity of the problem, Gates offers you a digestible and motivating plan. He uses his tech and business acumen to dissect and present actionable steps, not just for policymakers but for individuals as well. Reading this book feels like having a pragmatic friend guide you through a crisis with a mix of hard truths and hopeful solutions.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Bill Gates
RM74.44 MYR
ISBN: 9780593215777
Authors: Bill Gates
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Date of Publication: 2021-02-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Economics, Science, Business
Related Topics: Popular Science, Management, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Leadership, Technology
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 47458 readers)

Description

Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Gates explains why he cares deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis. His interest in climate change is a natural outgrowth of the efforts by his foundation to reduce poverty and disease. Climate change, according to Gates, will have the biggest impact on the people who have done the least to cause it. As a technologist, he has seen first-hand how innovation can change the world. By investing in research, inventing new technologies, and deploying them quickly at a large scale, Gates believes climate change can be addressed in meaningful ways. According to Gates, "to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to get to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. This problem is urgent, and the debate is complex, but I believe we can come together to invent new carbon-zero technologies, deploy the ones we have, and ultimately avoid a climate catastrophe."
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Practical roadmap to avert climate catastrophe.

If you're someone deeply concerned about climate change but feel overwhelmed by the complexity of the problem, Gates offers you a digestible and motivating plan. He uses his tech and business acumen to dissect and present actionable steps, not just for policymakers but for individuals as well. Reading this book feels like having a pragmatic friend guide you through a crisis with a mix of hard truths and hopeful solutions.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.