Gates thinks that decarbonizing electricity should be a priority, because it would not only reduce emissions from coal and gas used to produce electricity, but also allow an accelerated shift to zero emission transportation like electric cars. In the final part (chapters 10 through 12) Gates suggests specific steps that can be taken by government leaders, market participants and individuals to collectively avoid a climate disaster. Part four (the longest part of the book, or chapters 4 through 9) analyzes currently-available technologies that can be utilized now to adapt to and mitigate climate change ('the solutions we have') and those areas where innovation is needed to make climate-friendly technologies cost competitive with their fossil fuel counterparts ('the breakthroughs we need'). In part three (chapter 3) he outlines five pragmatic questions a reader can ask to evaluate any conversation they have about climate change.

In part two (chapter 2) he discusses the challenges that will make achieving this goal very difficult. In part one (chapter 1), Gates explains why the world must completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions ('getting to zero'), rather than simply reducing them. Bill Gates, from page 14 of his book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (2021). Techno-fixes are not sufficient, but they are necessary. But we cannot keep the earth livable without it. When it comes to climate change, I know innovation isn’t the only thing we need. In it, Gates presents what he learned in over a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address global warming and recommends technological strategies to tackle it. If all of us-and especially today’s young people-apply their ingenuity to this problem, we can avoid a climate disaster.How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is a 2021 book by Bill Gates. I’m optimistic about what science and technology can accomplish, and even more important, I’m optimistic about what people can accomplish. Getting to zero emissions will be the hardest thing people have ever done. In my experience, they’re the ones with the most new ideas, and the most energy to pursue them. Which means young people need to play a special role.

That’s going to take a ton of innovation in both technology and policy. We need to revolutionize our entire physical economy, including the way we move things around the planet, produce electricity, make things, grow food, and heat and cool our buildings. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is about all the steps we need to take to keep the planet livable for humans. Now what we need is a plan for getting to zero. As a result, they’re making those commitments. Young people are holding their governments accountable and insisting that they commit to eliminating their carbon emissions.

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