Summary
Bill Gates sets out a plan for reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. His 2021 account begins with an estimate of 51 billion tons emitted each year and examines the activities behind those emissions. He distinguishes technologies already available from breakthroughs still needed, and discusses how innovation, public policy and individual action can help reduce emissions.
Why read it Our view
Read it to consider how a large goal can be divided into measurable problems. Gates’s account lets founders examine the gap between tools already available and tools still needed, and how a plan can combine deployment, research and policy.
Written about
- Bill GatesAuthorGates wrote this 2021 book on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, combining his research with a plan for technology, policy and individual action.Source