Bill Gates: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

In this urgent, authoritative book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, 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.

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 toward 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. At CHF, Gates is joined by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman (Armchair Expert podcast) for a conversation about the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need to save the planet.

This program is generously underwritten by Northern Trust.

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0:00 Introduction
1:56 Trailer
3:59 Welcome
8:50 Sources of Emissions
11:46 Consumer Emissions
14:17 Business Innovations
17:15 Green Premiums
20:03 Consumer Choices and Impact
24:06 Electric Power Production
28:53 Policy and Infastructure
30:42 Clean-up and Direct Air Capture
34:33 Consensus Building
40:13 Audience Questions
57:50 Outro

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