Read Of The Week (Feb 7 to Feb 13)

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates proposes a practical plan for preventing the worst effects of climate change by articulating what it will take to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. Gates takes what he’s learned over the last decade from experts across physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, economics and finance, and translates the complex issue of climate change into an approachable style that readers of his Gates Notes blog have come to expect.

We cannot get to zero emissions simply and Gates offers a clear-eyed account of the challenges we face. He shows we need new tools for fighting climate change; zero-carbon ways to produce electricity, to make things, to grow food, to keep our buildings cool and warm, and to move people and goods around the world.

Identifying the solutions we should deploy now and the innovations we need to develop, Gates is optimistic that the world can avoid a climate disaster. In this context, How To Avoid A Climate Disaster provides a wide-ranging, concrete plan to achieve our goals.