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Book · 2019 · nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2021-03-07

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

by Bill Gates · Recommended by 4 people on 4 podcasts

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And this is also in the bill gates book it's a really everybody should go read i can't remember what it's called but the the climate book that bill gates wrote is just profoundly digestible.
Molly Wood · This Week in Startups · Mar 2022 Listen at 37:17

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I think that many of your listeners might enjoy reading Bill Gates how to avoid a climate disaster unlike Kevin Redd's book which is a lot about policy and geopolitics Gates's book is a lot about technology.
Megan O'Sullivan The Ezra Klein Show · Aug 2023
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Hey there in the book how to avoid a climate disaster bill gates proposes that we will only reduce carbon emissions if we cut the cost of what he calls green premium on every human activity.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Sep 2021
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Like so like here's an example it's like i read bill gates new book about climate change right and i'm going oh it's okay i don't have enough money to really do anything in this right.
Andrew Wilkinson My First Million · Apr 2021

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster is a comprehensive book by Bill Gates that outlines practical technological and policy strategies for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and addressing global climate change. On The Ezra Klein Show, Megan O'Sullivan recommended the work, explaining that unlike books focused primarily on policy and geopolitics, Gates's guide centers heavily on technology and offers a practical blueprint for how everyone can contribute to the energy transition. Molly Wood similarly encouraged listeners of This Week in Startups to read the volume, describing it as profoundly digestible and highlighting its utility in understanding carbon-removal technology. On StarTalk Radio, Nicholas Lenson brought up the publication to ask Neil deGrasse Tyson whether Gates's proposal to reduce the green premium on human activities would be sufficient to eradicate carbon emissions. Furthermore, Andrew Wilkinson mentioned reading the book on My First Million to illustrate how individuals reflect on personal responsibility regarding large-scale global problems. Throughout these podcast episodes, the work is frequently cited as an accessible and highly informative resource for understanding the multifaceted challenges of the ongoing climate crisis.

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Megan O'Sullivan I think that many of your listeners might enjoy reading Bill Gates how to avoid a climate disaster unlike K… 1
Recommended
“I think that many of your listeners might enjoy reading Bill Gates how to avoid a climate disaster unlike Kevin Redd's book which is a lot about policy and geopolitics Gates's book is a lot about technology”
Molly Wood and this is also in the bill gates book it's a really everybody should go read i can't remember what it's c… 1
Recommended
“and this is also in the bill gates book it's a really everybody should go read i can't remember what it's called but the the climate book that bill gates wrote is just profoundly digestible”
Andrew Wilkinson like so like here's an example it's like i read bill gates new book about climate change right and i'm goin… 1
Discussed
“like so like here's an example it's like i read bill gates new book about climate change right and i'm going oh it's okay i don't have enough money to really do anything in this right”
Neil deGrasse Tyson hey there in the book how to avoid a climate disaster bill gates proposes that we will only reduce carbon e… 1
Discussed
“hey there in the book how to avoid a climate disaster bill gates proposes that we will only reduce carbon emissions if we cut the cost of what he calls green premium on every human activity”

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Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0); Andrew Wilkinson, University of the Fraser Valley / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).