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"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
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Get the Summary of Bill Gate's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Bill 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 to certain environmental...
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"Reading literature in a time of climate emergency can sometimes feel a bit like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet, at this turning point for the planet, scientists, policymakers, and activists have woken up to the power of stories to fight global warming. In Literature for a Changing Planet, Martin Puchner ranges across four thousand years of world literature to draw vital lessons about how we put ourselves on the path of climate change-and how we might...
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"Modern capitalism is a mess, and a growing number want finance to fix it. Their chosen cudgel ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing has become a $100 trillion phenomenon in the past half-decade alone. Its success or failure will impact every living creature on earth. Today, ESG priorities drive the strategies of the world's largest corporations; prioritizing shareholders is out; protecting the environment and elevating other stakeholders...
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