![]() To do this, he takes the reader through where the emissions come from and examines ways to work through each of those areas, which he breaks down into making things, plugging in, growing things, getting around, and keeping warm and cool. This book essentially details his plan to reduce the carbon footprint from 51 billion tonnes today to zero by 2050. In his own words, achieving net-zero by 2050 is a hard challenge. His writing exudes urgency and intent to get started on curbing carbon emissions. Gates deserves praise for deciphering the technicalities of carbon neutrality and for fashioning a book that anyone with any background can read and understand. Global warming is likely to reach 1.5☌ between 20 if it continues to increase at the current rate.Īn increase of 1.5☌ does not exactly sound intimidating, but it can inflict irreversible damage to our planet’s ecosystems. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – a body whose data Gates frequently cites in the book – presented a report presented to the UN on Global Warming. I will come to that in a while, but first things first. That said, the fact that Bill Gates is at the helm does impinge on some of the content matter in the book. ![]() It reveals a lot about how the world governments are poised to take on the challenge. It is a great primer for anyone who seeks to upgrade his knowledge on Global warming and Carbon neutrality. Bill Gates’ new book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster is informative and engrossing. ![]()
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