'Climate Capitalism' explores how drive for profit can be help solve environmental crisis
“It’s now cheaper to save the world than destroy it.”
That’s the slogan, the rallying cry, animating entrepreneurs and investors worldwide who believe capitalism can help solve the climate crisis.
Of course, the world’s richest companies have built their fortunes on burning fossil fuels and polluting the climate with greenhouse gasses. But that same drive for development and material wealth can be a force for good, according to some, he says, it might be our only hope.
Akshat Rathi is senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News. His new book is called: “Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age.”
Book excerpt: ‘Climate Capitalism’
By Akshat Rathi
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