Summary of Bill Gate's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

By IRB Media

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 disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638154686

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Insights from Introduction

#1

When it comes to global warming and climate change, there are two key numbers to keep in mind: fifty-one billion, and zero.

#2

Fifty-one billion tons is the amount of greenhouse gases that are being pumped into our atmosphere every single year, on average. To avoid a devastating climate disaster, we need to get to zero greenhouse gases released.

#3

It’s an understatement to say that this is easier said than done. But getting to zero is not impossible. If the world comes together, and governments take real, immediate action, it’s doable.

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Why do all discussions about climate change involve greenhouse gases in particular? Those gases act like greenhouses, and have the ability to capture heat and maintain it for long periods of time. The more of those gases we release into the atmosphere, the more heat they trap inside