
Climate Capitalism
Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age
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Sid Sagar
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Akshat Rathi
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Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. Contrary to the doomist narrative that's taken hold about the climate emergency, the world has already begun deploying the solutions needed to deal with it. On a journey across five continents, Climate Capitalism tracks the unlikely heroes driving the fight against climate change. From the Chinese bureaucrat who did more to make electric cars a reality than Elon Musk, to the Danish students who helped to build the world's longest-operating wind turbine, or the American oil executive building the technology that can reverse climate damages, we meet the people working to scale technologies that are finally able to bend the emissions curve.
Through stories that bring people, policy, and technology together, Akshat Rathi reveals how the green economy is not only possible, but profitable. This inspiring blend of business, science, and history provides the framework for ensuring that future generations can live in prosperity and that the wheels of progress don't falter.
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- John H. Sweeney
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Good overview of an important debate
This book doesn’t contain the shock value of throwing soup at the Mona Lisa, but the pragmatic, comprehensive, and commercially scaleable solutions it prescribes would certainly be more effective at solving climate change. Climate Capitalism provides a useful overview of the state of modern capitalism, its role in fueling climate change, and how to redirect capitalist incentives towards more climate-friendly outcomes. In short, this book is about making capitalism part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
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