Speed & scale : an action plan for solving our climate crisis now / John Doerr.

By:

Doerr, John, 1951- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Portfolio, 2021Description: xxxi, 415 pages : illustrations, charts, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780241537770 (pbk.)

Other title:

Speed and scale

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DDC classification:

23 363.738746 DOE 017517

Contents:

Prologue Introduction : What's the Plan? Part I. Zero Out Emissions. 1. Electrify Transportation ; 2. Decarbonize the Grid ; 3. Fix Food ; 4. Protect Nature ; 5. Clean Up Industry ; 6. Remove Carbon Part II. Accelerate the Transition. 7. Win Politics and Policy ; 8. Turn Movements Into Action ; 9. Innovate! ; 10. Invest! Conclusion Acknowledgments Resources Notes Index Image Credits

Summary: "By turns pragmatic and inspiring, SPEED & SCALE intersperses Doerr's wide-ranging analysis with firsthand accounts from Jeff Bezos, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, Bill Gates, and other intrepid policy leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, and activists. A launchpad for those who are ready to act now, this book is geared to leaders in every walk of life. With a definitive action plan, the latest science, and a rising climate movement on our side, we can still reach net zero before it is too late. But as Doerr reminds us, there is no more time to waste"--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue
Introduction : What's the Plan?
Part I. Zero Out Emissions. 1. Electrify Transportation ; 2. Decarbonize the Grid ; 3. Fix Food ; 4. Protect Nature ; 5. Clean Up Industry ; 6. Remove Carbon
Part II. Accelerate the Transition. 7. Win Politics and Policy ; 8. Turn Movements Into Action ; 9. Innovate! ; 10. Invest!
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Resources
Notes
Index
Image Credits

"By turns pragmatic and inspiring, SPEED & SCALE intersperses Doerr's wide-ranging analysis with firsthand accounts from Jeff Bezos, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, Bill Gates, and other intrepid policy leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, and activists. A launchpad for those who are ready to act now, this book is geared to leaders in every walk of life. With a definitive action plan, the latest science, and a rising climate movement on our side, we can still reach net zero before it is too late. But as Doerr reminds us, there is no more time to waste"--Publisher description.

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