Speed and Scale: The Climate Crisis

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bob saffy sits down with John dore, partner at kliner perkins and author of the new book speed and scale about the climace crisis. More than 200 nations send representatives ministers to the cop 20 sixth conference in glasgow in november. The bold commitments that were made were to curb methan ons and to halt and reverse the loss of forests. There was also steps taken to aline the finance sector with net zero emissions by 20 50 and to retire the internal combustion engine. One of the most important developments out of cop was a bi lat agreement between china and the us.

“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capitalist and author of the new book Speed and Scale, joins host Bob Safian to discuss our decarbonization efforts, what he calls “the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.” The book quantifies the specific societal needs, in six discrete areas, to achieve a carbon-neutral world. John isn’t arguing that we all need to be vegan ascetics, but rather, the need for collective action – and the critical role that business plays in advancing that movement.

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