Cop 20 Conference in Glasgow

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bob saffy sits down with John dore, partner at kleiner perkins and author of the new book speed about the climace crisis. As an investor, you've backed some of the world's most successful ocpeners, from amazon to gugle,. You author the influential book measure what matters, spreading gospel of o krs objectives and key results. But i wanted to start by asking you about the cop 20 sixth conference in glasgow in november. There were many high hopes going into it, but it didn't quite go as well as we might have hoped.

“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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